Workshops & training courses

Carbon Market Advisory

Find out which carbon market strategies are right for you:

  • Decarbonization (Scope 1 & 2 emissions)

  • Value chain reductions (Scope 3 emissions)

  • Regulatory changes and reduction claims

  • Carbon market instruments

  • Market trends and leading practices

  • Risks, opportunities, and dependencies

  • Market due diligence

  • Factors affecting pricing

  • Contracts and purchase agreements

  • Governance and strategic approach

Learn how to manage carbon Market instruments:

CARBON TAXATION

An external levy applied by governments that increases over time to regulate the amount of allowable emissions produced

EMISSIONS TRADING

Credits or allowances of carbon emissions (equal to 1 tonne of CO₂e) can be exchanged to ensure a cap is not exceeded

CARBON PRICING

A tool applied to change internal behaviours (shadow pricing, implicit pricing or an internal fee) and designed to reward projects with low emissions

ENERGY ATTRIBUTES

Certificates that support renewable energy production. Fixed energy pricing can be negotiated to achieve longterm price certainty

Affirmative advocates for the use of carbon offsets that possess the following qualities:

  1. Verified — the project must follow an accepted protocol and must be monitored, validated and reported with transparency

  2. Registered — the credits must possess a unique serial number and must be retired upon sale to prevent double counting

  3. Additional — the project would not be feasible or would not exist without the funds generated by credit sales

  4. Permanent — the project continues to remove emissions for an extended period of time (and has appropriate buffers in place)

  5. Measurable — the amount of CO₂e reduced or avoided must be traceable and reported against a known and creditable baseline

  6. No Leakage — the project must not lead to inadvertent harm or allow for an increase of emissions that are created elsewhere

Affirmative also offers topic-specific executive primers:

  • Carbon offsetting

  • Carbon Market Governance

  • Implementing transition plans

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Executive Primer
Executive Primer

From $6,200 CAD

Affirmative will help your leaders understand carbon markets — from market trends and leading practices to risks and opportunities. We’ll review the market landscape, the players, project types, strategic uses, and supply/demand factors. We’ll outline how greater scrutiny, trust, transparency, and confidence are created and we’ll answer all of your questions to make sure that your team is allocated the appropriate resources to mitigate emissions.

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