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
Supply chain emissions dominate most organisational footprints, and are the most commonly under-reported.
This course teaches “system complete” carbon accounting: how to build a Scope 3 footprint that avoids truncation error, apply environmentally extended input-output (EEIO/MRIO) models to organisational spend data, then refine it with physical and supplier data without double-counting, then report the result with boundaries, assumptions and uncertainty made explicit.
What you'll cover
- Principles of supply chain accounting
- Organisational & assessment boundaries
- Data gathering for supply chains
- EEIO & MRIO models
- Creating the initial footprint
- Iterative refinement & hybrid approaches
- Reporting with transparency & context
- Targets, actions & decision-making
- Re-measurement & progress tracking
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 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 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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"Brilliant facilitation! Really enjoyed the project and product carbon footprint modules."
Sam Lew PhD, Energy & Sustainability Consultant - BCR Associates
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"I took a lot from the content in days 2-4. Really good varied group of attendees. Presentation style was perfect."
Craig Macdonald, Group Sustainability Lead Carbon & Water - Specsavers
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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