Carbon Management
Scope 3 Emissions & Value Chain Decarbonisation Strategies
Get full visibility into your hardest-to-measure emissions, your value chain. Scope 3 often makes up the largest share of an organisation's carbon footprint, and the hardest to manage. This course equips you to calculate and manage upstream and downstream emissions with confidence, so you can meet your stakeholders' GHG reporting requirements.
Programme duration
16 hrs
Delivery mode
Online, Live
Certificate issued by
TEMBUSU Academy
Categories covered
All 15 (GHG Protocol)
Next Public Cohort
Dates
To Be Announced
Time
To Be Announced
Format
Online, Live
Duration
16 hrs total
To Be Announced
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WHY SCOPE 3 MATTERS
The emissions you don't directly control are usually the emissions that matter most.
15 Categories
full upstream and downstream coverage across all 15 Scope 3 categories defined under the GHG Protocol
COURSE OBJECTIVES
What you'll walk away able to do
Scope 3 often makes up the largest share of an organisation's carbon footprint, and the hardest to manage. This course equips you to calculate and manage upstream and downstream emissions with confidence, so you can meet your stakeholders' GHG reporting requirements.
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Full Value Chain Visibility
Calculate Scope 3 emissions across all 15 categories using recognised calculation methods.
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A Practical Decarbonisation Plan
Learn to engage suppliers and set science-based targets that reduce emissions across your value chain.
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Verification-Ready Inventories
Build an Inventory Quality Management System designed to support mandatory disclosure requirements.
YOUR LEARNING PATHWAY
Four topics, full value chain visibility
This course walks you from Scope 3 boundary-setting to a practical supplier engagement and decarbonisation strategy.
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STEP 01
Foundations & Boundary Setting
Get grounded in the GHG Protocol's Corporate Value Chain (Scope 3) Standard.
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STEP 02
Technical Calculation & Data Methods
Learn the differences between calculation methods and how to select high-quality data.
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STEP 03
Inventory Management & Quality
Set up a robust Inventory Quality Management System ready for third-party verification.
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STEP 04
Supplier Engagement & Decarbonisation
Learn strategies to engage suppliers and set science-based reduction targets.
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OUTCOME
Your Value Chain Decarbonisation Plan
Walk away with the calculation skills, verification-ready inventory, and supplier engagement strategy to decarbonise your value chain.
COURSE OUTLINE
What's covered, topic by topic
The full teaching outline: more detail than we can fit in the printed brochure. Tap any topic to expand it.
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›Deep dive into the GHG Protocol Corporate Value Chain (Scope 3) Standard
›Defining organisational and operational boundaries across complex supply chains
›Introduction to the 15 categories of upstream and downstream emissions
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Foundations & Boundary Setting
Get grounded in the GHG Protocol's Corporate Value Chain (Scope 3) Standard
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›Comparing spend-based, activity-based, and hybrid calculation methods
›Selecting high-quality primary data vs. secondary emission factors
›Applying GWP values and handling data uncertainty
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Technical Calculation & Data Methods
Compare calculation methods and select high-quality data
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›Setting up a robust Inventory Quality Management System (IQMS)
›Establishing base years and rules for inventory recalculation
›Preparing for third-party verification and mandatory disclosure (e.g. CSRD, CA SB 253)
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Inventory Management & Quality
Set up a robust inventory system ready for third-party verification
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›Strategies for collaborating with suppliers to gather primary data
›Setting science-based reduction targets for the value chain
›Identifying "hotspots" and integrating carbon costs into procurement
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Supplier Engagement & Decarbonisation
Engage suppliers and set science-based reduction targets
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This course goes deeper into Scope 3 specifically than our Carbon Accounting & Decarbonisation course, which covers all three scopes at an introductory level. Consider the two together for full-spectrum carbon accounting capability.
WHO SHOULD ATTEND
Built for anyone who needs visibility into their hardest-to-measure emissions
Regulators and Policy Makers
Understand the practical challenges companies face in meeting the Scope 3 disclosure rules you're setting.
ESG and Reporting Teams
Build the technical calculation skills your Scope 3 disclosures depend on.
Supply Chain and Operations
Learn how to engage suppliers for the primary data your emissions calculations need.
Consultants and Auditors
Build the technical fluency to advise clients or verify Scope 3 inventories with confidence.
Students and Career Transitioners
Start with the most in-demand, hardest-to-fill skill set in carbon accounting.
ABOUT TEMBUSU ACADEMY
Practitioner-led, not textbook-led
TEMBUSU Academy is the education division of TEMBUSU Asia Consulting, a leading environmental and sustainability consulting company. Our programmes are crafted and delivered by highly experienced environmental and sustainability professionals, grounded in real-world knowledge and practical application.
Our Pedagogy
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Interactive formats: discussions, group activities, practical exercises
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Case studies drawn from decades of consulting experience across sectors
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Direct engagement with trainers and peer-to-peer learning
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Custom corporate programmes tailored to your organisation's needs
COURSE TRAINER(S)
Learn from people who've done the work
LEAD TRAINER
Er. TAN Seng Chuan
Er. Tan holds a Bachelor of Engineering (Civil) and Master of Science (Building Science) from the National University of Singapore. He is a Professional Engineer (Civil) and Chartered Engineer (Environment & Water) registered in Singapore, a GRI Certified Sustainability Professional, an NEA accredited GHG Lead Verifier and a Senior Practicing Management Consultant (Sustainability) certified by SBACC.
Er. Tan has 40 years of professional experience covering Engineering, Environmental and Program Management in the sectors of Sustainability, Climate Change, Environmental, Water, Energy, Manufacturing, Built Environment & Infrastructure, Chemical and Petrochemical, Oil & Gas and other infrastructure projects in the Asia Pacific region.
Some of the representative projects include Financing Low-Carbon, Climate-Resilient Urban Infrastructure in Asia and the Pacific for ADB, Jurong Island Air Quality Study for NEA, Deep Tunnel Sewerage System and Changi Water Reclamation Plant for PUB, Petronas Sustainability Development Program which includes low carbon, energy efficiency, air emission and water management initiatives and other Industrial Program Development.
CO-TRAINER
Chris SNG
Chris holds a B.Eng (Hons) in Mechanical Engineering from the Nanyang Technological University of Singapore and Continuing Education for Professionals in Sustainability with the Singapore Management University Academy. Chris was part of the Carbon Management team at the UN Global Compact Network Singapore (GCNS) where he was involved in carbon accounting training for companies and research on emerging trends in global sustainability initiatives such as environmental and carbon legislation, carbon pricing, and reporting standards. With close to over 15 years of experiences across the Oil & Gas and the Aviation industry and as a Senior Consultant at TAC, Chris supports businesses in realizing their ambition towards a more sustainable future by providing advisory to better alignment their corporate reporting with both international and local reporting standards such as ISSB, GRI, TCFD, SASB, UN SDGs and the development of their decarbonization roadmap.
SCHEDULE & FEES
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Please note:
Refunds are not allowed; participants may defer to the next available course date. Course fee excludes any bank charges for overseas fund transfers. In the event minimum enrolment is not met, TEMBUSU Asia Consulting reserves the right to adjust scheduling; participants will be notified with alternative options where possible.
FOR TEAMS & ORGANISATIONS
Train your whole sustainability function at once
Customised training programmes directly addressing your organisation's reporting challenges, delivered by the same practitioners, using case studies relevant to your industry, and designed to help your team build stakeholder trust while complementing GRI with the other reporting standards your business already uses.
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Interactive sessions that foster collaboration within your team
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Practical case studies relevant to your industry and context
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Learning aligned to your organisation's sustainability objectives
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Cost-optimised for training multiple employees simultaneously
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