Environmental & Sustainability Programs
Advanced Carbon Footprint Practicum: Data Quality, Uncertainty and Decision-Ready GHG Inventories
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Overview
From Carbon Data to Decision-Ready GHG Inventories: Strengthening Data Quality, Managing Uncertainty and Prioritising Action.
- The Advanced Carbon Footprint Practicum is a six-hour, Level 2 live online program designed for professionals with foundational knowledge of carbon accounting. Using the Salik Sustainability Report 2025, the Molecor Organisational Carbon Footprint Report 2024, and supplementary training data, participants develop traceable Scope 1, Scope 2 and selected Scope 3 GHG inventories.
- Through hands-on exercises, participants validate emissions data, document emission factors and assumptions, assess data quality and uncertainty, and distinguish emissions hotspots from low-confidence results. The practicum combines guided practice, peer review and portfolio-based assessment to strengthen participants’ ability to develop defensible GHG inventories and prioritise emissions-reduction and data-improvement actions for informed sustainability decisions.
Who Should Attend
- Sustainability, ESG, and Environmental, Health and Safety (EHS) professionals.
- Energy, facilities management, quality, and compliance professionals.
- Carbon accounting practitioners and sustainability consultants.
- Organisational data owners responsible for emissions data and supporting evidence.
- Professionals managing GHG inventories, carbon footprint assessments, and emissions disclosure.
- Professionals involved in emissions-reduction planning and sustainability decision-making
Learning Outcomes
- Upon successful completion of this practicum, participants will be able to: Define and document organisational and operational boundaries, and map activity data to responsible owners, reporting periods, measurement units, and supporting evidence.
- Identify missing, duplicated, inconsistent, and unsupported data; evaluate data quality using documented indicators; and recommend corrective actions.
- Select and document appropriate emission factors and Global Warming Potential (GWP) values, and calculate and reconcile an integrated inventory covering Scope 1, Scope 2, and selected Scope 3 emissions.
- Identify and classify material sources of uncertainty, assess sensitivity, and distinguish significant emissions hotspots from low-confidence results.
- Prioritise evidence-based emissions-reduction measures and data-improvement actions to strengthen organisational sustainability performance.
- Prepare and present a decision-ready GHG inventory summary, supported by documented calculations, assumptions, and evidence, and effectively defend the inventory findings.
Course Outline
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Module 1: GHG Inventory Boundaries and Activity Data Mapping
• Documenting organisational and operational boundaries. • Mapping activity data to owners, reporting periods and units. • Establishing links between inventory data and supporting evidence.
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Module 2: Data Validation and Emission Factor Selection
• Identifying missing, duplicate, inconsistent and unsupported data. • Selecting appropriate emission factors and GWP values. • Documenting emission factors, evidence and calculation assumptions.
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Module 3: Scope 1, Scope 2 and Scope 3 Emissions Calculations
• Developing traceable Scope 1 and Scope 2 emissions calculations. • Calculating selected Scope 3 emissions. • Reconciling calculations into an integrated GHG inventory.
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Module 4: Data Quality Evaluation and Corrective Actions
• Assessing the quality of activity data and inventory results. • Applying documented data quality indicators. • Identifying deficiencies and recording corrective actions.
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Module 5: Uncertainty, Sensitivity and Emissions Hotspots
• Identifying and classifying material sources of uncertainty. • Screening uncertainty and sensitivity in emissions calculations. • Differentiating emissions hotspots from low-confidence results.
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Module 6: Reduction Planning and Decision-Ready Reporting
• Prioritising emissions-reduction opportunities. • Developing corresponding data-improvement actions. • Presenting an evidence-based decision summary. • Explaining and defending the completed GHG inventory file.
Assessment
Assessment is conducted through practical activities and portfolio-based evidence, supported by instructor observation, guided practice and peer challenge. Participants demonstrate their ability to develop and reconcile GHG emissions calculations, identify data quality issues, document assumptions and supporting evidence, assess uncertainty, and present justified reduction and data-improvement priorities. Assessment Approach: Practical exercises, observation, peer challenge and assessed portfolio evidence.