Greenhouse Gas, Carbon Reporting & Data Verification?: New NCSI Division has the answers...
As one of Australia’s foremost independent certification bodies, NCS International offers a range of independent assurance initiatives to help industry demonstrate environmental credentials. Watch NCS International's video on ISO 14064 and the October 2009 emissions reporting deadline here.
Changing environmental norms, coupled with new commercial risks and social expectations, increasingly challenge corporations to show even greater commitment to sustainability. Successful enterprises must now not simply be seen to be green, but be keen to be green. Businesses are shifting focus from merely complying with environmental regulations to anticipating and managing risk. Consumers and retailers now demand environmentally preferable products and services. Many of our clients’ customers now want eco-labelled products with low carbon footprints and proof of sustainability through the supply chain.
Companies and their boards, investors and insurers are increasingly concerned about climate change impacts and risks to business sustainability. Under the Federal government’s National Greenhouse and Energy Reporting Act 2007 (NGERs), a large number of Australian businesses will have to monitor and report their greenhouse gas emissions and energy use. Significant civil and criminal penalties, in excess of $220,000, can apply for failure to comply with the Act. The Federal government’s emerging carbon emissions trading scheme is motivating companies to assess their capacity to adapt to a new carbon-constrained economy. Companies need to assure stakeholders of their ability to effectively manage opportunities and risks associated with their carbon emissions and ensure business continuity.
NCS International offers mygreenaudit services to assist businesses meet these challenges with confidence. mygreenaudit provides a range of environment and sustainability assurance services suited to large businesses and SMEs:
Greenhouse & Carbon Assurance
üGreenhouse Gas Accounting & Reporting Verification
Certification to national and international standards including ISO 14064, National Greenhouse and Energy Reporting System (NGERS), the Greenhouse Gas Protocol and the Voluntary Carbon Standard
üProject Offsets Verification
Certification of carbon emission reduction credits from projects specifically designed to reduce greenhouse gas emissions
üCarbon Footprint Verification
Certification of businesses committed to reducing their greenhouse impact
Ecolabel Product Certification
üCarbon Label Certification
Provides a quantitative measure of carbon footprint for products and services
üGood Environmental Choice Label
Best practice assurance for environmentally preferable products for manufacturers and importers of consumer, industrial and building materials
üSustainable Forestry & Timber Products
Offers certification of timber products to a range of best practice forestry sustainability standards including the Forestry Stewardship Council (FSC), Programme for the Endorsement of Forestry Certification (PEFC) and the Australian Forestry Standard (AFS)
Corporate Sustainability Assurance
üCorporate Sustainability Reporting Assurance
Assurance of corporate sustainability reports concerning economic, environmental and social performance against the Sustainability Reporting Guidelines prepared by the Global Reporting Initiative
NCS International Appoints New Environment and Sustainability Services Manager
NCS International welcomes Mr Nav Brah as its new Environment and Sustainability Services Manager.
Commenting on his new created position, NCS International’s Managing Director Greg Jewson said “Over the years growth in our environmental services has been extremely encouraging. We have now taken a strategic decision to further increase focus on enhancing and developing a range of environmental and sustainability assurance services to help clients meet a raft of new challenges, particularly in the areas of carbon emissions and supply chain management”.
Nav brings to the company over 20 years multidisciplinary local and international experience in the environmental services including environmental engineering, consulting, assurance services and contracting. He has environmental expertise in a wide range of sectors including: construction; mining; public utilities; food manufacturing; industrial manufacturing; agriculture and forestry; and local government. Nav is passionate about promoting eco-efficiency by helping industry reduce waste and its environmental footprint.
Speaking about his new role, Nav said “One of our key aims is to develop targeted assurance services to provide confidence to our clients about their endeavours to reduce their carbon footprint and improve sustainability of their businesses. A large number of businesses will, for the first time, be required to monitor and report energy use and greenhouse gas emissions. We’ll provide assurance to businesses, from large industrial emitters to SMEs that publicly report their carbon footprint by independently auditing and certifying their greenhouse gas emissions declarations to international standards and benchmarks. We will also certify carbon reduction and renewable energy projects that create bankable and tradable carbon credits”.
Want to reduce your carbon footprint? Want to become Carbon Neutral? Committed to addressing climate change?
Call Nav Brah at NCS International on 1300 856 554
