Awareness of carbon footprinting is vital to every organisation today; this course helps organisations to monitor, measure and minimise their carbon footprint and improve their environmental performance.
The course covers a wide range of current topics including how to calculate an organisational and product carbon footprint, foot print standards, how to manage and reduce carbon emissions and the business benefits for engaging in carbon reduction strategies.
Course objectives
This one day introductory programme is aimed at people in business, commerce, retail and industry who want to improve their understanding of carbon foot printing. This course helps you to start calculating and reducing your carbon footprint and achieve environmental improvements and cost savings.
Course content
This highly interactive course covers the following topics:
- Understanding climate change, green house gases, carbon and energy
- Climate change - the drivers behind carbon management
- How to calculate a carbon footprint
- Carbon footprint measurement and application
- Carbon footprint methodologies
- Green House Gas protocol
- Life Cycle Assessment
- PAS 2050:2008
- ISO 14064:2006
- Carbon performance management
- Carbon management and delivering carbon reductions
Who should attend?
The course is ideal for anyone, from a range of sectors, who needs a basic awareness of carbon foot printing and how to start calculating an organisational or product footprint.
What will you learn?
By the end of the course you will learn about how to calculate a carbon footprint and to start a programme to reduce the carbon footprint.
The course has already been delivered at training centres in Leeds, London and Birmingham. The feedback has been very positive. Dee Grismond, Director of Cherry Gorgeous, a specialist designer and printer of wedding stationery said: “I thought the carbon footprint course was great, really informative.” |
