Certified Carbon Accounting Professional (CCAP)

About this course

An advanced credential for carbon accounting leaders — operating consolidation at scale, optimising methodology, governing credits and offsets, and preparing for the next wave of measurement technology.

Advanced credential covering scaled consolidation, advanced Scope 2/3, target setting, credits and audit-grade controls.

What you'll be able to do

• Operate multi-entity, multi-jurisdiction GHG consolidation.
• Optimise Scope 2 and Scope 3 methodology by category.
• Govern carbon credits and offsets responsibly.
• Operate ICFR-equivalent controls over carbon data.

Syllabus — 8 modules

1. 01
   Carbon accounting mastery

   8 lessons · narrated slides · module quiz
2. 02
   Targets, transition plans and disclosure

   8 lessons · narrated slides · module quiz
3. 03
   Carbon credits, removals and offsets

   8 lessons · narrated slides · module quiz
4. 04
   Audit, controls and the future of carbon accounting

   8 lessons · narrated slides · module quiz
5. 05
   Financed and facilitated emissions (PCAF)

   8 lessons · narrated slides · module quiz
6. 06
   Product carbon footprints and LCA

   8 lessons · narrated slides · module quiz
7. 07
   Transition plans and decarbonisation roadmaps

   8 lessons · narrated slides · module quiz
8. 08
   Assurance, regulation and the carbon-accounting profession

   8 lessons · narrated slides · module quiz

Standards & references

• GHG Protocol Corporate Accounting & Reporting Standard
• GHG Protocol Scope 2 Guidance
• GHG Protocol Corporate Value Chain (Scope 3) Standard
• Science Based Targets initiative (SBTi)
• PCAF — Global GHG Accounting & Reporting for Financial Industry
• IFRS S2 — Climate-related Disclosures (ISSB)
• European Sustainability Reporting Standards (ESRS) — EFRAG