BUSINESS EFFICIENCY NETWORK
CARBON PRICE SCHEME &
RESOURCE EFFICIENCY FORUM
How will the Carbon Price Scheme affect your business? What are the challenges, what are the
opportunities? What support and resources are available? How can your business operate more
efficiently, and what tools are available?
Date: Tuesday 28 February
Time: 8.00am-12.30pm
Venue: Hume Global Learning Centre
Cost: $55
Register: www.trybooking.com/18623
Further information: [email protected] | 9205 2273
www.hume.vic.gov.au/business_sustainability
Includes refreshments
PROGRAM
An overview of the Carbon Pricing Scheme and the international carbon context,
challenges and opportunities for business- Dan Atkins, Shaper Group
Carbon Price Scheme impact on energy consumption and management of energy
contracts- David Rylah, Energy Advice
Legal obligations for business arising from the Carbon Price Scheme- Kate Phillips,
Baker & McKenzie
Energy and resource management tools- Jon Fettes, Genesis Now
WHO SHOULD ATTEND
This forum will be of benefit to business owners and managers across all industry sectors.
SPEAKERS
Dan Atkins- Shaper Group
Dan is one of Australia’s leading sustainability practitioners with more than 15 years of experience advising
organisations across Australia, Asia, Europe and the USA. He established Deloitte’s sustainability division in
Australia and managed their Global Centre for Excellence for Environmental and Sustainability Services in
Denmark. He is the former head of environmental affairs at Toyota Australia, and has advised numerous
companies including Novo Nordisk, Norsk Hydro, Amcor, Santos, Europcar, BHP Biliton, Spotless, ANZ,
George Weston Foods and 7 Eleven. Dan is a sought after speaker who has presented at over 100
worldwide conferences and events.
David Rylah- Energy Advice
David leads Energy Advice’s Structured Solutions and Carbon Markets Team, and provides leadership for
major Australian corporations in the development of their carbon market strategies, and energy efficiency
and compliance reporting programs. He has over 25 years of experience trading and advising across a
range of financial and energy markets working in sterling money markets, UK and Australian government
bonds, interest rate swaps, electricity (National Electricity Market-NEM and South West Interconnected
System-SWIS), natural gas, renewable energy and petroleum products. David has served on a number of
industry committees that established the current framework for wholesale electricity derivatives trading in
the NEM.
Kate Phillips- Baker McKenzie
Kate is a Senior Associate in the Baker & McKenzie Environment Markets Group, acting on behalf of a
number of international and Australian clients predominantly in the provision of carbon markets advice.
Baker & McKenzie put together ‘Australia’s Clean Energy Legislative Package- A Guide for Business’ for the
Carbon Market Institute in November 2011. Kate has experience in various areas of sustainability and
climate change including advising on obligations under various mandatory and voluntary emissions trading
markets, carbon sinks, biofuels, waste management, green leasing and Carbon Farming Initiatives
transactions. Prior to joining Baker & McKenzie in 2006, Kate was Corporate Counsel at CO2 Australia
Limited, a provider of dedicated carbon sinks.
Jon Fettes- Genesis Now
Jon is a Senior Engineer at Genesis Now, a consultancy which for over 20 years has focussed on
identification and implementation of Industrial Energy Efficiency solutions. He is relatively new to this field,
having transitioned out of Automotive Product Development in 2008 seeking a sustainable energy career.
Since then he has distance-learned at BTH University, Sweden and graduated from a Master’s Degree in
Sustainable Energy at RMIT. While studying he worked in household energy efficiency before joining
Genesis Now. In 2011 Jon’s clients spent $12M on energy, equivalent to running 40,000 cars. Jon
developed plans to reduce that by 25% without subsidy, with an average R.O.I. of over 50%.