Corporate Carbon Management, Carbon Accounting and Net-Zero Transition

From the book

Preface

Carbon management is gradually moving from a relatively professional and marginal environmental issue to a core scenario of corporate operation and management. Carbon emissions are no longer only a descriptive indicator of environmental performance; they increasingly influence market access, supply-chain evaluation, financing costs, brand reputation and long-term competitiveness.

For Chinese companies, domestic dual-carbon objectives are driving changes in energy structure, industrial structure and corporate management, while international customers, overseas markets, tenders and green-finance scenarios require credible answers about emissions, energy sources, reduction plans, product carbon footprints and supply-chain management.

This textbook does not treat carbon management as only a greenhouse-gas inventory project or carbon accounting as formula-based form filling. Enterprise carbon management is an organisational capability: identifying emission sources, establishing reliable data collection and review, producing information for internal management and external communication, and using that foundation for targets, reduction pathways, supply-chain requirements, ESG disclosure and net-zero transition.

The book is intended for business managers, ESG and sustainability managers, environmental and energy teams, quality and system managers, procurement and supply-chain professionals, finance personnel, certification auditors, carbon verifiers, consultants and learners entering low-carbon management.

Its learning sequence moves from background and concepts to organisational systems, accounting methods, data quality, product carbon footprints, industry application, reduction pathways, net-zero strategy, supply-chain requirements, disclosure, third-party assurance, international rules and digital construction.

Readers should distinguish carbon accounting from carbon management, and technical methods from organisational mechanisms. Many apparent calculation problems are actually caused by unclear boundaries, unclear responsibilities, unstable data sources, untraceable records or insufficient coordination. Applicable regulations, standards, customer requirements and assurance guidance should always be checked for the relevant jurisdiction and use case.