3rd Carbon Accounting Masterclass

About

Conferenz’s 3rd Annual Carbon Accounting Masterclass will assist you in the mechanics of building a first class carbon accounting and reporting system in your organisation, whether you face mandatory compliance with the NZ ETS, voluntary opt-in, or voluntary carbon accounting to give you a competitive edge and improve your sustainability.  

 

Agenda

Agenda: Day 1

8.30

Registration & Coffee

9.00

Opening remarks from the Chair

Gordon Shaw, Director, Sempre Avanti Consulting

9.10

Harmonisation of NZ ETS and the Australian Scheme: a look at the financial implications

This session will examine the two schemes, and discuss the international and financial implications of both.
• Will the amended NZ ETS provide certainty for economic growth?
• Examining the price drivers for emission reductions
• Maintaining flexibility for possible changes post 2012

Terry Quilty, Director, Environmental Intermediaries and Trading Group Ltd

9.50

Examining the impact of the NZ ETS – accountability and responsibilities for your organisation

The ETS will impose significant costs and obligations on business. Businesses that are required to participate need to be prepared so they can effectively manage their carbon emissions. This session will give an overview of the NZ ETS and its implications for your organisation.
• Who is captured and when?
• Voluntary opt-in provisions
• Assistance provided to shield at-risk sectors
• Financial reporting and other regulatory issues

Andrew Sweet, Director, Firecone

10.35

Morning tea

10.50

Breakout Streams

You are welcome to move freely between each stream to customise your conference experience.

10.50

STREAM ONE: Examining compliance obligations for ETS participant

ETS participants have rigid requirements to register and to set up monitoring and reporting systems for specific emission activities. It is imperative that organisations fully analyse and monitor their emissions profile and establish comprehensive systems to ensure compliance. Examine the legal requirements and the penalties for non-compliance.
• Registration requirements for Mandatory and opt-in participants
• Annual reporting requirements
• Civil and criminal liabilities for failure to meet obligations including personal criminal convictions

Duncan Scott, Director Assurance, PricewaterhouseCoopers

10.50

STREAM TWO: Role and importance of voluntary action in a compliance world

This session will examine voluntary action to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and why many companies will wish to continue their voluntary action when the emissions trading scheme is operating.
• Drivers and benefits of voluntary action
• Aligning voluntary and compliance commitments
• Managing risk and liabilities
• Adding value and making a difference

Ann Smith, Technical & Certification Manager carboNZero programme, Landcare Research

11.30

Case study - Towards excellence in carbon accounting

The Sustainable Business Network (SBN) is an organisation focused on advancing and embedding sustainable business development in NZ. As part of an integrated approach to sustainability, SBN supports its members to incorporate carbon accounting into mainstream business practice. This session will explore the challenges and successes facing SBN members who are utilising this approach to in order to become industry leaders. The benefits and rewards of pursuing excellence in carbon accounting will also be delineated.

Peter Mann, Operations & Sustainability manager, Yealands Estate
Jo Wills, National Events Manager - BOP/WK Manager, Sustainable Business Network

12.15

Lunch

1.15

STREAM ONE: Sourcing of Emissions units to comply with the NZ ETS

Participants will be allowed to surrender both the domestic unit of trade – the New Zealand unit – and international units created under the Kyoto Protocol. Buying on the international market is likely to involve higher transaction costs and greater uncertainty about the nature and delivery of the emissions units. However due to the NZ ETS design, there is an expected shortfall of available New Zealand units. Participants will therefore need to assess carefully how to meet their obligations. This session will examine things that need to be considered when sourcing international units.
• Are the units eligible for compliance under the NZ ETS?
• Will units be delivered in time to meet the surrender obligation?
• What happens in the event of a non-delivery?

Simon Young, Managing Director, Ecosecurities NZ

1.15

STREAM TWO: Sustainability reporting and measuring your carbon footprint – a how-to guide

This session will discuss the best way to accurately measure, manage and market your organisation’s GHG & carbon footprint to gain a business advantage and improve sustainability.
• What are the opportunities that can arise from becoming carbon neutral ?
• Why and how to account and report your organisation’s GHG emissions
• What accounting standards should you use?
• Certification and verification of you organisations GHG emission inventory
• The best spend for your carbon reduction dollar
• Maximising opportunities and minimising risks arising from your GHG footprint

Gordon Shaw, Director, Sempre Avanti Consulting

2.00

STREAM ONE: Free allocations for at risk entities

Certain at risk entities will be eligible for protection from the price of carbon on their operations. This session will consider issues such as:
• What is an emissions intensive trade exposed entity?
• Who is eligible?
• What is an allocative baseline?
• What is the allocation process?
• Timing and phasing

Trish Keen, Manager - Consulting, PricewaterhouseCoopers

2.00

STREAM TWO: Defining the scope of your carbon accounting

This session will help you determine the organisational and operational boundaries for your emissions profiling.
• Creating a baseline for your GHGs
• Suppliers and contractors and their impact on your carbon footprint
• Carbon management for the upstream and downstream supply chain
• What to do if third parties do not measure their emissions

Vanessa Browne, Principal, URS New Zealand

2.45

STREAM ONE: Tax implications for carbon accounting

The tax rules for emissions- related transactions are contained in the Income Tax Act 2007 and the Taxation (International Taxation, Life Insurance and Remedial Matters) Bill. This session will examine tax implication for both ETS obliged and voluntary markets.
• Implications for Business ( other than Forestry)
• GST for supplies of emissions units in the compliance Market under the ETS and in the voluntary market

Jim Gordon, Policy Manager Taxation and Emissions Trading, IRD

2.45

STREAM TWO: Discussing the ISO standard on carbon foot-printing of products

It is becoming more and more important for companies to know more about their products to enable efficient carbon accounting. This session will examine the proposed new ISO for products and how it intends to achieve more accurate carbon footprints. The work on the carbon footprint standard was initiated in ISO in 2008 and is planned to be completed in 2011. John will guide you through the standards, and discuss their implication for your organisation.

Prof Ann Smith, GM -Technical Development carboNZero, Landcare Research NZ Ltd

3.30

Afternoon tea

3.45

Plenary Sessions

Rejoin the rest of the group for the closing sessions of the conference

3.45

Product carbon footprinting - Current best practice and what to watch out for

How “green” is my product? And how do I measure it and compare it to others? Both questions are now commonly being asked by businesses wanting to improve the environmental “credentials” of their products. Measuring the carbon emissions, or more generally the overall environmental performance (that is energy, material and water inputs and greenhouse gas, wastewater and waste outputs), of a product is a challenging and potentially resource intensive exercise. There is also substantive risk that the result is not technically defendable and therefore open to challenge and claims of “greenwash”. Gael will describe the methods which are current “best practice’ in this field and highlight the traps and what to avoid - to generate a technically robust carbon footprint for your product.

Gael Ogilvie, Senior Principal, URS New Zealand

4.30

Closing remarks from the chair and end of Masterclass

4.35

Networking drinks

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