Date: Monday 21 November 2022
On Thursday 17th November, members of the Business Sustainability Forum and the wider Chamber attended a presentation delivered by Jon Curtis from Net Zero Matrix.
Jon delivered a passionate presentation covering many elements of carbon reporting and net zero targets.
Attendees also learnt about the work of the wonderful Gold Teak Corporate Social Responsibility which Jon (Curtis & Associates) established in 2005. Click on the link to view a video about the work of the Gold Teak charity PT. Gold Teak enabled a Green Finance Initiative to reach Net Zero by 2020 - YouTube
Key topics covered in the presentation included:
• How to measure a businesses carbon footprint. Carbon footprint measuring consists of 3 components - direct activity, energy consumed and the most complex part which is supply chain
• How does a company validate their carbon footprint?
• Tips on how to save energy
• We learnt about how we can measure our contribution to sustainability
• Education of the Island’s climate footprint
• Renewable energy certificates and greenwashing. G.E.C.K.O - Green Ecosytem - click on the link to view a useful video about GECKO - Green Ecosystem Certificate of Known Origin, presented by New Energy Matrix - YouTube
• Introduced the concept of carbon budget - 4 ways to spend a carbon budget
• The Public Carbon Register
You can view the full slide deck here.