Decarbonisation Strategies Training

Learning Outcomes

• Apply the principles of climate science and the global carbon cycle to identify key sources of greenhouse gas emissions in an organisational context.
• Analyze relevant international and South African climate policies, regulations, and reporting frameworks to ensure organisational compliance and strategic alignment.
• Design a comprehensive decarbonisation strategy that includes emissions reduction targets, action plans, and stakeholder engagement.
• Implement carbon accounting and reporting mechanisms using recognised standards such as the GHG Protocol.
• Evaluate the effectiveness of decarbonisation initiatives through monitoring, verification, and continuous improvement processes.
• Demonstrate the business case for decarbonisation, including cost savings, risk management, and competitive advantage.

Target Audience

This course is designed for sustainability managers, environmental officers, operations managers, and business leaders who are responsible for developing and implementing decarbonisation initiatives in their organisations.

Prerequisites

None — open enrollment

Course Outline

Practicals

Overview

The practicals provide hands-on experience with carbon footprint calculation, strategy planning, and financial analysis. Learners apply course concepts to realistic scenarios, enhancing their ability to implement decarbonisation initiatives in their own organisations.

Practical Activities

• Carbon Footprint Assessment — Learners work in groups to calculate the carbon footprint of a simulated organisation using provided activity data and emission factors. (2h)
• Decarbonisation Strategy Design — Using the footprint results, learners design a decarbonisation strategy for the simulated organisation, selecting appropriate mitigation measures. (2h)
• Cost-Benefit and Financial Analysis — Learners perform a cost-benefit analysis for a proposed renewable energy project, calculating payback period and net present value. (2h)
• MRV and Reporting Simulation — Learners prepare a mock GHG report and monitoring plan for the simulated organisation, ensuring compliance with reporting requirements. (2h)

Summatives

Each delegate is assessed continuously throughout the course via daily exercises, scored practical assignments, and a final summative test at the end.

Practical Assignments — 30%

Practical assignments are observed and scored against a rubric during the practical sessions. Each delegate's practical mark is averaged into a single 100% score and contributes 30% to the final total.

Daily Exercises — 20%

Every training day ends with a multiple-choice exercise scored out of 100%. The scores from each daily exercise are averaged across the duration of the course to produce a Daily Average mark, which contributes 20% to the final total.

Final Test — 50%

On the last day a final summative test is written. It is a multiple-choice paper with multiple-answer questions: each question may have more than one correct option, and a single wrong selection on a question marks the entire question wrong — no partial credit. The final test is scored out of 100% and contributes 50% to the overall mark.

Final Total

Component	Out of	Weight
Practical Assignments (rubric-scored)	100%	30%
Daily Average (multiple choice)	100%	20%
Final Test (multi-answer multiple choice)	100%	50%
Final Total	—	100%

All marks are recorded on the AATICD LMS and visible to each learner under their account.

Certificate

How it works

• Certificates are auto-generated on the AATICD LMS as soon as the marks pass the 50% threshold.
• Each certificate is a branded PDF with the delegate's name, the course title, the unit standard ID, NQF level, credits, and the date of issue.
• You can download or print your certificate from your LMS dashboard at any time after issue — there's no reissue fee and no expiry date.
• If you scored under 50% you can sit the final test again at the next scheduled session at no extra cost.

Where to find it

Sign in to the LMS, open your dashboard, and your certificates appear under My Certificates. Each entry has a View / Download button and a print option.

Training Discounts

Group discounts apply automatically — the more delegates you enrol, the greater the saving. Discounts are calculated at 3% per 5 delegates, scaling up to 40% off for 100+ delegates.

Delegates	Discount
5	3% off
10	6% off
15	9% off
20	12% off
25	15% off
30	18% off
50	30% off
75	40% off
100	40% off

3% discount per 5 delegates, up to 40% off for 100+ delegates. Contact us for a custom group quote.