Argus Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (CBAM) Training Day | 2 December, Rotterdam, Netherlands

Join us for a full-day training workshop designed to equip stakeholders across affected sectors with the insights and tools needed to navigate the Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (CBAM). With critical updates from the European Commission expected by December, this training day comes at a pivotal moment for businesses preparing for the next phase of CBAM implementation.
 
Rotterdam is a practical and accessible location for this training day, offering excellent transport links and proximity to key industrial hubs affected by CBAM. Its central role in European trade and logistics makes it an ideal setting for cross-sector collaboration and discussion.
 
Why attend?
 
Following on from Argus' successful CBAM webinar series, this in-person training day builds on key themes and questions raised by participants, offering deeper sectoral insights and practical guidance. As CBAM moves toward its definitive phase in 2026 and certificate purchasing begins in 2027, understanding the evolving regulatory landscape is essential. This workshop offers a timely opportunity to:
 
- Decode the latest CBAM developments and compliance requirements
- Explore sector-specific impacts and strategic responses
- Engage directly with experts and peers across industries
 
Open to importers, producers, traders, compliance officers, sustainability leads and strategic planners, this event is relevant to all sectors currently affected by CBAM - including fertilizers, steel and iron, aluminium and hydrogen.
 
Learning objectives
 
- Interpret CBAM reporting obligations across different product categories and understand how to prepare emissions data for verification.
 
- Distinguish between transitional and definitive phase requirements, including timelines, certificate purchasing and compliance thresholds.
 
- Assess the operational impact of CBAM on procurement, logistics and supply chain decision-making.
 
- Apply carbon pricing and financial planning tools to estimate CBAM-related costs and integrate them into budgeting processes.
 
- Evaluate CBAM's strategic implications for international trade and competitiveness, including potential risks and opportunities for importers and exporters.
 
Course outline - Tuesday 2 December
 
MORNING SESSIONS
 
Opening remarks and CBAM overview
- Overview of CBAM: Objectives, timeline and scope
- Overview of sectors and stakeholders impacted: Fertilizers, steel and iron, aluminium, electricity and hydrogen
- Interaction with ETS and phasing out of free allowances
- Implications of CBAM during the definitive phase
- Regulatory environment and uncertainty: Schedule for Implementing legislation and delays
 
CBAM Fundamentals and Compliance Framework - How does it work? Who's responsible for what?
- Accounting methodologies for determining CI of a product; boundaries of GHG accounting, which emissions are included depending on the sector?
- Why are default values needed?
- Who does what? Producers, importers, representatives, authorised declarants role of producers vs importers in emissions reporting
 
Verification and Governance - Who's responsible for what?
- Verification requirements and accredited bodies - what will be requirements and process?
- What do we know so far about plans for EU-approved verifiers and global alignment?
 
Sector spotlight - fertilizers and ammonia
- Carbon intensity (CI) benchmarks
- Cost implications for fertilizer producers and importers
- Strategic sourcing: Blending high/low-CI ammonia?
- Impact on blue, green and grey ammonia - What do producers in the EU and abroad need to know?
 
Networking lunch
 
AFTERNOON SESSIONS
 
Sector spotlight - iron, steel and aluminium
- Emissions from BF-BOF vs EAF routes: Why does it matter?
- Scope 3 emissions and precursor tracking (e.g. nickel pig iron)
- Verification challenges for non-EU producers
- Benchmark evolution and pricing implications
 
Strategic and financial planning
- AM certificate calculation methodology
- Hedging CBAM cost: why, how and who?
- Forecasting carbon prices and CBAM premiums
- Budgeting for 2026-28: Risk scenarios and mitigation
- Procurement strategies for CBAM certificates
 
Panel: CBAM outlook and policy evaluation
- Will CBAM be successful in reducing carbon leakage?
- Sector lobbying and simplification proposals
- Future expansion of CBAM
- Pricing of indirect emissions for all sectors
 
CBAM clinic - 1:1 consultations
- Q and A with experts