GHG Financed Emissions training - KPMG

KPMG's GHG Financed Emissions provides an introduction to the technical accounting requirements of measuring and reporting financed emissions from an organisation’s investing and lending activities under the globally recognised methodologies outlined by the Partnership for Carbon Accounting Financials (PCAF) standards.

This course is relevant for organisations that are investors or operate in the financial services sector.

Pre-requisite

This training is an extension of the GHG Emissions Baseline training series. Participants are expected to have knowledge of the measurement and reporting requirements of GHG emissions under the GHG Protocol Standards.

CPD - 5.5 Hours

These training sessions are delivered over 2 modules across 2 different days:

Module 1: 21 November – 9am to 12pm

Module 2: 26 November – 9am to 12pm

Key concepts covered:

• The drivers for measuring financed emissions
• The approach to calculating financed emissions
• The methodologies for calculating financed emissions for all asset classes outlined in the PCAF Part A standard
• The reporting requirements outlined under the PCAF Part A standard
• A high level comparison of reporting emissions from investing and financing activities between the PCAF Part A standard and the GHG Protocol Corporate Value Chain Standard

Who should attend:

This training series is suitable for anyone interested in or involved with the measurement and reporting of an organisation’s GHG emissions. These would include those within an organisation’s finance or sustainability reporting teams, investors, auditors and directors wanting to understand the mechanics and data sources of GHG emissions accounting.

Meet your presenter: Melinda Ponnampalam

Melinda leads KPMG NZ’s GHG Accounting Advisory Services. The team provides technical subject matter expertise in the various components of GHG emissions accounting to our clients, including measurement and reporting of value chain emissions, financed emissions and insurance-associated emissions.

Melinda was instrumental in the development and delivery, both locally and internationally, of KPMG’s internal GHG Emissions Accounting, Financed Emissions and Insurance-associated Emissions accounting training series.

Melinda also has over 18 years’ experience in providing audit and advisory services, including risk, regulatory, accounting and financial statement reporting and disclosures across various sectors.

Pricing: Early bird (by 14 Nov): NZ$700+ GST | Standard: NZ$800 + GST

To ensure effective learning, these training sessions have limited capacity.

If you have any queries or need further details, please contact us.