General Discussion

EPA's Carbon Management Principles Review:

The Carbon Management Principles (CMPs), developed by EPA Victoria in 2007, have informed the carbon management approach of many businesses across Australia. This has allowed the CMPs to be tested within a broad range of operations and, as a result, EPA has recieved feedback on how to improve them to ensure they remain useful, relevant and applicable.

Date: Wednesday 15 December 2010

Time: 4.30-6.30pm

We want to hear from you too!  To help guide the Network's end of year event, we are seeking your contribution on the events surrounding climate change in 2010.  Below are series of questions to guide your thoughts, comments and reflections.

Thank you to everyone who joined us to talk about 'Communicating Carbon to Customers' on 5 November.  In the Planet Ark presentation Sean O'Malley was going to play a short video showing how the carbon footprint of a bag of Walkers chips was measured.  This is from the ABC Landline 'Food To Go' program:

http://www.abc.net.au/landline/content/2008/s2426086.htm

A recent discussion on the ABC Radio Bush Telegraph program considered whether a carbon label on products would be welcomed by consumers or lead to confusion due to the suggestion that there is already a proliferation of eco labels (recyclable, organic, energy star, compostable....etc).

Do you think there is a place for product carbon labels in Australia or is this one label too many?

Anthony

You can listen to the ABC program at:

http://www.abc.net.au/rural/telegraph/content/2010/s2930703.htm

Report developed together with students from the Melbourne Business School who interviewed the Environmental managers of 50 of the largest energy consumers in Victoria. I want to share the results of this research with all of you.

“The primary objective of this research was to identify the most significant and immediate needs of large and medium size organizations to adapt to the emerging Carbon economy, with special focus into the energy management activities of the 200 largest energy consumers of Victoria.

Lengthy negotiations on the CPRS appear to have concluded.  The next step will be assessing how the details impact on your business.

Paul Gilding will be online for Network members to discuss and debate the opportunities and challenges businesses will face in transforming to a low-carbon economy, and what you can do to maximise the opportunities.