Introduction to Climate Change and GHG Emissions

• What is climate change
• What will be the impacts of climate change
• The economic implications of climate change
• The options for combating climate change
• The present emissions and their development (by region) over the past decade

International Carbon Regulations

• The Kyoto Protocol and its mechanisms
• Sustainable Development Goals – Goal 13 – Climate Action
• Climate Action 100+
• Global carbon regulations
• SEC: Climate-Related Disclosures for Investors
• Inflation Reduction Act (IRA)
• US Government regulations and practices – Climate Action Plan
• The EU 2030 Framework for climate and energy policies
• COP21 – The Paris Agreement
• Local Examples

Net Zero and Carbon Reduction Strategies

• The definition of sustainable development
• The dimensions of Corporate Social Responsibility (Triple Bottom Line)
• What can organizations do?
• The importance of sustainability in supply chain
• The operational risks in the supply chain
• Sustainability drivers and complexity in the supply chain
• Net Zero Introduction
• SBTi’s Corporate Net-Zero Standard
• Net Zero Practices

Energy Efficiency and Green Buildings

• The rise of carbon footprint strategy
• The importance of energy efficiency use, and examples on how efficiency can be achieved
• The ISO50001 standard
• Green buildings and carbon footprint through various green building certifications (BREEAM, LEED, SERF, Green Globes)

GHG Accounting and Assessment

• The issues of GHG accounting
• The Greenhouse Gas Protocol, its operational boundaries, and value chain accounting
• Scope 3 Emissions
• The emissions factors and their verification
• Emission factors deviations
• Emission and cost reduction strategies

Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) for Carbon Footprint and Water Footprint

• The life cycle analysis
• Measuring standards to be used in life cycle analysis
• The life cycle methodology and specific examples
• The water footprint and its importance

GHG Offsetting and Green Marketing

• The process of carbon offsetting
• The comparison between carbon trading and carbon offsetting
• The carbon offsetting project standards
• Examples of carbon offsetting
• The concept of green marketing
• The term “greenwashing” and to detect/avoid it
• Green products and the use of eco-labels

Reporting

• The purpose of sustainability reporting
• The reasons for reporting GHG emissions
• The Carbon Disclosure Project
• The risks and opportunities related to climate change
• The Dow Jones Sustainability Indexes
• The Global Reporting Initiative