Forklift News - Know your carbon footprint

Companies seeking to quantify and reduce their carbon impact throughout their supply chains can attend a conference in Sydney on 30 – 31 July entitled "Know your carbon footprint".

The conference aims to address the main issues facing management and to enable companies to understand their ‘carbon footprint’.

The conference features keynote speaker Dr Graham Sinden, technical manager of Carbon Trust (UK) and technical author of PAS 2050 – an internationally recognised method being developed to standardise the assessment of GHG emissions in goods and services.

According to the events promoter Marcus Evans, in the very near future, businesses will need to know their carbon footprints or run the risk of others unwilling to do business with them.

"Analysis of a company supply chain’s current carbon footprint, along with the different storage and distribution strategies that may be used for reducing it, offer an opportunity for businesses to increase their competitive advantage in the market place."

The conference will also feature case study and expert presentations by Amy Russell, environment director of Winemakers' Federation of Australia; Graham Bruce, national quality systems manager of TNT Australia; Professor Aditya Ghose of University of Wollongong; Dr Juanita Day, group sustainability services manager of AMCOR Australasia; Saugato Mukerji, senior engineer and Supply Chain Thought leader Bluescopesteel Ltd; Dr. Christopher Dey, University of Sydney; Sara Gipton, CEO of Greenfleet; Peter Haenke, Manager - Carbon Projects, Origin Energy; Julia Seddon, environment manager of Inghams Enterprises; Dr. Miles Dracup of Water Corporation Australia; Simon Huxley, associate of Baker & Mckenzie; Simon Dunstall of CSIRO Mathematical and Information Sciences; and Andrew Higgins, research scientist - CSIRO Sustainable Ecosystems.

There is also a half-day workshop on "implementing your climate change strategy and integrating your carbon footprint reduction vision throughout your organisation", facilitated by David Morissey, director of CSR Sydney.

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