A practical online training course delivered across two four-hour sessions, designed to help small and medium-sized enterprises understand carbon impacts, manage climate related risks and take practical action towards a lower carbon future.
Carbon Literacy Training helps businesses understand the carbon impacts of everyday decisions and identify practical steps towards reducing emissions.
Designed for small and medium sized enterprises, the course is delivered online across two sessions of four hours each. It introduces the key principles of carbon literacy in a clear, practical and business focused way. Participants will explore how areas such as energy use, travel, procurement, operations and communication can contribute to carbon emissions, and how organisations can begin to take meaningful action.
The course is delivered by Richmond American University London’s Institute for Corporate Sustainability and will take place on 20 and 27 November 2026, from 9:30am to 1:30pm on both days.
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Two sessions of four hours each, designed to support practical business learning and discussion.
Suitable for small and medium sized enterprises and teams beginning their carbon reduction journey.
Online from 9:30am to 1:30pm on both days.
This course is accredited by The Carbon Literacy Project, with participants receiving Carbon Literacy certification upon successful completion.
Participants will gain practical carbon literacy knowledge that can be applied within their organisations.
This training is designed for organisations and professionals who want to understand carbon literacy in a practical business context and begin taking realistic steps towards reducing their carbon impact.
It is particularly suitable for small and medium-sized enterprises and teams that are starting to explore climate responsibility, sustainability planning or carbon reduction within their day-to-day operations.
The course introduces the key principles of carbon literacy in a clear, practical and business-focused way. Participants will explore how everyday organisational decisions can contribute to carbon emissions and how businesses can begin to take meaningful action.
Understand the causes and impacts of climate change, and why carbon literacy matters for businesses and organisations.
Explore how areas such as energy use, travel, procurement, operations and communication can contribute to carbon emissions.
Identify realistic actions that organisations and teams can take to reduce carbon impact in day-to-day business activity.
Begin developing practical next steps that can support carbon reduction, climate awareness and more sustainable decision-making.
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