DO YOU KNOW…
• What your carbon footprint and credits are?• How the proposed carbon taxes that will be implemented next year will affect your bottom line?
• How you can reduce your carbon footprint?
• How does your carbon footprint affect your investment opportunities?
• What the results of the Global 500 Carbon Disclosure Project were?
TOPICS
- The Carbon Disclosure Project Global 500 Climate Change Report 2012 was undertaken on behalf of 655 investors representing US$73 trillion. In this presentation, Jayne Mammatt from PricewaterhouseCoopers will explain the background to the Carbon Disclosure Project, the process and focus areas, and most importantly, the report’s findings and thoughts on the way forward.
- Planning projects in the future? Robbie Louw from Promethium Carbon will explain the climate change impacts that should be considered especially with regard to physical, regulatory and economic aspects of projects.
- Get a brilliant insight into an overview of environmental taxes, the carbon tax proposals and other possible future taxes as presented and unpacked by Kyle Mandy, Head of National Tax Technical at PwC.
- Adaptation to climate change related water risks, a real concern in South Africa, will be addressed by Karolina Euler-Van Hulst from Promethium Carbon. She will delve into the potential impact on companies if they do not address climate change related water risks appropriately and explain the different steps that lead to adaptation.
- Brendon Jewaskiewitz, Managing Director at Envitech Solutions, will unpack waste management and will use landfill gas to electricity CDM projects as case studies/references. These projects involve the accurate measurement of all relevant parameters in order to calculate carbon emission reductions.
