Carbon Literacy for the Member & Electronic Recycling Sector
Build the knowledge and confidence to make better business decisions.
Climate change, carbon reduction and sustainability expectations are increasingly shaping business decisions, customer requirements and supply chains.
This Carbon Literacy Project-accredited course has been designed specifically for Ecogenesys Compliance Scheme members and organisations operating within the electronic recycling and producer responsibility sectors.
Combining the accredited Carbon Literacy curriculum with more than 20 years of producer responsibility expertise, the course gives learners a practical understanding of climate change, carbon emissions and the actions individuals and organisations can take to reduce their impact.
Rather than creating climate experts, the course creates a shared understanding and common language across teams, helping employees recognise where their day-to-day decisions influence carbon and where opportunities exist to improve efficiency, resilience and sustainability performance.
About the course
Carbon Literacy is a foundation-level qualification designed to give people the knowledge and confidence to understand climate change and respond to it in a practical way.
This interactive, accredited course explores the science behind climate change, how climate change affects businesses, regulation and supply chains, where carbon emissions come from and how they are measured, and the practical actions organisations can take to reduce emissions.
What makes this course different is its sector-specific focus.
Real-world examples and case studies are drawn from producer responsibility, environmental compliance and the electronic recycling sector, helping learners connect the course content directly to the challenges, opportunities and decisions they encounter in their own organisations.
The training combines structured learning with discussion, practical activities and case studies, giving participants the opportunity to explore what Carbon Literacy means in the context of their own role and organisation.
The course is delivered across four themed modules:
Module One: Climate Science & Impacts
Module Two: Business, Policy & Risk
Module Three: Carbon Footprints & Measurement
Module Four: Solutions & Action
You will learn
By the end of the course you’ll understand:
- The science behind climate change and its impacts
- How climate change affects organisations, regulation and supply chains
- What carbon emissions are and where they come from
- How organisational carbon footprints are measured
- How everyday business decisions can influence emissions
- The role individuals and organisations can play in reducing carbon
- Practical opportunities to improve efficiency and resilience
- How to contribute confidently to sustainability and carbon discussions
- How climate action can support wider organisational sustainability goals
- How to turn learning into meaningful personal and workplace action
Why complete this course?
Carbon Literacy isn’t about turning every employee into a climate specialist.
It provides people across an organisation with a consistent foundation of knowledge, enabling teams to make better-informed decisions and understand how their own actions contribute to wider organisational objectives.
For Ecogenesys members and organisations within the electronic recycling sector, this understanding is increasingly important as customers, supply chains and stakeholders expect businesses to demonstrate credible environmental action.
Building a Carbon Literate workforce can help your organisation:
- Create a shared understanding of climate change across teams
- Improve confidence when responding to sustainability requirements
- Identify practical carbon-reduction opportunities
- Support more consistent decision-making
- Strengthen employee engagement with sustainability
- Demonstrate progress to customers and stakeholders
- Support tender and supply-chain requirements
- Build greater long-term organisational resilience
Unlike generic Carbon Literacy programmes, the Ecogenesys course brings the learning to life through examples relevant to producer responsibility, compliance and the environmental sector.
This course includes
One full day training (09:00 - 16:00)
Live online or in person delivery
Foundation level
Topical conversations, surveys and pre course learning requirements
Carbon Literacy certification on completion of CLP pledge
Need training for your team? Training multiple employees?
If you’d like to train multiple members of your team, we offer discounted multi-licence packages and bespoke group training. Email: training@ecogenesys.co.uk
Frequently asked questions
For employers
Can we train multiple employees at once?
Yes. You can book up to six employees from the same organisation onto one of our open online Carbon Literacy courses. If you have a larger team, we can arrange a dedicated in-house course for your organisation, with the training tailored to your team.
Who is this course for?
This course is designed for Ecogenesys Compliance Scheme members and organisations operating within the producer responsibility and electronic recycling sectors.
No previous Carbon Literacy or climate-related knowledge is required.
It is suitable for employees across all functions and levels of an organisation, including:
Leadership and management teams
Compliance and regulatory teams
Sustainability and ESG teams
Operations
Procurement and supply chain
Sales and commercial teams
Marketing and communications
HR and people teams
Technical and engineering teams
Employees who want to better understand their role in reducing organisational carbon emissions
Who in the organisation should undertake Carbon Literacy?
Carbon Literacy creates a common foundation of understanding, organisations can benefit from training people across different functions rather than limiting participation to sustainability specialists alone.
For individuals
Do I need any previous experience?
Most courses are suitable for learners of all experience levels. Any prerequisites will be clearly shown on the course page.
How do I become Carbon Literate?
To achieve Carbon Literacy Project certification, participants must complete the accredited learning and required course activities.
As part of the course, each learner develops:
One personal action pledge
One workplace action pledge
These demonstrate how they intend to apply their learning and take meaningful action to reduce carbon emissions.
The pledges are submitted for assessment by The Carbon Literacy Project, which determines whether the learner has successfully met the requirements for Carbon Literate certification.
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