FEE FREE Carbon Accounting workshop - DATE TBC

Join us online for a live and interactive FEE FREE workshop designed for non-expert individuals and businesses eager to master carbon accounting. Deep dive into carbon footprints, emissions and scopes, current standards, reporting frameworks and policies – with case studies showing the practical application of the information covered.

During the 5-hour live and interactive workshop, participants will gain strategic and operational insights essential for developing a robust carbon accounting system, including:

Understanding the basics of carbon accounting

What is carbon accounting
Carbon footprints, emissions and scopes

Learning how carbon accounting applies to public sector and business operations

Embedding carbon accounting into budgeting & decision-making
Identifying reduction opportunities
Monitoring and continuous improvement

Policy context

Current policy and standard setting nationally and internationally (e.g., IPCC Guidelines, GHG Protocol, Net Zero targets, SEEA, TCFD)

Practical context: Demonstrations of data collection, emissions calculation, reporting

Carbon accounting tools for different types of GHG, projects, organisations etc
Reporting mechanism and snapshots from GHG inventory report, SEEA reporting, carbon credit reporting, climate reporting standards

Networking

During the course, participants will interactively tackle a practical case study, calculating emissions of an organisation and identification of possible reduction strategies. This practical experience will enhance your ability to embed carbon accounting into your business - applying emission measurements and reduction targets, considering carbon considerations in capital investment targets and operational decision-making, options for reporting approaches, and evaluation of various carbon accounting tools.

Participants will leave the workshop with:

- Practical tools for carbon accounting including sample data sheets and reporting templates
- A list of learning resources for further exploration
- A deeper understanding of how to develop a carbon accounting system for their own business
- A Certificate of Completion from the Australian Centre for Business Growth (AUCBG), part of the University of South Australia Business School

This course is offered fee free thanks to funding from the Department of Employment and Workplace Relations’ Local Jobs National Priority Fund.  

Places are limited, and registration is essential.

REGISTER NOW

Event details - online via Microsoft Teams

When: date TBC

Meeting Opens: 9.15am

Event commences: 9.30am

Event concludes: 2:30pm

Where: online via Microsoft Teams

For more information, contact leep@lithgow.nsw.gov.au or phone Ingrid – (02) 6354 9999

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