GHG accounting
Producing a defensible number for how much greenhouse gas an organisation or a city emits, and being able to say where every tonne of it came from. The technical core of ESG and sustainability-consultancy work, underneath all the reporting.
Needed across Environmental / Sustainability / EIA Consultant, Corporate ESG / Sustainability
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Course outline
Learn from selected clips, concept by concept
Concept 1
What a GHG inventory is, and who asks for one
Don’t Apply for an ESG Job Without Watching This | GHG Accounting Explained
genSustainable · English · beginner
Why this clip: Explains why companies conduct greenhouse gas accounting—for transparency, reporting, target-setting, and accountability—and distinguishes measuring emissions from reducing them.
Concept 2
Deciding what counts as yours
After: what-an-inventory-is-for
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Concept 3
Scope 1: what you burn yourself
After: boundaries
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Concept 4
Scope 2: the electricity you buy
After: scope-1
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Concept 5
Scope 3: everything up and down the value chain
After: scope-2
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Concept 6
Activity data times emission factor
After: scope-1
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Concept 7
Turning seven gases into one number
After: activity-data-and-factors
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Concept 8
Assembling a full inventory end to end
After: scope-3, gwp-and-co2e
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Concept 9
Base years, recalculation and targets
After: building-the-inventory
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Concept 10
Making the number stand up to a verifier
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What was rejected
10 candidates did not meet the course criteria.
- This video is a short intro module that only gives a high-level definition of GHG accounting without detailing reporting periods, disclosure reasons, or explicit distinction from offsetting.
- This is an introductory overview video that briefly defines GHG accounting and lists regulatory drivers without going deep into inventory structure or worked examples.
- mentions boundaries as a definition with no consequence for the number
- States the formula with no worked example
- This video is an introductory overview of emission scopes and does not demonstrate assembling or calculating a corporate carbon inventory.
- Is software-vendor demonstration where the calculation is hidden
- The video focuses almost entirely on fuel emission calculations and energy equivalency, only mentioning baselines in passing without explaining base year recalculations or target-setting.
- Is net-zero pledge or climate-policy commentary with no accounting mechanics
- is certification-body marketing
- Is certification-body marketing or asserts that assurance is needed without saying what is examined
Where this skill is used
Environmental / Sustainability / EIA Consultant
Private environmental and sustainability consulting — EIA/EMP, environmental clearances, climate/resilience studies, and green-building/ESG advisory. Specialisation tag: Environmental.
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Explore path →Corporate ESG / Sustainability
In-house ESG/sustainability roles at corporates — reporting, GHG accounting, sustainability strategy — a fast-growing pivot for Environmental-specialisation planners. Specialisation tag: Environmental.
8 mapped employers
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