Training courses that build recognised competency
Working with the Institute of Sustainability and Environmental Professionals (ISEP), we have developed a specialist register with three grades, each underpinned by its own competency framework.
Our courses build the technical knowledge each grade requires. The Technical Associate course is the entry route into the first grade, and our other two courses support progression to the higher grades. The Registered Practitioner and Principal grades are expected to be launched in late 2026. We will expand the training courses portfolio in 2027 in line with the needs of the industry.
Technical Associate Certificate
ISEP-accredited course covering the fundamentals of carbon accounting including organisational, product and project-accounting methods.
Delivered in collaboration with MyCarbon, the only route to Technical Associate (TACA) registration.
Emissions Factors
Helping you understand the full lifecycle of emission factors (EFs) including model construction, uncertainty analysis and communicating decisions.
Delivered in collaboration with the University of Leeds and by the experts behind the DEFRA EFs.
Advanced Scope 3
Value-chain emissions in depth: across all categories with a focus on upstream emissions with real-world challenges and case studies.
Delivered in collaboration with Mike Berners-Lee’s Small World Consulting.
How our courses map to the Register
Emissions Factors
Most carbon accountants can apply an emission factor. Far fewer can explain where it came from, defend why it was selected, or quantify the uncertainty around it.
Built for experienced practitioners who want to sharpen their technical judgement, this course follows the full lifecycle of an emission factor: from how the DEFRA spend-based model is actually constructed, through classification and practical application, to allocation, uncertainty, and how to communicate methodology decisions without undermining confidence in your results.
What you'll cover
- The emission factor challenge
- Spend, activity and LCA approaches
- MRIO and process LCA models
- Inside the DEFRA spend-based model
- Practical use of DEFRA factors
- Judgement, allocation and uncertainty
- Communicating carbon data credibly
- Beyond DEFRA: the future roadmap
Delivered in collaboration with
Combining the University of Leeds' expertise in DEFRA methodology, including Professor John Barrett OBE, with MyCarbon's real-world consulting experience.
Advanced Scope 3
Scope 3 supply chain emissions are the biggest emissions hotspot for most organisations, but the methods to quantify them and reflect changes are challenging, particularly where the existing standards only present generic methods and examples.
On this course you’ll gain confidence in what constitutes best-practice for practical Scope 3 carbon accounting, building on principles with real-life case studies and exercises. You’ll learn how to make and justify decisions that keep your footprint transparent, consistent and comparable between spend, activity and product data.
What you'll cover
- Principles of supply chain accounting
- Assessment boundaries
- Data gathering for supply chains
- Creating a spend-based foundation footprint
- EEIO & MRIO models
- Supplier-specific data
- Making Product Carbon Footprints compatible with spend-based
- Reporting your decisions with transparency and consistency
- Using your footprint for action planning
Delivered in collaboration with
Designed and delivered by Mike Berners-Lee's Small World Consulting.
Hear from our graduates
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"It was comfortably the best delivered course I've experienced, and I wasn't the only one who felt that."
Shelley Lawson, Sustainability Consultant
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"The course has given me far greater confidence in my understanding of carbon accounting calculations. I am now better able to justify the approaches I've taken and clearly articulate my decision-making processes to internal stakeholders."
Elizabeth Smith, ESG Director - INX Europe
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“The course was really well run, the facilitators, content and the cohort all combined to make this week a rich experience and time very well spent”.
Damian Foxall, Managing Director - Foxall Munro
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"The training helped me become more confident that our approach was in good shape, while also giving me the confidence to question and refine areas of our data collection and estimation to make it more robust."
Craig Macdonald, Group Sustainability Lead Carbon & Water - Specsavers
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"Brilliant facilitation! Really enjoyed the project and product carbon footprint modules."
Sam Lew PhD, Energy & Sustainability Consultant - BCR Associates
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"The training has been well structured, highly relevant to my day job. Exploring new areas of carbon accounting in Project Carbon Accounting which is a great experience for myself."
Corporate Sustainability Manager, Pharmaceutical industry
Delivering tangible outcomes
Be among the first professionally-registered carbon accountants in the world!
“Off the back of the course, I've already secured two projects I wouldn't have felt confident pitching for before. It's definitely been worth every penny.”
— Ellie Ashton-Melia, Sustainability Consultant