Newsletter 7 - June 2009
A pressing issue for many Carbon Innovators Network (CIN) members is how to craft their carbon management strategies in response to new and proposed climate change policies. EPA Victoria has been grappling with these issues throughout 2009 in relation to its own carbon neutrality and the carbon services it provides.
The Carbon Offset Guide, updated 11 June 2009, now lists 72 providers number indicating the number of companies providing carbon offsets in the Australian market continues to grow. The guide was first launched in 2007, at the time listing only 13 offset providers; in a span of 2 years there has been a greater than five-fold increase in the number of offset providers.
Cities are responsible for approximately 75 per cent of global energy use and greenhouse gas emissions in the world with their buildings producing nearly 40 per cent of those emissions. The commercial building sector in Melbourne generates 48 per cent of total greenhouse gas emissions from the municipality. This building sector is therefore a primary target for reducing our overall greenhouse gas emissions.
In a previous article, the Growing Up project was introduced. Initiated by the Committee for Melbourne's Future Focus Group, the Growing Up project will help address climate change by promoting green roofing, leveraged through a design competition, in Melbourne.
Ontera have taken steps to achieve a more sustainable future yet have their feet firmly planted on the ground. Preferring science to emotion, action to talk, and demonstrable results to vague promises; Ontera minimise their environmental impact by applying a 'whole of life' approach to everything they do.
Over the past few editions of Carbon Matters, we have included a regular article about applying the EPA Carbon Management Principles to businesses. This article focuses on the fourth Carbon Management Principle: reduce.
In this issue, Carbon Matters introduces CIN member David Bridgfoot.
David Bridgfoot, a CIN member since 2007, has been working with Origin since November 2008 as a Solutions Development Manager within Origin Solutions, part of Origin's Directions and Growth Business Division. In his role, he works closely with businesses to define, develop and implement integrated energy management services and solutions, and helps take the complexity out of energy management for customers.
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