Essential Carbon Footprint Training

Contents

• Background of carbon footprinting: An introduction to the background and development of carbon footprinting
• Carbon footprint standards and reporting frameworks: (including introduction to Scope 1, Scope 2 and Scope 3 emissions)
• Organisational carbon footprinting: An essential overview of organisational footprinting.
• Product carbon footprinting: An essential overview of product carbon footprinting
• Data, tools and key resources: An overview of key data, tools and resources for carbon footprinting. There are an abundance of resources and many of the better ones are free to use.
• Calculating carbon footprints: The course will run through the key areas of calculating carbon footprints for transport, for energy consumption and for purchased materials and products. These are the 3 main contributors to a carbon footprint.
• Case study results: We will present a series of carbon footprint case studies, to illustrate how carbon footprinting can be used.
• Carbon footprint reduction: An overview of how you can reduce a carbon footprint.