Carbon Management and Solutions Training
Take action on your organisation’s carbon footprint – gain the skills to adopt a robust approach to net zero and develop a decarbonisation plan.
If you’re committed to reducing your organisation’s carbon footprint, but are struggling to know how to go about it, this course will help.
This 3-hour course will build your understanding of carbon auditing and carbon management, and provide you with practical knowledge about effective carbon reduction solutions. This course is an ideal follow up to our Climate and Carbon Literacy Training, but equally useful on its own.
Specifically, we will:
- Highlight the benefits of managing and reducing your carbon emissions, including why it’s so important to do so.
- Build your understanding of sources and magnitudes of carbon emissions from your business, and how that varies between different business types.
- Explain and demystify carbon auditing.
- Help you understand and adopt a robust approach to net zero.
- Inspire you with an introduction to the circular economy, a model for operating sustainably.
- Increase your knowledge of specific solutions for reducing carbon emissions associated with your building energy, travel and transport and the things that you consume as a business. We’ll look at both quick wins and bigger projects, ways to consume less and ways of consuming better.
- Advise you on the specialist help available to develop and implement these solutions and support you with your on-going carbon management.
Throughout the course we will give you time to develop an initial Decarbonisation Plan, filled with ideas generated from our discussions.
There will be an optional 30 mins extra at the end of the course to ask further questions.
Price: Free
Venue: Online
Date and Times:
- Wednesday 25th September 2024, 2:00 PM to 5:30 PM
- Wednesday 16th October 2024, 2:00 PM to 5:30 PM
- Thursday 7th November 2024, 9:00 AM to 12:30 PM
- Wednesday 27th November 2024, 2:00 PM to 5:30 PM
Eligibility – this event is intended for micro, small and medium sized organisations, that are based in, or operating in the Westmorland and Furness area, and that are either commercial or social enterprises. For detailed eligibility criteria click here.
Climate Fresk
Date: Tuesday 17th September 2024
Time: 9:45am to 1:00pm
Price: £57 Individuals / £97 Delegates from organisations
Venue: Penrith Methodist Church, Wordsworth Street, Penrith, CA11 7QY
Climate Fresk is our brand new, half day training offering to complement the full day Climate and Carbon Literacy related courses we already deliver.
Climate Fresk is an extremely interactive group activity where a facilitator uses a pack of cards to support a group of people to map the causes and effects of the climate crisis, and together, through discussion, unpick the complexities, interrelated issues and feedback loops involved. It is a really engaging, collaborative method for understanding the fundamentals of climate science. The visual and interactive nature stimulates discussion, debate and group problem-solving. And it is really good fun! You will join a rapidly growing movement of 1.6 million participants worldwide.
The course will be delivered by expert trainers working on behalf of Cumbria Action for Sustainability (CAfS). We co-chair the Zero Carbon Cumbria Partnership and run Cumbria’s Climate and Carbon Literacy training programme.
Subsidised places available for SMEs in the Westmorland & Furness area (70% off), and all individuals and organisations operating in the Ullswater and Langdale valleys and in Hawkshead & west of Windermere can attend for FREE – see ticket info when booking.
Climate & Carbon Literacy training for individuals and organisations (Full day split over 2 half-days)
Date: Tuesday 24th September 2024
Time: 9:15am to 1:15pm
Price: £83 Individuals / £146 Delegates from organisations
Venue: Online
Delve into the causes of climate change and what we can do about it. Boost understanding with our in-depth, accredited course.
Our interactive training course provides a clear understanding of climate science, an awareness of carbon costs and the impacts of everyday activities.
It will leave you with the ability and motivation to reduce emissions on an individual, community and organisational basis and is a great way to meet like minded people.
Delegates who complete the training course can become certified as ‘Carbon Literate’ after the course by submitting an evidence form. This involves pledging to carry out emission reduction actions as an individual and as part of a wider group, and is assessed by the Carbon Literacy Project as the awarding body. You will join a rapidly growing movement of 96,000+ certified Carbon Literate citizens worldwide.
The second part of this course will be held on Tuesday 1st October, 9.15AM – 1.15PM. Your ticket price covers both parts and you must attend both sessions to be eligible for certification.
Food Waste Workshops – Guardians of Grub
Calling all food and drink businesses. Would you like to reduce your costs whilst reducing your carbon footprint?
A third of food and drink produced by businesses ends up in the bin, and 75% of that food could have been eaten. This has a significant carbon cost, but also can have a big impact on an organisation’s bottom line. WRAP estimates that on average food and drink businesses in the UK could save up to £10,000 a year by eliminating wasted food.
Legislation is also set to change, requiring organisations with over 10 staff to separate food waste from general waste before disposing of it. So there has never been a better time to start your food waste reduction journey.
Thanks to the Westmorland & Furness Green Enterprise Hub, funded by UK Shared Prosperity Fund, you can join us for an interactive workshop where we cover the main sources of wasted food, mechanisms for reducing this and an introduction to the Guardian’s of Grub Scheme by WRAP.
You will also develop a personalised waste reduction action plan for your business to take away with you and links to tools to enable you to deliver this.
To qualify for this FREE support, you need to be an SME based in Westmorland and Furness area. You also need to have not received over £300,000 of government support over the last 3 years.
Dates & Locations:
1st October 2:00pm – 5:00pm, TBC
13th November 2:00pm – 5:00pm, Cumbria Tourism Conference Room
5th December 1:45pm – 4:45pm, Penrith Parish Centre
Climate & Carbon Literacy training for individuals and organisations (Full day split over 2 half-days)
Date: Wednesday 16th October 2024
Time: 10am to 12pm
Price: Delegates from SMEs in the Westmorland & Furness area (discounted rate applied) £15.00
Venue: Online
Climate Science and Solutions for Cumbria for SMEs.
A time efficient option for micro, small and medium sized organisations (SMEs) in the Westmorland & Furness area to gain knowledge and understanding of the science of climate change, causes, impacts and solutions.
You will leave this session more confident in your knowledge, better able to articulate what needs to be done, and with an increased sense of your ability to be part of that change, on an individual, communal and organisational level. As a a business, you’ll be better placed to engage with an increasingly eco-conscious audience and workforce, attracting people with your climate conscious actions that will leave a positive legacy.
Climate Science and Solutions for Cumbria for SMEs
Date: Thursday 17th October 2024
Time: 10am to 12pm
Price: Delegates from SMEs in the Westmorland & Furness area (discounted rate applied) £15.00
Venue: Online
A time efficient option for micro, small and medium sized organisations (SMEs) in the Westmorland & Furness area to gain knowledge and understanding of the science of climate change, causes, impacts and solutions.
Do you want to get your facts straight about the latest climate science and what we can all do in our businesses, our communities and at home to restore the balance?
The session presents you with a clear framework for understanding the climate emergency, how soon we need to act, the scale of that action, and what practical part SMEs in Cumbria can play in the bigger picture. We’ll share case studies of SMEs in Cumbria and beyond who are leading the way.
You will leave this session more confident in your knowledge, better able to articulate what needs to be done, and with an increased sense of your ability to be part of that change, on an individual, communal and organisational level. As a a business, you’ll be better placed to engage with an increasingly eco-conscious audience and workforce, attracting people with your climate conscious actions that will leave a positive legacy.
This is a time-efficient option for essential, interactive briefing on climate science and solutions for Cumbria but we recommend that anyone wishing to gain more in-depth knowledge and discuss solutions more fully should instead book onto our fully comprehensive, accredited Climate and Carbon Literacy Course.