ON-DEMAND FOUR PART WORKSHOP: GHG (CARBON) MEASUREMENT & REPORTING

Greenhouse Gas reporting is underway for large emitters. Facilities who exceed the new 50kt CO2 equivalent GHG emission threshold must report their 2009 GHG emissions on or before June 1, 2010.

In addition in September 2009 the EPA issued its final rule on mandatory reporting of GHGs for emitters of over 25K tons a year starting in 2011 for the year 2010.

Some experts believe that the U.S. may start pressuring Canada to have better GHG reporting requirements. Are you ready? Do you know your carbon footprint? In this one day program we will help you "kick start" your GHG inventory. By the end of this course you will be able to develop your company's GHG management plan and understand how to quantify, report and verify your total GHG emissions.

Who Has Attended:

Royal Bank of Canada, ERM, Quadra Chemicals, HyoSung, Stewardship Ontario, Maidstone Bakeries, Memorial University, Chevron, Prebel and many individuals interested in advancing their career in the direction of sustainability.

Participant Testimonials:

"They're very loaded (the modules) and good resources for my training career. They're worth the $.  Thank you.  Please let me know when you have other recorded courses."  Sunday Daniels, Prebel.

"It had been a very constructive and systematic learning and I really enjoyed it!"

"The teaching materials were well designed and the both facilitators presented the sessions well."

"I can immediately apply how the calculations are done. I can use it to visualize what some of our customers are going through trying to gather certain types of information."

" I found the definitions of how upstream/downstream sources and sinks get factored into GHG inventories helpful."

Using current case studies, best practice examples and hands-on activities you will:

Session 1:

• Understand the effects of GHG's on the planet and international efforts to reduce GHG's.
• Drivers for GHG Measurement & Reporting (Cap and Trade markets, Wal-Mart Effect, Carbon Disclosure Project, Financial Returns etc)
• 9 Step GHG Measurement and Management Process
• Steps to Gaining Management Support and the business case for GHG measurement, management and reporting.

• Definition & GHG Sources
• GHG Inventory Boundaries & Scopes of Emissions
• GHG Standards and Protocols (ISO 14064-1 and GHG Protocol)
• Guiding Principles of ISO 14064 and standard's use in GHG measurement, management, reporting and validation

• Appraise the principles of ISO 14064 and this standard's use in GHG measurement, management, reporting and validation (continued).
• Calculating emissions and Quantification Options
• Apply direct GHG emission accounting to your operations and do GHG calculations for your electricity bill.
• Comprehend indirect GHG emission accounting and identify the indirect GHG emissions in your operation.
• Discuss GHG quantification methodologies and their implications to your reporting and verification system.

• Quantification methodologies continued.
• Emission Factors and Sources of Error.
• Understanding exclusions and de-minimus
• List options for GHG reduction including mitigation and offset strategies.
• Setting Targets and introducing Directed Actions
• Understand base year concept and recalculation
• GHG Information Management
• Elements of the GHG Report
• Identify steps to ISO 14064 GHG verification and validation processes.
• Steps to a plan of action for GHG Management for your enterprise.

Bonus:

• All sessions are recorded  just listen to it later when you have time.
• Full access to the Sustainability Learning Centre's Community of Practice, a depository of learning materials and learning forum for all our courses.

Stephen Boles, President, Kuzuka. 

Steve has been active in the climate change community as a scientist and consultant for over 12 years. Steve received his Master of Science degree from the University of Alaska Fairbanks in 1998 and spent the next eight years working as a scientist at one of the world's leading climate change research centers at the University of New Hampshire. He has assisted numerous companies with the development of their GHG Inventory including: Saputo, Grocery Gateway, Vineland Estates Winery, Huron County, Avon Maitland District School Board and others.

• Sustainability, Environmental, and Corporate Social Responsibility Managers
• Facilities Managers
• Purchasing Personnel
• Plant Managers
• Engineers responsible for energy efficiency and energy saving
• Environmental Health and Safety Personnel and ISO 14001 implementation officers, consultants and auditors
• Anyone in the industrial, commercial and institutional sector responsible for GHG reporting.