ISO 14064-1:2018 Greenhouse Gas Inventory Awareness

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Build practical awareness of organizational greenhouse gas inventories through 12 modules and 36 complete text lessons with activities and feedback. Learn inventory principles, organizational and reporting boundaries, six category groups, significant indirect emissions, data and factors, CO2e calculations, electricity, removals, biogenic carbon, base years, quality, uncertainty, mitigation, reporting and verification. Apply the fictional Seabrook Distribution case in a 40-question quiz and required practical assignment. Includes a separate learner assignment document and 12 optional reference links. Estimated learning workload: 6.5 hours. Successful completion earns a W3 course-completion certificate.

LO01: Explain organizational GHG inventories and distinguish inventory, project and product purposes.
LO02: Apply the five inventory principles to intended uses, responsibilities and decisions.
LO03: Explain organizational consolidation using control or equity share and document boundary decisions.
LO04: Identify the six inventory categories and a reasoned process for significant indirect emissions.
LO05: Select traceable activity data and suitable emission factors with explicit units and limitations.
LO06: Calculate illustrative emissions in tonnes CO2e and explain electricity accounting and double-counting risks.
LO07: Distinguish emissions, removals, biogenic carbon, avoided emissions and external credits.
LO08: Explain base-year selection, recalculation and fair absolute and intensity comparisons.
LO09: Describe quality controls, record retention, missing-data treatment and uncertainty assessment.
LO10: Propose measurable mitigation actions and targets without overstating causation or neutrality.
LO11: Describe transparent reporting, internal review and the organization’s role in verification.
LO12: Evaluate the fictional inventory case, calculate results and propose accountable improvements.

Course Content

GHG inventory foundations
Explain the purpose, vocabulary and limits of an organizational inventory.

01 | What an organizational inventory does
02 | Gases sources sinks and CO2e
03 | Inventory project and product boundaries

Principles and intended use
Apply relevance, completeness, consistency, accuracy and transparency.

Organizational boundaries
Understand control, equity share and boundary evidence.

Reporting boundaries and categories
Classify sources and assess significant indirect emissions.

Activity data and emission factors
Collect traceable data and select appropriate factors.

Quantification and electricity
Calculate CO2e and distinguish electricity accounting methods.

Removals and biogenic carbon
Recognize sinks, biogenic treatment and separate credit claims.

Base years and comparisons
Maintain comparable inventories and interpret changes.

Inventory quality and uncertainty
Control records, review calculations and explain uncertainty.

Mitigation and targets
Connect credible inventory evidence to practical action.

Reporting and verification
Prepare transparent reports and support verification.

Applied inventory case
Apply boundaries, calculations and quality controls to a fictional company.

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Course Content

GHG inventory foundations Explain the purpose, vocabulary and limits of an organizational inventory.

01 | What an organizational inventory does

02 | Gases sources sinks and CO2e

03 | Inventory project and product boundaries

Principles and intended use Apply relevance, completeness, consistency, accuracy and transparency.

04 | Relevance completeness and users

05 | Consistency accuracy and transparency

06 | Planning the inventory and assigning roles

Organizational boundaries Understand control, equity share and boundary evidence.

07 | Choosing an organizational approach

08 | Leased sites and outsourced activities

09 | Maintaining a boundary record

Reporting boundaries and categories Classify sources and assess significant indirect emissions.

10 | The six inventory categories

11 | Significant indirect emissions

12 | Sources exclusions and double counting

Activity data and emission factors Collect traceable data and select appropriate factors.

13 | Collecting usable activity data

14 | Selecting emission factors

15 | Units estimates and factor controls

Quantification and electricity Calculate CO2e and distinguish electricity accounting methods.

16 | Calculating direct emissions

17 | Purchased electricity and imported energy

18 | Indirect calculations and reconciliation

Removals and biogenic carbon Recognize sinks, biogenic treatment and separate credit claims.

19 | Emissions removals and reservoirs

20 | Biogenic carbon and land activities

21 | Credits offsets and avoided emissions

Base years and comparisons Maintain comparable inventories and interpret changes.

22 | Selecting a base year

23 | Recalculation and structural changes

24 | Absolute totals and intensity measures

Inventory quality and uncertainty Control records, review calculations and explain uncertainty.

25 | Quality controls and internal review

26 | Records versions and missing data

27 | Uncertainty and improvement priorities

Mitigation and targets Connect credible inventory evidence to practical action.

28 | From inventory hotspots to actions

29 | Targets responsibilities and progress

30 | Communicating progress without overclaiming

Reporting and verification Prepare transparent reports and support verification.

31 | Planning a transparent GHG report

32 | Verification and the organization’s role

33 | Readiness review and improvement cycle

Applied inventory case Apply boundaries, calculations and quality controls to a fictional company.

34 | Case boundaries and evidence priorities

35 | Case calculations and fair comparisons

36 | Writing the management briefing