Advanced Scope 3 Training
For experienced carbon accountants looking to develop and consolidate their skills in Scope 3 supply chain accounting
This 2-day instructor-led course will combine the principles of best-practice upstream supply chain Scope 3 accounting with practical skills and case studies.
The course covers many of the competencies required for the Registered Practitioner and Principal Practitioner level of the professional Register for Carbon Accountants and Auditors (RCAA). Starting with a spend-based foundation, you will learn how to increase the specificity of your footprint, whilst maintaining consistent boundaries and methodologies.
You will learn which decisions you need to make, how to justify them based on Scope 3 principles, how to maintain consistency in your approach and how to document every step you’ve taken. Over the 2 days you will work through examples, combining hands-on calculations with group discussions to debate and refine your decision-making.
All of the details on what’s included, training dates, pricing and FAQ’s can be found below. We are limiting each cohort to 16 delegates, so book now to secure your space on one of the first groups!
2027 Course Dates
19-20 January (online intensive)
17th-18th March (online intensive)
You will be asked to select your preferred dates during booking. Additional 2027 dates will be released early next year.
Pricing
Full (paying) CAA members = £1,195 + VAT
Standard rate = £1,359 + VAT
Concessionary rates:
25% off for registered charities, non-profits & academics
(Limited to 2 places per cohort)
Why this course?
This 2-day course has been designed and delivered by industry experts with over two decades of experience, working to push best-practice Scope 3 footprinting.
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Understand Scope 3 principles and how to apply them in a range of real-life situations.
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Develop a templated case study over two days, to show your calculations and document your decisions to show your methodology and consistency.
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Group discussions to learn from other experienced carbon accountants across a range of industries and sectors.
Who is this for?
Mid-career sustainability professionals with experience of Scope 3 accounting will find this course invaluable.
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Experienced carbon accountants and sustainability professionals with a working knowledge and experience of Scope 3 supply chain accounting.
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Consultants working on a range of clients’ Scope 3 assessments looking to apply best-practice principles to different industries and sectors.
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Solo in-house or team leaders looking to follow best-practice and document their decisions in a robust and defensible way to senior leaders or external stakeholders.
If you’re an early-career sustainability professional looking for a full overview of Scopes 1, 2 and 3, we recommend taking the Technical Associate Certificate in Carbon Accounting Course. This Advanced Scope 3 course is ideal if you’ve completed the TACCA course, have gained working experience and now want to deepen your Scope 3 knowledge and practical skills.
If you’re not sure if this course is the right fit for you, just get in touch to talk with the Small World Consulting trainers: Scope3@carbonaccountingalliance.com
What you’ll learn
Across two days of guided expert instruction, you will develop your understanding, justify your decisions and practice hands-on skills in:
Boundaries and data foundations
Select and justify an organisational consolidation approach for structurally complex entities, and document your boundary decision in a form suitable for external review.
Identify and correct common data quality issues in raw spend and activity data, and assess the reliability of a spend-based emission factor dataset against a defined checklist.
Choose and apply appropriate spend-based emissions factors to produce a Scope 3 estimate, with practical application using the SWC MRIO, allowing you to ask questions about the emission factors from the team that built them.
Building and refining the footprint
Select and apply the appropriate activity-based method, in place of a spend-based estimate, for GHGP categories 1-8, while avoiding gaps or double counting.
Run a sensitivity analysis on a spend-based footprint to identify which data points and suppliers have the greatest effect on the result, and use this to prioritise which suppliers are worth engaging with for supplier-specific data.
Learn how to make Product Carbon Footprints comparable to your spend-based estimates, by removing truncation errors, and use PCF in your Scope 3 assessment.
Blend supplier-specific data, evidence-based sector adjustments, and hybridised PCF data into a robust and defensible spend-based footprint.
Reporting and acting on results
Produce a clear, defensible summary report of an organisational Scope 3 suitable for an external audience, including auditors.
Identify emissions hotspots within a footprint, recommend proportionate and evidence-linked reduction actions (including supplier engagement and its likely barriers), and be able to describe what makes a target "fit for purpose".
Overall
Build a complete, defensible upstream Scope 3 footprint for an organisation end-to-end, while making and documenting the judgement calls required at each step along the way.
All content is delivered using practical real-life examples and group discussions, suitable for individuals with professional experience of Scope 3 carbon accounting.
“There’s no shortage of Scope 3 guidance, but there’s a shortage of people who really know how to apply it well. Mike Berners-Lee and the Small World Consulting team are among the few who do. This course gives practitioners access to that depth of expertise and that’s exactly what our profession needs right now.”
FAQs
Frequently Asked Questions answered…
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Yes, discounts may be available for delegates from the same organisation booking together, please contact us at Scope3@carbonaccountingalliance.com to discuss.
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Yes, we offer a 25% discount to registered charities, non-profit organisations and academics.
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Yes, but not directly. The higher levels of the register, Registered Practitioner and Principal Practitioner do not have a mandatory training requirement. This course will give you knowledge and experience in many of the competencies needed, and will help you in documenting your Scope 3 assessment methodologies, calculations and the decisions you need to make in a clear, consistent and robust way.
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Yes, we recommend this course for people with some years of experience in carbon accounting. If you are at an early stage of your career, we recommend completing the Technical Associate in Carbon Accounting course first.
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Cohorts are deliberately capped at 16 participants to maximise live interaction and personalised support.
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Online Intensive - Live online, instructor-led sessions delivered across two consecutive days with a UK working day timezone.
Be among the first carbon accountants to undergo advanced Scope 3 training in the world!
Spaces are limited to 16 delegates per cohort, so we encourage people to book early to avoid dissapointment.