Greenhouse Gas (GHG) Practitioner Qualification

Level Specialist Qualification Practitioner Duration 4 days

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Helping support your organization's carbon reduction journey, whilst developing your career.

Our Greenhouse Gas (GHG) Practitioner Qualification pathway combines key courses and exams to validate your learning. On successful completition, you'll earn an industry recognized qualification you can display on your professional profile.

This Qualification combines the following courses and exams:

ISO 14064-1:2018 Requirements

Understand the key terms, definitions and requirements of ISO 14064-1. Learn how it can help your organization to quantify greenhouse gas emissions that are relevant, complete, consistent, accurate and transparent.

Carbon Management Planning

Learn to implement relevant standards, including ISO 14064, ISO 14068, and ISO 14090, that were developed to help organizations manage their GHG emissions, and address the risks associated with climate change.

ISO 14064-3:2019 Greenhouse Gas Verification and Validation

Learn the principles and processes involved in conducting verification and validation of GHG statements and GHG reports. Discover how to design a framework to measure and report on your organization’s GHG emissions.

On completion, you’ll be awarded an internationally recognized BSI Greenhouse Gas (GHG) Practitioner Qualification you can showcase on your professional profile.

There are a variety of learning outcomes for the individual courses that make up this qualification.

ISO 14064-1:2018 Requirements Training Course

By the end of the training, you will be able to:
- Outline the importance and benefits of quantifying and reporting on greenhouse gas emissions following ISO 14064-1:2018
- Describe the key requirements, terms and definitions of ISO 14064-1:2018
- Describe how to define the boundaries of GHG emissions associated with your organization to develop a framework to measure, report and manage those emissions
- Outline the structure of ISO 14064-1:2018 and its broader family of standards
Carbon Management Planning Training Course

By attending this course, you will be able to:
- Outline the impact of climate change and the role of organizations to mitigate and adapt to it
- Define and develop a framework to implement a carbon management plan and obtain top management buy-in
- Determine a suitable GHG reporting boundary; taking into account emission scopes and life cycle perspective
- Plan data collection and calculate GHG emissions
- Define and support the formation and establishment of an implementation team
- Describe the resources, support, and competence required for the implementation team
- Outline the key differences between ISO 14064-1 vs GHG Protocol
- Integrate ISO 14064-1 requirements into related management systems, such as ISO 14001 and ISO 50001
- Establish the role of top management and evaluate their commitment to carbon management planning
- Identify and plan a range of actions to mitigate GHG emissions, including GHG reductions, GHG removals, and actions by others
- Develop credible baseline scenarios to demonstrate reduction and removal of future GHG emissions
- Identify and assess climate change risks in order to determine climate action (mitigation vs adaptation)
- Document and assess the effectiveness of a carbon management plan
ISO 14064-3:2019 Greenhouse Gas Verification and Validation Training Course

By the end of the training, you will be able to:
- Outline the principles, requirements, terms, and guidelines of ISO 14064-3:2019
- Distinguish between verification, validation and management system audits
- Outline the difference between first-, second-, and third-party verification and validation
- Define, plan, and conduct a verification and validation exercise
- Sustainability, environmental, and CSR professionals managing or reporting on GHG emissions.
- Climate change specialists, programme advisors, officers, and champions.
- Energy and environmental managers seeking practical carbon management skills.
- Organizations and consultants involved in implementing or supporting carbon management plans.
- Anyone responsible for preparing, validating, or using GHG statements and reports.
On completion, you’ll be awarded an internationally recognized BSI Greenhouse Gas (GHG) Practitioner Qualification you can showcase on your professional profile.
Learn more about the BSI Greenhouse Gas (GHG) Practitioner Qualification here.

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