IEMA Certified Carbon Footprinting and Reporting Course (1 day)

This course is delivered by GEP Environmental Ltd, a Mabbett company.

Course Objectives

The course objectives are to achieve an understanding of:

• Climate change and greenhouse gases;
• Monitoring, measuring and reducing carbon emissions;
• Carbon management measures including carbon footprinting, carbon trading, carbon offsetting and more;
• Developing and managing carbon accounting systems.

Learning Outcomes

By the end of the course delegates will be able to:

• Understand the essential mechanisms behind Climate Change, Greenhouse Gas Emissions, and the risks and opportunities associated with Climate Change;
• Explain the global frameworks for addressing climate change, the implication of UK policy for organisations, and the importance of stakeholder and supply chain engagement in creating and influencing sustainability activities;
• Understand how to develop and manage a carbon reporting system and carbon quantification strategy;
• Practice undertaking a carbon footprint for Scopes 1, 2 and 3, and discuss methods for measuring and managing Scope 3 emissions;
• Identify methods of communication to ensure stakeholder support;
• Explain the relevance of carbon footprint in the context of reduction and removals strategies working toward Net Zero.

Who should attend?

This course is designed for anyone needing to understand energy and carbon management at an intermediate level, including Energy Managers, Facilities Managers, Environment Managers and Environmental Representatives. This course is perfect for those responsible for measuring and managing the carbon footprinting requirements of your organisation – it focuses on finding results, and how to report those results once found for maximum impact.