Carbon Disclosure Project joins Greenhouse Gas Management Institute
The Carbon Disclosure Project (CDP) has agreed to partner with the Greenhouse Gas Management Institute, a nonprofit focused on training and education. The GHG Management Institute offers online courses on how to measure, account and manage GHG emissions that cause global climate change. “Its mission is to train and develop a community of experts with the highest standards of professional practice in measuring and managing GHG emissions,” said Michael Gillenwater, dean of the Institute. “Our philosophy is that if you cannot accurately measure GHG emissions, you cannot manage climate change.”
In partnership with CDP, the Institute is developing courses to better equip corporate managers to respond to the CDP 6 questionnaire and utilize CDP data. The first CDP specific course will start in mid-February 2008. Paul Dickinson, CEO of the Carbon Disclosure Project, an investor-led initiative to disclose the carbon footprints of the world's largest corporations, stated that “Quantifying greenhouse gases is the first step for a company to truly understand and assess their carbon footprint. It is only after this that corporations can manage their emissions and reduce their impact.”
The Institute’s focus is on GHG emissions accounting, inventories, management, and verification. The World Resources Institute developed the GHG Management Institute’s first course on corporate GHG emissions accounting and is working with the new Institute to develop and instruct additional courses on emissions estimation methodologies and building GHG reporting programs.
“Organizations and professionals around the world are now realizing that it is essential for them to educate themselves on the issue of GHG management,” said Gao Pronove, the new Institute’s managing director. The Institute delivers its courses through instructor-led e-learning, thereby avoiding the emissions associated with traveling to workshops and conferences.
“The GHG Management Institute will promote best practices, build confidence in the professional competencies of GHG practitioners, and prepare individuals to join the fast-growing, $10 billion job market,” according to Tom Baumann, the Institute’s director of Professional Programs.
The GHG Management Institute and the Carbon Disclosure Project will be present at the upcoming climate change conference in Bali, Indonesia.
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