Introduction

A carbon footprint measures the total greenhouse gas emissions caused directly and indirectly by a person, organisation, event or product. This course provides a wide range of knowledge in environmental claims related to products, including carbon footprint measurement or reduction; carbon neutrality; water footprint measurement or reduction; certification of carbon footprint model outputs; and the supply of 100% renewable electricity.

Who should attend?

This course is suitable for those with no previous knowledge of carbon footprinting as well as those with just basic background knowledge. This course is suitable for all sectors.

Duration

5 days

COURSE LEVEL: Advanced

Course objectives

This course will provide you with a broad overview of carbon footprinting, covering the key concepts, main international standards, reporting frameworks, organisational and product carbon footprinting and the key data, tools and resources. The course will also run through how to calculate a simple carbon footprint, will show you case study results and will discuss carbon footprint reduction

Course Objectives

• Background of carbon footprinting
  • An introduction to the background and development of carbon footprinting
• Carbon footprint standards and reporting frameworks
  • Introduction to Scope 1, Scope 2 and Scope 3 emissions
• Organisational carbon footprinting
  •  An essential overview of organisational footprinting.
• Product carbon footprinting
  • An essential overview of product carbon footprinting
• Data, tools, and key resources
  • An overview of key data, tools and resources for carbon footprinting. There is an abundance of resources and many of the better ones are free to use.
• Calculating carbon footprints
  • These will entail the key areas of calculating carbon footprints for transport, for energy consumption and for purchased materials and products. These are the 3 main contributors to a carbon footprint.
• Case study results
  • Series of carbon footprint case studies, to illustrate how carbon footprinting can be used.
• Carbon footprint reduction
  • An overview of how you can reduce a carbon footprint

Course Administration Details:

METHODOLOGY

The instructor led trainings are delivered using a blended learning approach and comprises of presentations, guided sessions of practical exercise, web based tutorials and group work. Our facilitators are seasoned industry experts with years of experience, working as professional and trainers in these fields.

All facilitation and course materials will be offered in English. The participants should be reasonably proficient in English.

ACCREDITATION

Upon successful completion of this training, participants will be issued with an Indepth Research Institute (IRES) certificate certified by the National Industrial Training Authority (NITA).

TRAINING VENUE

The training will be held at IRES Training Centre. The course fee covers the course tuition, training materials, two break refreshments and lunch.

All participants will additionally cater for their, travel expenses, visa application, insurance, and other personal expenses.

ACCOMMODATION AND AIRPORT PICKUP

Accommodation and airport pickup are arranged upon request. For reservations contact the Training Officer.

Email:[email protected].  

Mob: +254 715 077 817

TAILOR- MADE

This training can also be customized to suit the needs of your institution upon request. You can have it delivered in our IRES Training Centre or at a convenient location.

For further inquiries, please contact us on Tel: +254 715 077 817.

Mob: +254 792516000, +254 792516010 or mail [email protected]

• Payment should be transferred to IRES account through bank before the course start date.

• Send proof of payment to [email protected] 

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