Program Overview

Program Overview

The Carbon Accounting for Enterprises course is designed to provide professionals with the fundamental concepts and applications of carbon accounting, essential for effective sustainability management and sustainability investing.

Course Description

Carbon accounting is critical to understanding, managing, and mitigating greenhouse gas emissions. By measuring and tracking greenhouse gas emissions and understanding their impact on climate change, carbon accounting helps businesses set targets and track progress in their sustainability goals for the management of their environmental impact, compliance with regulations, assessment of risk factors, and promotion of sustainable practices throughout their operations and supply chains.

Topic Coverage

• Fundamental concepts and applications of carbon accounting for measurement and reporting on environmental impact
• Frameworks and standards for measurement and reporting on environmental impact, such as Greenhouse Gas Protocol and the IFRS Sustainability-related Disclosures Standard
• Legal and regulatory frameworks related to carbon accounting, including mandatory reporting requirements and voluntary disclosure initiatives
• Comprehensive carbon footprint analysis for a business, including the calculation of greenhouse gas emissions and the identification of reduction strategies
• Analysis and evaluation of case studies and real-world examples of carbon accounting practices and assessment of challenges and limitations of these practices

Target Audience

This course is relevant for professionals who are driving sustainability transformation for their organizations or are looking to upskill and accelerate their career in the sustainability space. These typically include:

• Chief Sustainability Officers
• Business and organizational leaders
• Product and project managers
• Sustainability professionals
• Public policy makers
• Consultants
• Additionally, the course will be useful for:
  • Audit and compliance officers
  • Financial accountants
  • Carbon accountants
  • Financial analysts
  • Business analysts
  • Risk management officers
  • Relationship managers
  • Loan officers
  • Financial accountants

Pre-requisites

Basic understanding of financial concepts, as well as how companies operate within a competitive environment.

Course Format

Classroom (In-person)

Course Intake

20 - 21 November 2025

Course Duration

2 days, 9am to 5.30pm

SkillsFuture Code

TGS-

Fees and Funding

• This course is eligible for subsidies under SkillsFuture Singapore (SSG)
• Singaporeans and PRs can enjoy up to 70% subsidies
• Singapore Citizens or PRs eligible for SSG grant must attain at least 70% training attendance and passed all prescribed assessments
• Course fees:
  • Self-Sponsored: S$2,071.00
  • SME (ETSS Scheme) Company-Sponsored: S$2,071.00
  • Non-SME Company-Sponsored: S$2,071.00
• Subsidized fees:
  • Singapore Citizens & PRs aged 21 years and above: S$1,121.00
  • Singapore Citizens aged 40 years and above: S$741.00

Faculty

Dr. Sa-Pyung Sean Shin, Senior Lecturer of Accounting at the National University of Singapore, Department of Accounting.

About the Faculty

Dr. Shin holds a Doctor of Business Administration degree in Accounting and Management from Harvard Business School, a Master I degree in Economics from Toulouse School of Economics in France, and a Bachelor's degree in Business Economics with a minor in Accounting from UCLA. He possesses the Fundamentals of Sustainability Accounting (FSA) Credential from the IFRS Foundation and is an active member of the IFRS FSA City Group Singapore. His primary research interests lie in the areas of corporate governance and sustainability accounting.