Online Training

ISEP Pathways to Net Zero

14 hours structured CPD

Continuing Professional Development for RICS members

From £310 + VAT

Overview

The Institute of Sustainability and Environmental Professionals (ISEP) – formerly known as IEMA - pathways to net zero course gives clear, consistent guidance on best practices in response to the climate crisis. The course provides supervisors and leaders with a strategic and operational overview of environmental sustainability gifting practical knowledge and skills they can apply to their organisations from day one.

This online training course is designed for all sizes of businesses starting their journey towards sustainability, with an emphasis on responding to net zero and carbon neutrality. It sets out the business case and measures for cutting emissions, and explains practical, focused ways to decarbonize.

The course is split into the following module structure:

Why net zero?
Responding to net zero
Greenhouse gas accounting
Carbon neutrality
Net zero methodologies
Developing a decarbonisation plan
Net zero across the value chain
Communicating net zero

Learning outcomes

Explain the urgency of the underlying climate science driving the net zero agenda
Explain the main international policy context for responding to the climate crisis
Explain the UK policy context and drivers
Explain the risks and opportunities of net zero, including on future business viability, reputation, supply chain vulnerabilities etc
Explain the business and environmental benefits of low-carbon goods and services
Explain the requisite corporate governance, resourcing and accountability for delivering net zero
Explain how to establish a greenhouse gas inventory across all three scopes
Explain the main principles of greenhouse gas accounting (including using activity data and emission factors)
Explain what carbon neutral means and its application for organisations, products and services
Explain how to establish science-based targets (methodologies)
Explain how to establish a net zero strategy (near- and long-term targets)
Implement a decarbonisation plan with suitable targets and milestones to deliver on a science-based target and/or net zero objective
Explain how to reduce greenhouse emissions where these are influenced but not directly controlled (Scope 3)
Explain how to communicate externally about responses to the climate crisis, net zero and making robust green claims

Assessment

An assessment is completed at the end of the course and is accredited through ISEP. The assessment for this course consists of an online 20 question multiple choice test. You have two attempts to pass this assessment. Further attempts can be purchased for £50 +VAT.