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How to Measure, Reduce, and Offset your Company's Carbon Footprint 

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How to Measure, Reduce, and Offset your Company's Carbon Footprint
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Overview

Duration

6 weeks

Total fee

2,763

Mode of learning

Online

Credential

Certificate

How to Measure, Reduce, and Offset your Company's Carbon Footprint
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How to Measure, Reduce, and Offset your Company's Carbon Footprint
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Highlights

  • Weekly study 3 hours
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How to Measure, Reduce, and Offset your Company's Carbon Footprint
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FutureLearn 
Course details

More about this course
  • This Course guided through the terminology, measurement techniques, and reduction strategies for your company's carbon footprint.
  • Start by examining different carbon footprint modelling tools before a step-by-step guide will help you model your own
  • Scope 1, Scope 2, and Scope 3 carbon footprint.
  • Explore common strategies for reducing your carbon footprint before examining how and where your company can offset its carbon footprint.
  • This course will help to navigate the confusing carbon offset landscape to help you find the scheme that works best for you and your business.

How to Measure, Reduce, and Offset your Company's Carbon Footprint
 at 
FutureLearn 
Curriculum

Understanding the key terminology around climate change

Introduction

Why take action?

Understanding greenhouse gases (GHGs) and key terminology

What are "net" emissions?

End of week quiz

Modelling your scope 1 and scope 2 emissions

An introduction to modelling

Modelling your emissions - getting started

Modelling your scope 1 emissions

Modelling your scope 2 emissions

End of week quiz

Modelling your scope 3 emissions

Modelling your scope 3 emissions

Viewing your base carbon footprint

End of week quiz

Offsetting and reducing your emissions

An introduction to carbon offsetting

Where to offset

Setting a reduction target

Simple reduction strategies

End of week quiz

Monitoring and reporting on your offsetting and reductions

Tracking your current footprint

Using the carbon footprint tracker

Modelling with multiple offices and multiple countries (advanced)

Creating a company dashboard

Creating dashboards for a customer

End of week quiz

Going beyond and influencing -other initiatives

Reduction pledges

Other pledges and commitments

Staff schemes

Wrap-up and next steps

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