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GHG Management Certificate Program
Carbon 360® is the premier open-source training and reporting solution for businesses worldwide adopting Greenhouse Gas inventory management to meet expectations, disclose their emissions, and transition to Net Zero.
The GHG Management Program for individuals prepares you for a rewarding role in a world of borderless opportunities.
Earning the GHG Management Certificate demonstrates to employers and colleagues that you have a comprehensive understanding of GHG management practices and are committed to advancing your professional knowledge and skills. In addition, the GHG Management Certificate is recognised as a mark of excellence in the field of sustainability and GHG management.
By completing this program, you will gain the necessary knowledge and skills to help an organisation define, undertake, and report its emissions inventory in accordance with best practice standards.
You will also learn how to prepare and complete a comprehensive GHG Inventory Management Plan from end-to-end, collect relevant emissions data, and scientifically calculate GHG Emissions using best practice tools.
You will gain an understanding of and be able to apply the GHG Protocol, the global carbon accounting standard to report and disclose emissions, define the scope of and scientifically build an organisation’s Greenhouse Gas emissions profile, identify key emissions reduction opportunities, evaluate opportunities using your emissions baseline, set an organization’s net zero emissions and interim reduction targets, and communicate net zero emissions commitment and actions to stakeholders.
Additionally, you will learn about best practise Quality Management systems in incrementally improving the quality of emissions data as well as verification and assurance options.
You will also learn how to qualify, select and source carbon offsetting projects.
This course is ideal for consultants, managers, and anyone interested in taking an active role in, or gaining a robust understanding of best practice GHG Inventory Management.
This course relates to current and future consultants, managers and anyone interested in, or looking to taking an active role in, or gaining robust understanding of, best practice GHG Inventory Management.
Whether you work or intend to work in the private sector, public sector, or non-profit sector, this course is designed to provide you with the knowledge and skills you need to manage GHG emission inventories effectively to a globally recognised standard.
The GHG Management Certificate is an online, self-paced, on-demand program delivered through 20+ video lectures with an average length of approximately 15 minutes.
Presenter’s notes are available for reference. Each step is followed by an interactive skill quiz which requires an 80% pass rate. Re-attempts are allowed.
The open book online capstone assignment is completed incrementally with each study section and is integrated into the course work. The assignment is not a marked test but acts as a mutual verification that you have successfully navigated all required steps and have demonstrated proficiency in completing a robust GHG Inventory Management Plan for a fictional company.
This program follows the same steps and training as a corporate client of Carbon 360®, with the main difference being that you will be provided with a fictional organisation and given information to be applied through the various steps as if you worked on this fictional company.
The course is designed to be normally completed over a period of 4-8 weeks, with an estimated total of 40 hours of online learning, including the online capstone assignment. This allows participants to learn at their own pace and to balance their studies with their work and personal commitments. Students have 12 months to complete the program.
How Carbon 360® works is explained here
The course covers a wide range of topics related to GHG management, including carbon accounting, emissions reduction strategies, reporting frameworks, and industry-specific guidance.
By the end of the course, participants will have gained a comprehensive understanding of GHG management practices, including carbon accounting, emissions reduction strategies, and reporting frameworks. They will also be able to apply this knowledge to real-world situations, and to develop and implement effective GHG management plans and strategies.
Specifically,
- Help an organisation define, undertake and report their emissions inventory in accordance with the GHG Protocol and the Paris Climate Agreement (Scope 1-3 emissions)
- Complete a comprehensive GHG Inventory Management Plan from end-to-end
- Collect relevant emissions data
- Scientifically calculate GHG Emissions using best practice tools
- Understand and apply the GHG Protocol, the global carbon accounting standard to report and disclose emissions
- Define the scope of and scientifically build an organisation’s Greenhouse Gas emissions profile
- Identify key emissions reduction opportunities
- Evaluate opportunities using your emissions baseline
- Set an organisation’s net zero emissions and interim reduction targets
- Communicate net zero emissions commitment and actions to stakeholders
- Select and qualify carbon offsetting projects
- Explain and structure a GHG Quality Management System.
- Understand the value and purpose of internal and external verification and assurance options
The GHG Management Certificate program is based on the GHG Protocol framework with the objective of saving you hundreds of hours researching the applicable standards and being taught its relevance and how to apply it in a real-life scenario.
Carbon 360® uniquely includes access to the Carbon 360® Navigator, a powerful digital tool that works like a Swiss army knife to process collected raw emissions data that need to be converted into meaningful carbon dioxide equivalents required to scientifically calculate Scope 1-3 emissions.
The program focuses on guiding each student to confidently complete an end-to-end GHG Inventory Management Plan. As such, the program includes access to a cloud-based Inventory Management Plan application, ‘IMP,’ which is purposefully designed to align with the GHG Protocol expectations. The IMP supports you step by step in completing a fictional GHG Inventory Management Plan for a fictional company.
The GHG Management Certificate program requires basic computer knowledge, a decent internet connection, and a working knowledge of and access to Microsoft Excel. As the program is delivered online with tutorial support on-demand, it requires that you proactively progress through each step without being prompted.
All content is delivered in English.
While the program is designed to work on mobile devices, the best experience will be achieved on a desktop computer.
You will have access to the Carbon 360® Resource Area for 12 months and will need to undertake the program within this timeframe.
Watch why the Carbon 360® training is relevant to businesses
“In a world of proprietary initiatives, bumper sticker certifications and costly outsourcing and consultants, Carbon 360® turns the table and delivers exceptional value.”
“Carbon 360® is a complete and self-paced carbon inventory management program taking your team from untrained to well informed, confidently managing your GHG inventory competently to a world class standard”
“Carbon 360®’s end-to-end solution helps organisations understand and manage their GHG emissions and take action to reduce them.”
