Carbon Management Competence: The Indispensable Skill for 21st Century Leaders
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Overview
Future Proof your business by decoding the carbon equation
In an era where sustainability is no longer a choice, effective management of greenhouse gas emissions is crucial for mitigating global warming and achieving corporate sustainability goals. By now, many leaders and managers understand that carbon management needs to be integral to their strategy, but few know how to integrate carbon management into their corporate strategies from the outset.
Through this course, you will learn to manage the initiation and transition of carbon initiatives throughout the organization. You will gain an overview of the carbon credit industry and understand the dynamics of both compliance and voluntary carbon markets. You will learn where possible opportunities lie and how to leverage carbon markets to finance projects and to maintain a competitive advantage.
Core Focus
Evolution and Drivers of Carbon Management for Corporates
- Introduction to the science behind climate change
- What are the drivers of carbon management?
- GHG protocol and GHG emissions calculations
- Carbon market fundamentals
- Compliance VS. voluntary carbon markets
Corporate Carbon Management Strategy
- Setting carbon emissions target and decarbonisation pathways
- Formulate common actionable strategies for carbon management
- Understand existing and new regulations, standards and taxonomies
- Develop an internal carbon price
Investing in the Transition to a Low-Carbon Economy
- Understanding climate risk and introduction to climate scenarios
- Gain an overview of key sectors that need to decarbonise
- Understand how to leverage carbon markets to finance projects and the carbon credit creation process
- Introduction to trade documentation and legal issues surrounding carbon credits
Key Benefits
This course will enable participants to:
- Appreciate the evolution of carbon credit industry pertaining to the rationale, growth, prospects and challenges
- Understand the dynamics of the compliance and voluntary carbon markets with focus on the ecosystem of stakeholders such as buyers, developers, registries and verifiers
- Embed carbon factors into the overall strategic planning process of organizations, including materiality assessments, climate risk scenario planning and nature impact evaluation
- Formulate and implement action strategies for carbon management in alignment with existing and new regulations, standards and taxonomies
- Steer and execute the transition pathways for corporate decarbonization along globally-accepted processes and trajectories
- Assess entities and projects for carbon offsetting, particularly for financings and investments
Faculty
Who Should Attend
The course is designed for managers and professionals in various organisations who need to develop a broad repertoire of applications and insights into carbon management with focuses on updated market issues and regulatory requirements.
These organisations include corporations, financial institutions, nonprofit institutions and public sector agencies.
Dates and Fees
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Date
21 Oct - 23 Oct 2024
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Fees Excl.
GST
Mochtar Riady Building, Lvl 5, 15 Kent Ridge Drive, Singapore 119245
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With
GST
SGD 4,190.00
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Registration
SGD 4,567.10
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Alumni / Early Payment / Team Enrolment Benefits
All NUS alumni and past participants of NUS Executive Education are entitled to 10% alumni savings on this programme.
Alternatively, you can enjoy savings if you pay early with Visa or MasterCard:
> 45 days before start of programme: 10% savings
> 30 days before start of programme: 5% savings
Team enrolment benefits are also available, please contact the programme advisor for details
Application Deadline
- Participants are strongly advised to apply at least 2 months in advance
- Applications received after the deadline will be considered based on space availability