Climate change has been cited as one of the greatest challenges facing the world. It is an issue that will increasingly affect businesses and people, having impacts on resource availability, economic activity and human well-being. Understanding the principles of measuring and reporting your greenhouse gases (GHG) enables you to be better informed on how to mitigate them.

You’ll gain an understanding of the principles of GHG reporting and learn how to design a framework to measure and report on your organization’s GHG emissions. We’ll also touch on the quality management of the data and your responsibilities in terms of verification.

Course Aim

Develop an understanding of the key terms, definitions and requirements of ISO 14064-1:2018 and how the standard can help your organization to quantify its greenhouse gas emissions that is relevant, complete, consistent, accurate and transparent.

How will I benefit?

• This course will help you:

  • Gain an understanding of the key principles of what GHG emissions are
  • Better define the GHG emission boundaries for your organization to support in mitigating them
  • Enhance the integrity of your GHG quantification within your organization's environmental reporting
  Demonstrate to your customers your commitment to a low-carbon economy and sustainable ways of working

What will I learn?

By the end of the training, you will be able to:

• Outline the importance and benefits of quantifying and reporting on greenhouse gas emissions following ISO 14064-1:2018
• Describe the key requirements, terms and definitions of ISO 14064-1:2018
• Describe how to define the boundaries of GHG emissions associated with your organization to develop a framework to measure, report and manage those emissions

Outline the structure of ISO 14064-1:2018 and its broader family of standards

Who should attend?

Anyone involved in the design, development, management and reporting of their organization’s GHG emissions and removals.

The training is designed from the perspective of organizations implementing them in their processes. External consultants and product/service providers can also gain value from the training.

Duration

1 Day

How will I learn?

Our high-impact accelerated learning approach increases learning by improving knowledge retention and skill application. This course is activity-based, resulting in a deeper understanding of the material and a greater impact on job performance

What will I gain?

Upon successful completion, you’ll be awarded an internationally recognized BSI Training Academy certificate

Prerequisites

There are no formal prerequisites.

It will be useful for delegates to pre-read the standard before attending the course. A basic understanding of global warming issues would be helpful

Further Information

Delegates completing the course will be issued an attendance certificate. By taking and passing the optional end-of-course exam, delegates will be issued a further certificate of achievement.

Course Materials

Soft Copy: You will receive an email prior to the course with instructions on how to access the online Student Handbook, which can be viewed, downloaded or printed.

NOTE: Copies of the standards are not included in the class fee.

BSI will make reasonable efforts to have loaner copies available for use during the class, but students are encouraged to have their own copy. Soft copies of the digital loaner standard cannot be printed or downloaded.

Related Training

This course is part of the Greenhouse Gas Practitioner qualification which covers ISO 14064-1 (this course), the Carbon Management Planning training course, and ISO 14064-3 Greenhouse gas verification and validation training course.

The Greenhouse Gas Practitioner will be a pre-requisite for the Greenhouse Gas Professional qualification which covers ISO 14067 (Carbon Footprint of Products) and ISO 14068-1 (Carbon Neutrality).

Course Logistics

If your class is Live Online:

• Students need to connect to the class from any internet accessible location.
• Webcam and Microphone are REQUIRED.
• ALL course times shown are US EASTERN TIME.

If your class is In-person :

• You are encouraged to bring a laptop with you to class.

*Session lengths could vary depending on amount of class discussion.