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In this course, you will be introduced to the emerging field of GHG emissions accounting and develop the skills needed to identify, verify, and report a corporation's GHG emissions. Increasingly businesses are recognizing that tracking and managing GHG emissions can result in measurable environmental, social, and economic benefits. You will be introduced to the basic skills and techniques needed to generate GHG emissions inventories for entities or corporations, including the requirements for reporting and verifying entity-level direct emissions (e.g., Scope 1) and indirect emissions from purchased electricity (e.g., Scope 2). This is the first course in a series of four courses that satisfy the requirements for the Professional Certificate in Greenhouse Gas Accounting.

This course builds off the foundational concepts learned in Foundations in Greenhouse Gas Accounting I, and introduces you to more advanced skills and methods needed to produce credible emissions inventories. Best practices and requirements for GHG inventories are continuing to evolve as science advances and as governments enact GHG mitigation policies. This course includes emerging and more advanced GHG accounting methods and approaches, special considerations for community or city-level inventories, and evolving reporting frameworks and requirements. Students will be introduced to current standards, frameworks, and reporting tools, as well as, how emission inventories can be used to set mitigation goals and targets for climate action plans, as well as track progress over time.

This course teaches you the methods and skills needed to quantify Scope 3 or value-chain emissions for an organization following globally-accepted standards and frameworks, as well as how to quantify the life-cycle emissions associated with a specific product. You will also learn how to use value-chain emissions to identify the greatest GHG reduction opportunities across a company's entire value chain. Scope 3 emissions are indirect emissions that occur as a result of activities outside of an organization's own operations, but often represent its largest source of emissions. Quantifying Scope 3 emissions enables organizations to comprehensively manage their emissions-related risks and opportunities, and provides a more transparent and holistic account of their greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions or impact.

This course introduces you to the best practices for designing emission reduction goals, evaluating the business case for greenhouse gas (GHG) mitigation/management projects, and assessing the impacts of GHG projects to ensure they achieving their intended goals.