Carbon Neutrality & Net Zero: Managing GHG Emissions

Name: Carbon Neutrality & Net Zero: Managing GHG Emissions
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Carbon footprint, scope 1, 2 and 3 emissions, reductions, removals and carbon credits — with ISO 14068 and GHG Protocol

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Created byCristian Vlad Lupa, rigcert.education

Last updated 7/2026

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What you'll learn

What means carbon neutrality for an organization and how to achieve it
How to classify GHG emissions
The calculation of the carbon footprint
How to reduce greenhouse gas emissions
Greenhouse gas removal methods
What represents the offsetting of emissions
How to report on carbon neutrality

Course content

7 sections • 24 lectures • 2h 9m total length

Introduction4:03
Explore how organizations pursue carbon neutrality by understanding greenhouse gases, emissions classification, carbon neutrality and net zero concepts, calculating carbon footprints, reducing and removing emissions, and reporting claims.
Climate change mitigation5:37
Explore climate change mitigation strategies to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, cut fossil fuel use, and achieve net zero by 2050, clarifying carbon neutrality and ISO definitions along the way.
Principal greenhouse gases (GHGs)6:30
Explore the principal greenhouse gases, including carbon dioxide, methane, nitrous oxide, and fluorinated gases, their warming potential, atmospheric persistence, and implications for organizational carbon neutrality.
Greenhouse gas emissions6:25
Explore direct and indirect greenhouse gas emissions and the scope classification—scope 1, 2, and 3—using the GHG Protocol framework and practical examples.

Carbon neutrality and related concepts6:20
Define carbon neutrality as no net greenhouse gas emissions over a defined period, counterbalanced by offsets such as carbon credits after reductions and removals are applied.
Carbon neutrality pathway4:05
Navigate a carbon neutrality pathway by measuring emissions with a recognized method, implementing a management plan, reducing and removing greenhouse gases, applying offsets, and reporting to maintain neutrality.

Principles8:34
Apply the ten principles from ISO 14068 to ensure transparent, conservative, science-based carbon neutrality, prioritizing emissions reductions, then removals, with offsets only for residuals across value chain and life cycle.
Commitment to carbon neutrality4:05
Secure top management commitment to carbon neutrality and implement a governance pathway integrated into business processes with a dedicated team, resources, and continual improvement.

Selection of the subject3:37
Define the subject of carbon neutrality, justify its scope, and outline boundary rules, including subsidiaries, while introducing equity share and control approaches for emissions.
Equity share approach and control approach4:55
Compare the equity share and control approaches for accounting greenhouse gas emissions, using financial and operational control definitions from the GHG Protocol, with scenarios including joint ventures and franchises.

Quantification of the carbon footprint. Generic aspects5:03
Discover how to quantify an organization's carbon footprint using the GHG Protocol, data collection, emission factors, and calculation tools, and roll up emissions to the corporate level.
Identification of GHG emissions sources5:15
identify and categorize greenhouse gas emission sources by scope 1, 2, and 3, covering stationary and mobile combustion, process and fugitive emissions, and assess value chain transportation and product-use impacts.
Calculation of GHG emissions7:01
Learn to calculate greenhouse gas emissions on a one-year basis using emission factors, direct measurement, or mass balance, and apply IPCC EFDB, GWP, and ISO standards to scope 1–3 emissions.
Roll-up GHG emissions data to corporate level4:17
Explore rolling up greenhouse gas emissions to the corporate level under the GHG Protocol standard, comparing centralized and decentralized data approaches, standardized reporting, and error reduction.
Choosing a base year4:27
Select a base year with verifiable emissions data to create a meaningful baseline for tracking greenhouse gas reductions, recalculating when structural changes or methodology shifts occur.

Carbon neutrality management plan4:25
Explore how ISO-based carbon neutrality management plans define commitment, scope, baselines, methodologies, targets, actions, offsets, monitoring, and ongoing evaluation to reduce GHG emissions.
GHG emissions reductions6:25
Prioritize greenhouse gas emissions reductions to achieve carbon neutrality, then rely on removals and offsets; pursue energy efficiency, renewable energy, and circular economy practices.
Greenhouse gas removal (part 1)8:01
Explore greenhouse gas removal methods, starting with afforestation, wetlands restoration, soil carbon sequestration, biochar, biomass with carbon capture, and ocean fertilization, plus long-term storage of carbon.
Greenhouse gas removal (part 2)7:15
Explore greenhouse gas removal methods, including biomass in wood structures storing carbon for decades, enhanced terrestrial weathering and mineral carbonation, ocean alkalinity, direct air capture, and low carbon concrete.
Offsetting the carbon footprint5:25
Understand offsetting the carbon footprint by combining emissions reductions and removals with carbon credits. Ensure credits are real, verifiable, permanent, retired, and transparently issued to support carbon neutrality.

Reporting on carbon neutrality5:04
Learn to report carbon neutrality by detailing subject boundaries, management plans, and a carbon footprint. Align with ISO 14068 and the GHG Protocol, include baseline, targets, reductions, removals, and offsets.
Carbon neutrality claims3:28
Analyze carbon neutrality claims by applying ISO 14068 and PAS 2060 requirements, ensuring transparent, retrospective reporting with clear boundaries, emissions, reductions, removals, offsets, and third-party verification.
Where to go for more information5:10
Discover trusted sources for carbon neutrality and greenhouse gas management, including ghgprotocol.org, sciencebasedtargets.org, IPCC, ISO standards, and PAS 2060, with free resources and practical guidance.
Thank you and good bye3:33
Explore carbon neutrality and greenhouse gas management, understand climate change, and learn how carbon capture and emission-reduction technologies will shape future demand for professionals.
Carbon neutrality and managing GHG emissions

Requirements

No previous knowledge or training is necessary to understand the subjects

Description

Carbon neutrality — balancing an organization's greenhouse gas emissions with reductions and removals so that the net contribution to global warming is zero — has moved from a marketing aspiration to a strategic and regulatory expectation. Investors, customers and regulators increasingly expect organizations to measure their carbon footprint, set net zero targets and back their claims with credible data.

This course gives you a complete overview of the pathway to carbon neutrality for any organization, regardless of sector or size — based on the international standards for carbon neutrality and GHG accounting: ISO 14068-1, ISO 14064-1 and the GHG Protocol Corporate Standard.

What you will learn

The fundamentals — the main greenhouse gases responsible for global warming, the classification of emissions into scope 1, scope 2 and scope 3, what carbon neutrality and net zero mean (and how they differ), and the principles an organization should follow on the road to carbon neutrality
Carbon footprint quantification — identifying GHG emission sources across the organization and calculating GHG emissions: the foundation of carbon accounting
Emission reductions and removals — the hierarchy of actions toward carbon neutrality, practical ideas for reducing emissions, and methods for enhancing greenhouse gas removals
Carbon offsetting — how carbon credits work, and how they are used to offset unabated emissions as the last step in the hierarchy — not the first
Reporting and claims — carbon neutrality reporting, and how to make credible carbon neutrality claims while avoiding greenwashing

Who this course is for

Sustainability, ESG and environmental professionals building carbon management skills
Managers and business owners preparing their organization for net zero commitments or customer and supply-chain requirements
ISO 14001 practitioners and auditors extending their scope from environmental management to GHG management
Consultants supporting clients with carbon footprint calculation and decarbonization strategies
Anyone starting a career in carbon accounting or corporate sustainability

Upgrade your knowledge of GHG emissions management and carbon neutrality with a course that is condensed, practical and easy to follow.

Who this course is for:

Professionals in sustainability
Environmental managers
Energy management professionals
Social responsibility managers
Anyone intersted in understanding carbon neutrality and GHG emissions management

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Greenhouse gas emissions and climate change4 lectures • 23min

What is carbon neutrality?2 lectures • 10min

Principles2 lectures • 13min

Selection of the subject2 lectures • 9min

Quantification of the carbon footprint5 lectures • 26min

GHG emissions reduction, GHG removals and offsetting5 lectures • 32min

Achievement of carbon neutrality4 lectures • 17min

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