CO2 management as new profession
To make CO2 manageable experts with sufficient background and skills are required. The CO2 manager is a new expert profession. CENTRIC AUSTRIA INTERNATIONAL is providing training to become a professional CO2 manager.
Qualification demands of professional CO2 managers
Professional CO2 managers should be able to contribute to the long-term objective of reducing CO2 emissions cost-efficiently. They should meet the following qualifications:
- Having a common understanding of the CO2 problem and the climate change on scientific and political level and the role of world economies to take responsibility.
- Having the theoretical and practical skills to set up CO2 management systems in industries according to international harmonized standards.
- Being able to realize the assets of CO2 management on practical terms to improve the performance of industrial companies.
- Having understood new market-based instruments like emission trading and being able to set up such projects in proper and eligible way.
- Being able to follow up with CO2 management projects and further capacity building measures by own means.
- Being able to make valuable contributions to policy making on governmental respective industrial level by communicating the assets of CO2 management and its various dimensions in professional manner.
Sectors and experts
Which sectors are mainly addressed by CO2 management and therefore are in need of professional CO2 managers on expert level? - Industry with the main focus on heavy industries such as energy generation, iron and steel, chemicals and petrochemicals, cement, ceramics and glass, pulp and paper, food and tobacco, but also other business sectors.
- Industrial associations from the above mentioned sectors, who want improve the CO2 performance of their member companies.
- Research and consulting institutions with a multiplier function busy in the fields of energy and climate protection mainly dealing with industry.
- Regional and local governments in charge of CO2 reduction measures planning in the local/regional industry.
- Governmental organisation, which are in charge of professional human resources development on regional/local level in the field of CO2 management.