Calculating Your Carbon Footprint

Bureau Veritas
1 hour and 0 minutes
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Calculating Your Carbon Footprint

Bureau Veritas
1 hour and 0 minutes
Avg. rating 4.3
  1. Introduction to Carbon Accounting and Climate Change

    Introduction to Carbon Accounting and Climate Change

    In this lesson, you will learn what carbon/GHG emissions are, identify the aspects that contribute to carbon emissions, know how to use standardised approaches, as well as how to report and understand the importance of third-party verification.

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  2. Sources, Scopes & Organisational Boundaries

    Sources, Scopes & Organisational Boundaries

    In this lesson, you will learn how to identify aspects of activity which produce GHG emissions​, define reporting (operational) boundaries, appreciate the differences between scopes and categories, and establish organisational boundaries for their businesses.

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  3. Calculating Your Organisations Carbon Footprint (GHG Inventory)

    Calculating Your Organisations Carbon Footprint (GHG Inventory)

    In this lesson, you will learn to recognise the emissions which would be included in the carbon footprint, understand the formulae used for converting usage data into emissions; calculate the emissions total for the case study organisation; know sources of activity data and emission factors used in calculations; and prepare for the reporting of their organisation’s Carbon Footprint.

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  4. Ongoing Reporting and Verification

    Ongoing Reporting and Verification

    In this lesson, you will learn to recognise the best practice options for ongoing reporting; devise or work with a system of collection and collation; allocate responsibilities based on roles and authority levels; deal with uncertainty associated with quantification approaches; track performance over time; and identify the importance of verification.

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  5. Final Assessment

    Final Assessment

    Test your knowledge.

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