Foundational Carbon Accounting
Discover the importance of carbon accounting in today's evolving landscape. Gain insights on reporting carbon emissions and grasp the knowledge needed to assess your organization's carbon impact accurately.
Format
Webcast
NASBA Field of Study
Accounting
Level
Basic
CPE Credits
1
Instructor
Keiko Kurokawa Henry
Availability
Product Number
WC4865968
Understand what carbon accounting is and how it's applied, so you can implement it in your own role.
Carbon accounting quantifies the number of greenhouse gasses produced by a company or organization to provide a better understanding of their carbon footprint. Carbon accounting also measures which part of a company's operation is responsible for the emissions. This final output is known as the organization’s greenhouse gas inventory — or carbon footprint.
With carbon accounting, organizations can make accurate assessments of where to concentrate their efforts at decarbonization. Carbon accounting is the essential language through which investors, businesses, finance and accounting professionals can speak to one another about climate change.
Measuring the carbon footprint of an organization means it can be managed and reduced, which helps achieve some of the goals of tackling climate change at an organizational level. This webcast will be useful to a number of accounting and finance professionals who want to implement it internally within their organization or within an accounting firm looking to provide assurance or advisory services.
Key Topics
- Carbon accounting
- Inventory boundaries and scope 1, 2 & 3 emissions
- Different approaches to carbon accounting
- How to categorize emissions
- Calculate emissions
Learning Outcomes
- Recognize what carbon accounting is and the key drivers.
- Learn how to calculate carbon emissions and the different calculation methods involved.
- Recall what the GHG Protocol is.
- Identify what inventory boundaries are.
- Recognize what GHG emission scopes are (scopes 1, 2, 3).
Who Will Benefit
- Accounting and finance professionals who want to understand carbon accounting, its relevance and execution
- Advisory professionals who guide B&I clients on carbon footprint setup
- Assurance professionals who want to grasp carbon accounting methodologies
- Accounting and finance professionals who want to drive sustainability decisions with carbon accounting data
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