GHG Protocol E-Learning Courses

The Corporate Standard Training Webinar

The course provides GHG accounting and reporting principles, business goals and inventory design, organizational and operational boundaries, emissions tracking, and GHG emissions identification and calculation for reporting purposes.  

The Greenhouse Gas Protocol’s Corporate Standard Training Webinar is the perfect entry-point for corporate greenhouse gas emissions accounting.

The Corporate Standard Recorded Webinar is strongly recommended to establish familiarity with the GHG emissions standard. Although it is optional, the course is pre-requisite to the Scope 2 Recorded Webinar and the Corporate Value Chain (Scope 3) Standard courses. 

The Corporate Standard Recorded Webinar is available at no cost, but it does not come with certificate of completion because it is hosted in another platform, resulting in inability to track learners' completion. 

The Corporate Standard Recorded Webinar links: 

• Corporate Standard Training: Day One Webinar Recording 
• Corporate Standard Training: Day Two Webinar Recording
• Corporate Standard Training: Day Three Webinar Recording

The Corporate Standard Training Webinar syllabus:

The Scope 2 Recorded Webinar

The Scope 2 Guidance Recorded Webinar is a 4-hour online course on accounting for corporate emissions from purchased energy.

The Scope 2 Guidance standardizes how corporations measure and report emissions from purchased or acquired electricity, steam, heat, and cooling. It includes new requirements that are not covered in the Corporate Standard for accounting for emissions from energy contracts and instruments, such as renewable energy certificates, in greenhouse gas inventories.

This guidance complements the GHG Protocol Corporate Standard, the most widely used standard for corporate GHG accounting.

The training covers key reporting requirements and offers practical examples of how to calculate emissions using various contractual instruments across different countries.

To access the course, you must create an account in the GHG Protocol Learning Store.

There are two versions of the course:

1. The free version contains the required modules to obtain a certificate of completion; but it does not include a certificate of completion.
2. The $30 course is access to a certificate of completion. It is only accessible upon completing the required modules in the free version. 

Please follow the steps below to ensure your certificate of completion is properly added to your account: 

First step is to finish the $0 Scope 2 Recorded Webinar course 

• Go to the GHG Protocol Learning Store   
• Purchase the $0 Scope 2 Recorded Webinar course 
• Finish all the required modules in the $0 Scope 2 Recorded Webinar course 

Second step is $30 Scope 2 Recorded Webinar - certificate of completion course 

• Go to the GHG Protocol Learning Store    
• Purchase the $30 Scope 2 Recorded Webinar - certificate of completion course 
• The access to the certification should be available (no key icon)

The Scope 2 Recorded Webinar Syllabus:

Introductory assessment 

Recorded content (compulsory): 

• Scope 2 background 
• Boundary: How to determine scope 2 emissions 
• What are Energy Attribute Certificates (EACs)? 
• Scope 2 accounting methods 
• Calculating emissions in scope 2 
• Scope 2 reporting requirements 
• Setting GHG emissions reduction targets 
• Driving impacts 

Course completion feedback 

Certificate of completion 

The Corporate Value Chain (Scope 3) Standard E-Learning 

The course explores GHG accounting and reporting throughout the value chain. It is an 8–20-hour course that can be taken in multiple sittings.

The Scope 3 Standard Course is available at $600 with a certificate of completion. 

To access the course, you must create an account in the GHG Protocol Learning Store.

The Scope 3 Standard Course Syllabus:

• Scope 3 course information
• Scope 3 Standard background
• Course support
• Module 1: Introduction
• Module 2: Key concept from corporate GHG accounting
• Module 3: Identifying scope 3 emissions 
• Module 4: Setting the boundary
• Module 5: Collecting data and assessing quality
• Module 6: Calculation guidelines
• Module 7: Performing allocation
• Module 8: Setting reduction targets
• Module 9: Performing assurance
• Module 10: Reporting inventory results
• Module 11: Review 
• Module 12: What is next for GHG Protocol
• Course completion

The Product Life Cycle Standard E-Learning

The course covers ways to measure emissions of a product over its complete life cycle, an important first step to sustainable production.

The Product Life Cycle Standard is available at $600 with a certificate of completion.

To access the course, you must create an account in the GHG Protocol Learning Store.

The Product Life Cycle Standard Course Syllabus:

• Course information
• Course support
• Course resources
• Module 1: Introduction to the Product Standard
• Module 2: Establishing the scope of inventory
• Module 3: Setting the boundary of the inventory
• Module 4: Collecting data
• Module 5: Assessing the quality
• Module 6: Performing allocation
• Module 7: Calculating inventory results
• Module 8: Performing assurance
• Module 9: Reporting
• Module 10: Setting reduction targets and tracking changes
• Course completion
• Archive resources

The Policy and Action Standard E-Learning

The course covers ways to estimate and report the change in GHG emissions, resulting from policies and actions, which are beneficial to improve policy effectiveness. The course is available in Spanish and French.

The Policy and Action Standard is available at $185 with a certificate of completion.

To access the course, you must create an account in the GHG Protocol Learning Store.

The Policy and Action Standard Course Syllabus:

• Module 1: Overview of the standard and assessment objectives
• Module 2: Steps, key concepts and requirements
• Module 3: Defining the policy or action
• Module 4: Identifying effects and mapping the casual chain 
• Module 5: Defining the GHG assessment boundary
• Module 6: Estimating effects: Steps, key concepts, and two alternative approaches
• Module 7: Estimating effects: Ex-ante assessment
• Module 8: Monitoring performance over time
• Module 9: Estimating effects: Ex-post assessment
• Module 10: Assessing and managing uncertainty
• Module 11: Verification and reporting
• Summary and final quiz

The Mitigation Goal Standard E-Learning

This course covers ways to design GHG emissions reduction and tracking. The course is available in Spanish and French.

The Mitigation Goal Standard is available at $185 with a certificate of completion.

To access the course, you must create an account in the GHG Protocol Learning Store.

The Mitigation Goal Standard Course Syllabus:

• Course Introduction
• Module 1: Overview of key concepts & terminology
• Module 2: Designing a mitigation goal
• Module 3: Estimating base year or baseline scenario emissions
• Module 4: Accounting for the land sector
• Module 5: Allowable emissions 
• Module 6: Assessing goal progress & achievement
• Module 7: Verification & reporting
• Module 8: Course summary