Carbon footprint®Introduction
Learn to measure your company's emissions through training that combines theory and practice with this first module of training in the Carbon Footprint® Method.















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Who is the course aimed at?
For those who wish to have a first approach to the method.
For companies, local authorities and other organizations wishing to carry out their Carbon Footprint® internally (CSR Manager, carbon managers).
For consultants who wish to become Carbon Footprint® service providers and sell Carbon Footprint® performance services by combining this training with the Carbon Footprint® - Mastery training.

Why be trained by Sami Academy?
This training is:
Created and led by experts in collaboration with the Association for the Low Carbon Transition
Mostly provided in interactive virtual classrooms and on captivating e-learning media.
Human-sized with a number of learners of 15 students per trainer.

The objectives of the training
This training will enable participants to
・Have a synthetic vision of the main issues of the fight against climate change.
・Know how to link these issues with the Carbon Footprint® method.
・Discover and understand the method and its tools.
For companies/local authorities
・Be able to carry out a first Carbon Footprint® internally.
・To carry out a GES balance sheet to meet French regulatory obligations.
・Be able to support your service provider.
For consultants
Acquire the basics to access the Carbon Footprint® method mastery course.
The program
Discover the program in 3 steps

E-learning
During this step, you will access our online training platform to acquire, at your own pace, the basic knowledge:
・Issues, method, regulation and calculation tools.
・The principles of GES emissions accounting and the Carbon Footprint® method.
・Tutorials and exercises for the use of the different spreadsheets of the Carbon Footprint® method.
・The French regulation.
Bonus sequences available: Energy and climate fundamentals.

Virtual class
07h00 of training
A day of training in a virtual classroom with a professional to understand the theoretical and practical elements, but also to benefit from their feedback.

Practical training
Objective
Our trainers accompany you in the use of the Excel spreadsheets provided by the ABC. You will learn to use the ABC tools to measure an organization's emissions.

A multitude of reports for analyzing your data
A complete dashboard
Access a complete dashboard with a multitude of analyses of your emissions and reduction trajectories.
Regulatory and analytical reporting
Create custom indicators and dimensions to make the right decisions. Export your regulatory data with one click.
A benchmark to compare your emissions
Benefit from a benchmarking tool based on public and private data to help your clients position themselves.

Build custom action plans
A catalog of +250 low-carbon actions
Thematic actions from over a hundred partners to address your main emission sources.
Create custom actions
Add custom actions and visualize their reduction potential.
Create different action plans at the group level
Help your clients build specific action plans for each subsidiary or entity.

Visualize your different reduction trajectories
Define reduction targets
Set the right reduction targets by taking into account your business objectives.
Create custom trajectories
Build different trajectories to meet your RSE and financial objectives. (in intensity, by scopes...)
SBTi trajectories
Display SBT trajectories in the application and verify that the targets are consistent with the expected trajectory.
Our upcoming training sessions
Virtual class dates | Duration | Format | Price excl. tax/trainee | Actions |
|---|---|---|---|---|
March 31, 2026 | 14H | Remote | 1300 € HT | |
April 7, 2026 | 14H | Remote | 1300 € HT | |
May 4, 2026 | 14H | Remote | 1300 € HT |
The strength of human expertise

Juliette has over 5 years of experience in environmental strategy. Analysis of your flows, LCA, she helps companies measure and reduce their emissions.

Julien has been helping companies of all sizes diagnose and reduce their environmental impacts for over 5 years. He is an expert in carbon footprints, climate reduction plans, life cycle analysis, and eco-design.

CSR and climate strategy consulting firm that has been accompanying companies towards more sustainable models for 20 years.

Consulting firm in favor of the ecological transition.
Experts in the energy efficiency of buildings, they will know how to deploy your eco-responsible and competitive actions!
We answer all your questions
Yes, this training is recognized by the Association for Low-Carbon Transition and allows you to conduct Carbon Footprints®.
This training consists of an e-learning part (15h) followed by a day of virtual or in-person classroom training. The e-learning part must be completed before the virtual classroom day.
The Sami tool is a recognized tool compliant with the Carbon Footprint® Method and allows you to conduct carbon footprints quickly and collaboratively.
This training is only provided on Excel but free resources outside the training are made available by Sami to allow you to train.
Yes, this training has no pedagogical prerequisites.
Yes, this training gives you the theoretical and practical elements to conduct your carbon footprint internally.
Not yet, you also need to follow the Carbon Footprint® - Mastery training.
This training costs 1150 euros HT or 1380 euros TTC.
To follow this training, you will only need to have a computer and a stable internet connection, as well as access to Excel spreadsheet to complete the practical case. Sami Academy provides not only access to the e-learning platform but also Excel.
This content is accessible indefinitely.
Prior to contracting, an interview allows:
- to analyze the needs in order to direct the trainees towards the most suitable training.
- to identify situations of disability requiring adaptations.
The client can:
- register their employees for an inter-company training action whose dates are predefined in advance
- organize a training action dedicated to his company.
The dates of virtual classroom sessions are available on the Sami Academy website.
Before the training: trainees will be invited to fill in a questionnaire to find out their expectations regarding the training and to assess their initial level of knowledge.
During the training: the realization of interactive quizzes during the e-learning
At the end of the training: trainees, the client, and the funder will be invited to fill in a satisfaction questionnaire.
At the end of the training, you will receive a training certificate and a certificate of completion, as well as the training materials in electronic format, the calculation tools in Excel format, additional technical documents, and the methodological guide.
In addition, you will receive a Bilan Carbone® usage license for the organization: free if the turnover is less than 50M€ and paid beyond, conditions available on https://abc-transitionbascarbone.fr).
Our trainers are professionals in carbon accounting with more than 5 years of experience in this field.
In accordance with the regulations (law of February 11, 2005 and Articles D.5211-1 and following of the labor code), Sami Academy undertakes to meet the specific needs of trainees with disabilities by proposing adaptations in terms of duration, pace, methods and teaching materials...). Sami Academy may mobilize external expertise (Training Resource Center for Disability, P.A.S AGEFIPH-FIPHFP) and the AD HOC resources (ACCEA, EPATECH,..) for finding solutions to access training.
Since the end of 2023, Sami Academy has supported more than 100 learners in developing their climate expertise with a high level of satisfaction (85%).
This training in partnership with the ABC is considered the reference training with a satisfaction rate of over 95% by the more than 8000 people who have followed it.
Discover a dedicated article that details all the existing training courses on the climate training market up to the training in the Bilan Carbone® method.

