Carbon Accounting & GHG Management

Overview

This is a professional certificate course about the global transition to a low-carbon energy system offered by UN Global Compact Network Singapore as one of the Enterprise Sustainability Programme (ESP) Decarbonisation Courses. It is intended to upskill company staff in carbon accounting and greenhouse gas (GHG) management – whether at a beginner level or already fairly experienced in the subject.
The course addresses the foundational questions on why we need to reduce emissions, what the accurate accounting of emissions will help achieve, and how appropriate target setting, and sharing on various approaches and solutions can equip and empower us to reduce emissions.

You will learn:

Module 1:

Primary learning objective: To help participants develop an understanding of the importance of climate change, the key relevant developments, and to equip them with basic knowledge and skills to start measuring and recording their business’ carbon footprint

Main topics are:

Greenhouse Gases and an Introduction to Scope 1, 2 and 3 emissions accounting
Regulations and Trends in Decarbonisation and Carbon Pricing
The Business case for Decarbonisation
Measuring Emissions with our Carbon Emissions and Recording Tool (CERT)
Project Case study using CERT

Module 2:

Primary learning objective: To help participants understand the basic methodologies for reducing carbon footprint, and discover concrete ideas for projects and opportunities to reduce carbon footprint in their respective industry/sector.

Main topics are:

Journey to Net Zero: Setting decarbonization targets and goals
General principles of Reducing Carbon Footprint
Project portfolio prioritization using the Marginal Abatement Cost Curve (MACC) tool
Offsets and Voluntary Carbon Market
Sector Experts Best Practices
Peer Learning Activity