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Carbon proofing your business

Carbon proofing your business. Better Boards Conference, July 2012. Sherryn West – Howard Nielsen. Business questions on carbon and costs. How will our suppliers’ costs increase?. How will carbon pricing affect our costs?. How much will we have to pay for energy and water?.

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Carbon proofing your business

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  1. Carbon proofing your business Better Boards Conference, July 2012 Sherryn West – Howard Nielsen

  2. Business questions on carbon and costs How will our suppliers’ costs increase? How will carbon pricing affect our costs? How much will we have to pay for energy and water? How will our risk profile affect our insurance? What carbon price related costs will we pass on to customers? Will our funders/customers be happy with our carbon exposure?

  3. Business questions on carbon and revenue Can our business differentiate itself in the market by adopting sustainable practices? How will carbon pricing affect our customers’ perceptions and demand patterns? How can we generate revenue from our low-carbon status? How will we work with customers and suppliers to minimise the impact?

  4. The answer? • Run an eco-efficient business • Procure sustainably • Be organised and plan for sustainability How do we do this?

  5. Eco-efficiency? Do a workplace scan – find out what to do – pick the easy bits first. Example checklist - 9 questions out of 106 for energy and 300 for all eco-efficiency Energy site survey checklist - Sustainable Business Cluster Project: NACC For each item, tick the relevant column (yes/no/not applicable) then decide if you may consider doing something about it. If so, tick the “Will do” column and note any action that needs to be taken in the workplace. (Edited from the ecoBiz Toolbox checklist by NACC)

  6. Sustainable procurement? Make sustainable decisions about the procurement of goods and services (Examples extracted from NACC’s full policy and checklist)

  7. The three keys

  8. People People

  9. Systems Systems

  10. The rest of the world The rest of the world

  11. Strategy

  12. Attending to SCARF to get behaviour change Self status Certainty Autonomy Relatedness Fairness

  13. Green Street • Social network style website • Trend indicator for the sustainability of organisations • Provides green tips • Enables a Green Street Score to be calculated and tracked • Connects Sustainable Business Precincts www.greenstreet.net.au

  14. More from: www.micahprojects.org.au www.naccsustainability.com.au

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