Course 02 · Practitioner

GHG Assessment — Scopes 1, 2 & 3.

Two-week practitioner course: build a complete corporate GHG inventory covering direct emissions, purchased energy and the value chain. Week 1 = training modules, Week 2 = hands-on calculation exercises with a case-study company.

10 lessons · 14 days0% complete
Case Study

Meridian Foods (Pty) Ltd

South African packaged-sauce manufacturer. Reporting year & base year 2025. Revenue R46M; production 28,000 t product; 380 employees. Operational control approach.

  • Plant A — Atlanta: Owned. Gas boilers, R-410A HVAC, HFC-134a chiller, diesel backup generator. eGRID SRSO.
  • Office B — Chicago: Leased floors, tenant electricity meter. eGRID RFCW.
  • DC C — Phoenix: Owned distribution centre. eGRID AZNM.
  • SpiceCo JV — Texas: 40% owned, operated by the partner.
  • Outbound trucking: Third-party carriers — Meridian pays freight.
  • Sales fleet: 15 leased gasoline sales cars operated by Meridian (fuel cards).

Week 1 — Training

5 lessons
0132 min

Foundations of GHG Accounting

The seven gases, GWP, CO₂e, the standards landscape and the five accounting principles.

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0230 min

Inventory Boundaries and the Three Scopes

Organizational vs operational boundaries; classifying every emission source; base year and recalculation policy.

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0334 min

Quantifying Scope 1 (Direct) Emissions

Stationary combustion, mobile combustion, fugitive refrigerants and process emissions — formulas, factors, and worked examples.

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0430 min

Quantifying Scope 2 (Purchased Energy) Emissions

Dual reporting: location-based with eGRID, market-based with the contractual hierarchy and Scope 2 Quality Criteria.

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0536 min

Scope 3, Reporting and Verification

The 15 categories, screening and method selection, reporting requirements and the Inventory Management Plan.

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Week 2 — Practical Exercises

5 lessons
0628 min

Exercise 1 — Boundaries and Source Mapping

Classify each Meridian source as Scope 1, Scope 2, Scope 3 (with category) or excluded — with instant feedback.

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0734 min

Exercise 2 — Scope 1 Calculation Workshop

Compute stationary, mobile and fugitive Scope 1 for Meridian Plant A and the leased sales fleet (±0.5% tolerance).

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0832 min

Exercise 3 — Scope 2 Calculation Workshop

Dual-report Scope 2 for three Meridian sites with eGRID and RECs (±0.5% tolerance).

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0934 min

Exercise 4 — Scope 3 Screening and Calculation

Quantify Meridian's four priority Scope 3 categories: 1, 5, 6, 7 (±0.5% tolerance).

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1030 min

Capstone — Full Inventory, QA/QC and Mock Verification

Assemble Meridian's full inventory, compute intensity metrics and respond to verifier questions.

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