Are you ready for GHG reporting?

Your customers are asking for it...

Some 3,000 organizations in 60 countries around the world now measure and disclose their greenhouse gas emissions and climate change strategies through the Carbon Disclosure Project (CDP).  The CDP acts on behalf of 534 institutional investors, holding $64 trillion in assets under management and some 60 purchasing organizations such as Cadbury, PepsiCo and Walmart.

In a recent Carbon Disclosure Project study, members were asked to examine the participation of their supply chains in emission reductions.  Members cited several reasons for measuring supply chain emissions, the four most important being:

1. Increased customer interest that creates opportunities for differentiated products;
2. Risks facing suppliers that ultimately threaten sourcing activities;
3. Increased public, investor and stakeholder pressure to integrate carbon management with Corporate Social Responsibility programs that usually involve suppliers;
4. Joint process improvement to improve collaboration and efficiency, reduce carbon emissions and ultimately generate costs savings for Members and Suppliers.

Did You Know...

• 89% of large companies reporting to CDP have a strategy in place to engage Suppliers on GHG emissions.

• 56% of these companies state that they expect to deselect Suppliers for failing to meet formal carbon management criteria.

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

• Understand the effects of GHG's on the planet and international efforts to reduce GHG's.
• Evaluate the drivers for GHG Measurement & Reporting (Cap and Trade markets, Wal-Mart Effect, Carbon Disclosure Project, Financial Returns etc)
• Follow a 9 Step GHG Measurement and Reporting Process
• Understand the Definition & GHG Sources, GHG Inventory Boundaries & Scopes of Emissions
• Investigate GHG Standards and Protocols (ISO 14064-1 and GHG Protocol)
• Review the Guiding Principles of ISO 14064 and standard's use in GHG measurement, management, reporting and validation
• Apply direct GHG emission accounting to your operations and do GHG calculations using 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.
• Examine Emission Factors and Sources of Error.
• Understand exclusions and de-minimus
• List options for GHG reduction including mitigation and offset strategies.
• Understand "base year" concepts and recalculation
• Examine the importance and scope of GHG Information Management
• Discover elements of the GHG Report
• Identify steps to ISO 14064 GHG verification and validation processes.
• Create a plan of action for GHG Management for your enterprise.

Bonus:

• Full access to the Sustainability Learning Centre's Community of Practice, a depository of learning materials and learning forum for all our courses.
• Attend this course and the follow up "Using GHG Software Course" and save $ 100 on the combined registration fee.

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.