Carbon Accounting Fundamentals: Defensible GHG Inventories
Course Description
OPENING
Most organisations now report carbon accounting numbers. Very few understand how those numbers are actually built.
Carbon accounting is not about perfect data. It’s about clear thinking, transparent assumptions, and defensible decisions.
This course provides a practical foundation in carbon accounting and greenhouse gas (GHG) inventories, focused on how emissions are calculated and reported in real organisations — not just how they appear in sustainability reports.
WHAT THIS COURSE COVERS
In this course, you will learn:
How carbon emissions are calculated using activity data and emission factors
What CO₂e means — and why different gases are treated differently
How Scope 1, Scope 2, and Scope 3 emissions are defined and applied
How organisational boundaries determine what is included in an inventory
Where professional judgement is required when data is incomplete or uncertain
How to build a simple, structured, and defensible GHG inventory end-to-end
Rather than memorising standards, you’ll learn how to think like a carbon accountant — including how to explain and defend your assumptions.
WHAT MAKES THIS COURSE DIFFERENT
This is not a standards walkthrough or a reporting checklist.
Instead, this course focuses on:
Practical logic over theory
Real-world data limitations
How professionals decide what is “good enough”
Why clarity and consistency matter more than false precision
The approach reflects how carbon accounting is actually applied in consulting, corporate sustainability, and assurance contexts.
WHO THIS COURSE IS FOR
This course is designed for:
Sustainability and ESG professionals
Consultants and advisors
Engineers, architects, and project managers
Students and graduates entering sustainability roles
Anyone who needs to understand how GHG inventories are built — not just reported
You do not need a technical background.
If you can follow logical steps and explain assumptions clearly, you will be able to apply what you learn.
WHAT YOU’LL BE ABLE TO DO BY THE END
By the end of this course, you will be able to:
Explain how carbon accounting works in practice
Build a basic organisational GHG inventory
Classify emissions correctly by scope
Identify key assumptions and limitations
Communicate carbon data with confidence and credibility
WHAT THIS COURSE DOES NOT COVER
This course focuses on foundations.
It does not cover, in depth:
Advanced Scope 3 category modelling
Sector-specific methodologies
Net-zero target setting
Assurance standards in detail
These topics build on the principles taught here and are best approached once the fundamentals are clear.
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