Certification: IACBAM 3002:2025: CBAM Management System for Declarants
Delivered by: Below280, certified IACBAM 3003 Training Provider
Format: Online or in-person | Scheduled cohorts and private options available
Price: £1,995 + VAT per person | £6,500 + VAT private group (up to 5 people) | Contact us for larger groups and in-house rates
Register: info@below280.com
IACBAM 3002:2025 is the certification for organisations managing CBAM as a structured compliance function. It covers governance, operational controls, traceability, and financial exposure management, leading to certification of the organisation’s CBAM Management System under the IACBAM 3000-series framework. Participants leave with a recognised certification and the practical capability to run CBAM as an embedded, auditable process across procurement, customs, finance, and compliance.
Below280 delivers this course from an LCA and embedded emissions background rather than a customs and trade one. That distinction matters for 3002 because the most technically demanding parts of CBAM compliance sit in emissions calculation and data quality, and that is where this course goes deepest.
Who this course is for
The course is designed for Authorised CBAM Declarants and organisations working towards that status. It suits compliance officers, sustainability managers, and procurement directors with direct responsibility for CBAM obligations, and supply chain specialists managing the emissions data requirements that sit behind every declaration. It is also relevant for non-EU manufacturers supplying European customers who need to understand and support their buyers’ compliance obligations at an organisational level.
What the course covers
IACBAM 3002:2025 is built around four areas that together form a functioning CBAM Management System.
Governance and responsibilities covers internal ownership of CBAM obligations and how accountability is distributed across procurement, customs, finance, and compliance functions.
Operational controls covers CN code classification, scope determination, and the full emissions data workflow from collection and validation through to reporting that holds up under audit.
Traceability and recordkeeping covers audit trail construction across supplier data, calculation methodologies, and declaration submissions, aligned with the independent verification requirements in force from 2026.
Financial exposure management covers certificate pricing (currently €75.36/tonne CO2 for Q1 2026), liability modelling across import volumes, and commercial planning as the phase-in factor rises to 100% by 2034.
What you leave with
Participants receive an IACBAM 3002:2025 certificate and one year of complimentary IACBAM membership, giving access to the IACBAM portal, regulatory updates, and a growing network of CBAM practitioners across Europe. They leave able to implement a CBAM Management System aligned with Regulation (EU) 2023/956, manage the full embedded emissions data cycle to verification standard, quantify and plan for financial exposure, coordinate supplier engagement, and run internal audits that keep the system current as the regulation evolves.
The emissions side of CBAM
Certificate costs are determined by embedded emissions data. Declarants using verified actual data from suppliers pay certificates based on real installation performance. Those using default values set by Implementing Regulation (EU) 2025/2621 pay based on deliberately conservative benchmarks designed to sit above well-run installations. The financial difference between the two grows as the phase-in factor increases each year.
Below280 has fifteen years of LCA and embedded emissions work across steel, aluminium, construction products, and industrial processes. That experience shapes how the data quality and calculation elements of 3002 are taught, covering the full chain from supplier monitoring through to declaration-ready outputs.
Supplying into Europe from outside the EU
CBAM places the legal obligation on the EU importer, but the data that makes compliance possible originates with the supplier. Non-EU manufacturers in the UK, Brazil, India, Turkey, and other major exporting countries can use 3002 to build the organisational capability their EU customers need from them: governance over emissions data, traceability across the supply chain, and reporting aligned with verification requirements.
Below280 also works directly with non-EU manufacturers to develop monitoring and reporting infrastructure alongside or separately from the course. EU customers file their first annual declarations in May 2027, covering 2026 imports. Contact info@below280.com to discuss your specific requirements.
About Below280
Below280 is a specialist LCA and carbon consultancy spun out from Decerna Group in 2026, with origins in the National Renewable Energy Centre (Narec, now ORE Catapult) from 2007. We are the UK’s official GreenDelta partner for openLCA, and registered with EPD International and IBU. Our team has worked on Horizon Europe research projects, authored EU research on LCA for carbon capture and utilisation, and delivered LCA training and consultancy across Europe, the Middle East, and Asia. Below280 holds IACBAM 3003:2025 certification to deliver official 3002 and 3004 training programmes.
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