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Green transition for SMEs

This course gives SMEs in Laos and the wider CLMV region the foundations to start a green transition: from emissions inventories and energy efficiency to cleaner production, green finance and sustainability reporting. Learners will leave with a practical three-year green transition roadmap suited to the size and resources of their own business.

7 chapters · 21 lessons
About 1.5 h
5 languages
Bilingual certificate

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Công nhân kiểm tra hệ thống điện mặt trời mái nhà tại một xưởng sản xuất nhỏ ở Lào

What you will learn

Explain the four main drivers pushing SMEs toward a green transition and the impact of the Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (CBAM).
Carry out a simple energy and emissions inventory across Scope 1, 2 and 3 and establish a baseline for the firm.
Select and calculate the payback period of energy efficiency, renewable energy and cleaner production measures.
Build a three-year green transition roadmap, prepare an application for green finance and produce a simple sustainability report.

Course description

Small and medium-sized enterprises account for the great majority of firms and jobs in Laos, as well as in Cambodia, Myanmar and Viet Nam. As export markets, global supply chains and mechanisms such as carbon border taxes increasingly demand transparency on emissions, the green transition is no longer an option reserved for large corporations; it has become a condition for keeping markets and cutting costs.

The course has seven chapters, moving from the reasons and drivers of the green transition, through energy and emissions inventories at firm level, energy efficiency and renewable energy solutions, cleaner production and the circular economy, to green finance, a transition roadmap and sustainability reporting. Each chapter includes a video lecture, an in-depth reading and a short quiz.

The content is practice-oriented, with implementation steps, assessment criteria and illustrative examples drawn from agri-processing, wood, garment and service businesses in the Mekong region.