Topic 1: Climate Change and Carbon Footprinting
What is climate change and how is it caused?
What are the impacts of climate change?
What is a carbon footprint and how can it be reduced?
What is a GHG management system and how does it work?
What are different approaches to GHG management?

Topic 2 : GHG Inventory Basics
ISO 14064 standards
GHG Protocol
Scope 1, Scope 2, and Scope 3 emissions
Carbon Footprinting
Carbon footprinting assignment
Achieving Net Zero
Achieving carbon neutrality, carbon positivity, and net zero

Topic 3 : Energy Efficiency
Why is energy efficiency important?
Energy efficiency vs. energy conservation: What's the difference?
How to manage energy effectively
ISO 50001: The international standard for energy management
ESCOs: Energy service companies and their role in energy efficiency
The latest energy efficiency technologies

Topic 4: Water Conservation
The significance of water conservation
How to create a water balance diagram
Water audit instrumentation
Benchmarking and specific water use
How to reduce domestic water consumption
Wastewater treatment technologies
How to achieve water neutrality / water positivity
Beyond the fence water initiatives

Topic 5: Waste management, material conservation
How to define waste and what is waste
Waste management rules and regulations
Solid waste management Management approach, latest technologies
Liquid waste management – Latest technologies
Gaseous waste management - Latest regulations and technologies

Topic 6: Renewable energy
India’s present scenario in renewable energy
Factors promoting and hindering the development of RE in India
Technologies for Energy Storage
Solar energy – cost, operation and regulations promoting solar energy
Wind energy – cost, operation and regulations promoting solar energy
Biomass – cost, operation and regulations promoting solar energy
Hydel energy – cost, operation and regulations promoting solar energy
Comparison coal based, solar and wind energy
Renewable Purchase Obligation RPO
Renewable Energy Certificates REC
Solar rooftop - Net metering and gross metering"

Topic 7: Life Cycle Assessment and Product Stewardship
Understanding Life Cycle Assessment
Importance of life cycle assessment in environmental management and achieving sustainability goals
The definition of life cycle thinking LCT and life cycle management LCM
ISO 14040 LCA Framework – Goal & Scope, Life Cycle Inventory, Life Cycle Impact and Interpretation
Case studies – Application of LCA concepts in decision making

Topic 8 : Life Cycle Assessment and Product Stewardship Cont
The role of single-issue approaches, such as carbon footprint
Environmental Product Declaration
Eco labelling, Types of ecolabel and how they are connected to LCA
Assignment on LCA

Topic 9 : Other sustainability topics
Internal carbon pricing
Carbon market
Carbon Disclosure Project
Science based Targets
Sustainability standards

Topic 10 : PRO TECHT
Sustainability Reporting: Enrollees will receive hands-on training in using PRO TECHT, a cutting-edge sustainability reporting software developed by PRO India. This tool simplifies the sustainability reporting process, making it easy to translate knowledge into real-world applications.

Industry Visit: The course provides a unique opportunity for participants to embark on an industry visit, gaining firsthand exposure to sustainability practices in action. This experience helps bridge the gap between theory and practical implementation.

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