Carbon Accounting – Setting the Organisational and Operational Boundaries
Overview
Starting your carbon accounting journey using the greenhouse gas protocol
The first steps in approaching greenhouse gas (GHG) accounting include establishing organisational boundaries – depending on the structure and ownership of the organisation – and establishing operational boundaries to clarify the scope of accounting and reporting based on direct and indirect emissions.
Learning Outcomes:
This session aims to provide attendees with the ability to explain:
- Steps in measuring your carbon footprint;
- GHG accounting and reporting principles;
- Determining the inventory boundary;
- Set the organisational boundary; and
- Set the operational boundary.
Catch up with all the sessions in the Carbon Accounting series by following the links below:
- Carbon Accounting – Setting the Organisational and Operational Boundaries
- Carbon Accounting – Measuring Scope 1 Emissions
- Carbon Accounting – Measuring Scope 2 Emissions
- Carbon Accounting – Measuring Scope 3 Emissions (Part 1 of 2)
- Carbon Accounting – Measuring Scope 3 Emissions (Part 2 of 2)
Suited to:
Auditors, CEOs, CFOs, Board Members, Financial Controllers, Finance Teams, Accountants involved in the preparation of financial reports.
This On Demand Includes:
- Recording of the Live Webinar, which can be viewed multiple times
- PowerPoint Presentation
- Verbatim Transcript, with Searchability
- Supporting Documentation
- CPD Quiz
- CPD Certificate
Course syllabus
3 lessons
- Video – Carbon Accounting – Setting the Organisational and Operational BoundariesVideo
- Feedback Survey 2024Survey
- Knowledge QuizTest
Your presenter
Aletta BoshoffBDO Australia
is an Advisory Partner and National Leader of IFRS & Corporate Reporting, as well as the National Leader of Sustainability & ESG, at BDO in Australia. Aletta has over 30 years’ experience in financial reporting and accounting, including IFRS. Aletta has lectured on financial accounting and reporting at various Australian and South African universities. As an Associate Professor, she authored various financial reporting and accounting textbooks. Aletta also spent a number of years as a Project Manager at the Australian Accounting Standards Board (AASB).
Aletta prides herself on her technical excellence, approachability, and the ability to solve problems practically. In particular, Aletta takes great pride in her ability to apply a wealth of technical expertise to real-world business situations. Having worked with a range of clients in both the for-profit and not-for-profit sectors, Aletta understands the challenges Boards and finance teams face.
Aletta’s involvement in sustainability and Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) is a consequence of her focus on an organisation’s ability to create and sustain long-term value in a rapidly changing world, and managing the risks and opportunities associated with these changes.