Raymond Cheung
Advisor & Lead Trainer
Over twenty years in actuarial science and risk management, working across ESG, sustainability and ESG investment.
- Bachelor of Business, Actuarial Science major, Nanyang Technological University
// Carbon & Climate
Carbon Literacy for Professionals: Measurement to Mitigation
Read, question and contribute to a greenhouse gas inventory with confidence.
Course details
- Duration
- Half day
- Format
- In person, Virtual live, In-house
- Location
- Singapore
- Next date
- Confirmed on enquiry
- Price
- On enquiry
- In-house delivery
- Available
// Overview
About this programme
Carbon numbers circulate widely inside organisations and are frequently misunderstood by the people expected to act on them. This programme addresses that directly.
It covers how emissions are measured -- organisational boundaries, the three scopes, activity data and emission factors -- and then how measurement translates into reduction: what levers exist, how they are assessed, and why a target without a pathway is not a plan.
The session is technical enough to be useful and is aimed at professionals who need to work with emissions data rather than produce it single-handedly.
// Audience
Who should attend
- Sustainability, EHS and operations professionals working with emissions data
- Finance and reporting teams responsible for carbon disclosures
- Procurement teams handling supplier emissions requirements
- Managers asked to interpret or challenge an emissions figure
// Outcomes
What you will be able to do
- Explain organisational and operational boundary setting
- Distinguish Scope 1, Scope 2 and Scope 3 emissions and give examples of each
- Describe the difference between location-based and market-based Scope 2
- Explain how activity data and emission factors combine to produce an emissions figure
- Identify common sources of error and omission in a greenhouse gas inventory
- Describe how reduction levers are identified and prioritised by cost and impact
// Curriculum
Course contents
Foundations
- Greenhouse gases and carbon dioxide equivalent
- Why organisational carbon accounting exists and who uses the output
- The GHG Protocol and ISO 14064 in outline
Boundaries and scopes
- Control and equity share approaches
- Scope 1 direct emissions, including fugitive and mobile sources
- Scope 2 purchased energy, location-based and market-based
- Scope 3 and the fifteen categories
From data to a number
- Activity data: where it lives and why it is difficult to obtain
- Emission factor selection and documentation
- Data quality, gaps and estimation
- Common errors that make an inventory indefensible
From measurement to mitigation
- Reading an inventory to find where emissions actually sit
- Reduction levers and how they are assessed
- Marginal abatement cost as a prioritisation tool
- Targets, pathways and the limited role of offsetting
// Delivery
How it runs
- Duration
- Half day
- Formats
- In person, Virtual live, In-house
- Location
- Singapore
- Materials
- Course materials are provided to every participant.
- Scheduled dates
- Public dates are set according to demand. In-house dates are arranged to suit your organisation.
// Certification
What participants receive
For confirmation of what this programme awards, please ask when you enquire.
// Instructor
Who teaches this
// In-house delivery
Run this programme for your team
This programme can be delivered privately for a single organisation. In-house delivery allows the exercises to use your own data, register or supply base, which is generally what makes training translate into changed practice.
Request corporate trainingIn-house delivery includes
- Delivery at your premises or virtually
- Content adjusted to your sector and maturity
- Exercises using your own data where appropriate
- Scheduling around your team availability
- A single invoice rather than per-seat pricing
// Questions
Frequently asked
Is this a technical course?
It is technical in content but does not assume a technical background. The objective is that participants can work with emissions data competently, not that they can build an inventory alone.
How does this differ from ESG Essentials?
ESG Essentials covers the full ESG landscape at a strategic level. This programme goes deeper on carbon specifically -- measurement method, data and reduction.
// Enquire
Enquire about this course
Tell us whether this is for you individually or for a group, and your preferred timeframe. We will come back with available dates, delivery options and pricing.
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