Climate Change & Emissions Trading Services

Climate change has taken center-stage as the pre-eminent global environmental challenge of the 21st century. Reducing the greenhouse gas emissions that cause climate change has, as a result, become a principal objective of business. Delivering these cuts efficiently has led to over 40 governments at regional, national and international level to develop carbon trading regimes.

The essential implication of carbon trading is that an organization’s climate change strategies are increasingly important in limiting exposure to financial and legal risks. The broader implication of carbon-trading is that increasingly it pays companies to invest in developing a climate change and emissions trading strategy that ensures these risks are limited, and that any potential opportunities that arise from emissions trading are fully exploited.

To provide delegates with the understanding, knowledge, and the action-steps that organizations need to take to put their climate change and emission trading strategies together. These action-steps are presented, during the course, by the following topics

• Understanding the basics: the first step is to understand what climate change and emission trading services are and what they mean for your organization
• Emissions trading program: the development of a climate change and emission trading program and setting of exposure acceptance parameters
• Develop a management strategy: selecting internal emission reductions; purchasing credits and/or generating credits in order to ensure compliance of the ‘Kyoto Protocol’
• Climate Change & Emissions Trading Workshop: workshop case study will learn how to implement each of the action-steps

This service is ideal for:

• Environmental Managers and Sustainability Officers responsible for overseeing and improving environmental practices within organizations.
• Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) Leaders seeking to develop and implement climate change strategies and sustainable initiatives.
• Compliance Managers who need to ensure that their organization meets local and international environmental regulations.
• Energy Managers tasked with reducing energy consumption and emissions within their organizations.
• Government and Policy Makers involved in creating and enforcing environmental policies and emissions trading schemes.
• Industry Executives and Business Owners who want to improve their organization’s environmental performance and reduce their carbon footprint.
• Consultants and Advisors in the fields of environmental management, sustainability, and emissions trading.
• Legal and Regulatory Teams who handle compliance with environmental regulations related to climate change and emissions.