Carbon Accounting

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This course will cover practical carbon accounting methodologies and datasets for corporate carbon accounting and for calculating the carbon footprint of products (CFP) and prepare students for professional work on Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR), Environmental Social Governance (ESG) and Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) . Emphasis will be placed on accepted carbon accounting frameworks for the business sector to participate in both voluntary and regulated carbon markets. We will review the differences between different carbon markets and evaluate best practices for reporting GHG emissions and carbon intensity assessments. Through a combination of lectures, active discussions, problem sets, case studies, small group projects, and multi-media students will master widely accepted environmental accounting techniques for measuring and reporting greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions.