Co-presenting a Masterclass on carbon accounting and pricing in March 2012 (Brisbane, Sydney, Perth, Melbourne)

1. Brisbane
12 & 13 March 2012
Sydney
19 & 20 March 2012
Perth
22 & 23 March 2012
Melbourne
29 & 30 March 2012
Strategic Guidance on Carbon Accounting, Reporting & Pricing
Understand what will $23 a tonne on carbon mean for Masterclass Leader
your business
Andrew Gunst Understand
Whether your organisation is one of the top 500
greenhouse gas (GHG) emitters that the Federal
President, Australian
Institute of Environmental
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environment which has a tax on carbon.
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in several countries, from startups to major
obligations, determine tax liabilities and balance sheet
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corporations including Fosters and Brambles, Carbon
with a decade of experience at CEO level. He has
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This two day Masterclass provides practical guidance a Master of Business Administration.
on the incoming mandatory carbon tax. Attendees
will start with the fundamentals of the Carbon tax, Bruno Gerrits
greenhouse gasses, reporting and abatement schemes, Senior Associate
and conclude with a How To on providing strategic Carbon intelligence
advice to CEOs and Boards. Bruno advises companies in
Australia’s carbon industry on their
Learning objectives business and marketing plans. He
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1. Learn Carbon Accounting international best practices,
and downstream on the markets infrastructure side,
methodologies and standards as a broker and as a counterparty.
2. Understand how to identify, categorise and calculate Previous employers include Bureau Veritas, Australian
greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions Climate Exchange and Icap. Prior to these roles,
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Bloomberg.
4. Understand the Carbon Tax legislation With this combined background in carbon and in
5. Analyse various Carbon Trading concepts: spot and trading services he is well placed to help Australian
forward trades, OTC versus exchange trading organisations determine their potential exposure to the
carbon price and how to mitigate risk. Originally from
6. Understand the impact of Carbon Pricing on Belgium, Bruno holds a diploma in Applied Economics
organisations from Antwerp University, Belgium and a business
7. Evaluate business risks and opportunities in the low degree from Loughborough University, England.
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2. Understand how to Integrate Carbon as a New Parameter Into Decision Making
Carbon Pricing is the New Reality Why all organisations need to attend this course
Regardless of whether your organisation is
required to comply with the Carbon Tax or not,
Even if your organisation is not directly participating in the
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the price of carbon will play in increasingly
important role in investment and business
by the increase in price of input costs. The cost of energy
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decisions. but all companies need to understand which of their input
costs will increase and by how much.
March 2012
All senior executives need to understand the
fundamentals of the Carbon Tax, carbon and This course will help you to clarify the actual cost increase
how carbon markets operate. on your upstream suppliers. It will demonstrate how to
analyse the extent that your suppliers can absorb the CEF
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who advise, analyse, prepare, report and need
to comply with the Carbon Tax…this two day Interested in holding this course In-House?
March 2012
Masterclass will clarify the FACTS about how the
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It will analyse the impact that the Carbon Tax
will have on companies, the options available to
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you could run a tailored training course in-house,
them, including the retorting and payment cycles
under the CEF, how to manage carbon within
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supply chains and how to assess cost past Advantages of in-house training!
through in modelling.
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3. Consider carbon abatement options…in terms
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3. Understand which and how much input costs will increase due to the Carbon Tax
DAY ONE DAY TWO
9:30 What Is Carbon?
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to buy and at what price. Participants must negotiate
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one-on-one with the trainers to seek further elaboration
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