Inhouse Training
Trainers from Carbon Minds come to your place and teach your team the theory and practice of product carbon footprints and life cycle assessment, to enable you to do your PCFs and LCAs, in-person.
Over three days, you will learn the basics of Product Carbon Footprints (PCF) and Life Cycle Assessment (LCA). The program includes expert lectures to help you understand how to apply simple PCF and LCA studies and how to evaluate analysis results and identify improvements. Alongside these lectures, you will also get a chance to carry out industry-related PCF and LCA studies, applying what you've learned in a practical setting.
Essential Information
- starting from 4 participants
- In-Person
- No experience required
What you learn
Learn to
Evaluate
Interpret and critically evaluate both your own studies and those of your competitors and suppliers.
Communicate
Grasp the fundamentals of PCF and LCA theory to develop confidence in how you communicate internally and externally.
Strengthen trust
Understand the different standards, ensure trust by complying with the common industry standards in your future work and communicate business value.
Course content & schedule
- Introduction of participants & trainers
- Expectations
- Aims of the workshop
- Introduction to LCA
Goal and Scope definition
- Goal definition
- Functional units
- System Boundaries
- Data quality and data sources
Life Cycle inventory (LCI)
- Theoretical background for data collection
- Building of an LCI model: mathematical structure, software tools & database
- Allocation
Impact Assessments and Interpretation
- Impact Assessments: Overview and computation of environmental impacts based on LCI results
- Interpretation and sensitivity analysis of PCF and LCA results
- Communication of PCF and LCA results
Conducting and industry-related LCA case study
- Example technologies for chemicals and plastics:
- Base oils
- Additives
- CO2-based chemicals
- Recycling
- Bio-baed chemicals
- Test calculations based on Customer data information is supplied in advance
PCF reporting requirements and wrap-up
- Discussion and evaluation of additional PCF (ISO 14067) related reporting standards
- Discuss next steps e.g. methodology development, data purchase
- Joint development of an initial version of the draft methodology document
- Wrap up and feedback
Looking to develop a certified, compliant methodolgy? Combine training with methodology development.
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Support Development
Your training course will promote growth in your team's capacities through a combination of clarity, customization, and upskilling.
Clarity
Experienced trainers will make theory, practice, and standards clear for you, ensuring an interactive learning environment.
Customization
We will adapt the course to your company’s industry and sector, and your team’s experience level.
Upskilling
You will leave the course with practical skills that you can apply in your company.
How graduates apply their learning
Supplier Engagement
Internal Communications and Advocacy
Do and interpret LCA / PCF studies
Develop impact reduction pathways
Establish and monitor decarbonization strategies
and more…
Discover who our course is perfect for
This course is designed for anyone interested in engaging with the topic of Product Carbon Footprint (PCF) and Life Cycle Assessment (LCA).
Our suggestion: We recommend the participation of employees from various specialized departments. This includes IT, Marketing, Sales, Production, Sustainability Management, Management, and Research & Development.
