Chris Lawless - Head of ESG Metrics and Disclosure at Cameron-Cole
Carbon Accounting and Management Podcast
Release Date: 03/07/2024
Andrew Griffiths - Director of Policy and Corporate Development at Planet Mark, Co-Founder of Carbon Accounting Alliance
Carbon Accounting and Management Podcast
Andrew Griffiths is Director of Policy and Partnerships at Planet Mark, a sustainability certification that supports organisations and real estate to measure and continually reduce carbon emissions and increase their social value. Andrew co-founded the Carbon Accounting Alliance (CAA) representing 300+ organisations in the industry. He also sits on Advisory Boards, Councils and Committees for the Institute of Directors (IoD), BSI Greenhouse Gas Management Standards, and UK-Government backed initiatives like UK Business Climate Hub and Project Perseus. Having delivered a TEDx talk on the power...
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Anthony Hickling - Executive Director at Carbon Leadership Forum
Carbon Accounting and Management Podcast
Anthony Hickling has experience in environmental and social sustainability as well as nonprofit management and fundraising. His foundations in sustainable building are informed by experience at Presidio Graduate School where he received an MBA in Sustainable Solutions, as well as his work on the sustainability team at Webcor Builders in San Francisco. Through academic and professional experience he has learned to navigate the priorities of traditional business stakeholders while incorporating social and environmental externalities. From executing successful marketing plans to determining...
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Michael Gillenwater (Part 2) - Co-founder, Dean and Executive Director at the Greenhouse Gas Management Institute
Carbon Accounting and Management Podcast
Dr. Gillenwater is a co-founder, Executive Director, and Dean of the Greenhouse Gas Management Institute, a non-profit organization with the unique mission to train and professionalize a global community of experts for measuring, verifying, and managing greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. Michael is a thought leader on GHG measurement, reporting, and verification (MRV), carbon offsets, additionality, green power, international capacity building, and environmental accounting. He has dedicated his career to professional and international development, focusing on the infrastructure needed to produce...
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Michael Gillenwater (Part 1) - Co-founder, Dean and Executive Director at the Greenhouse Gas Management Institute
Carbon Accounting and Management Podcast
Dr. Gillenwater is a co-founder, Executive Director, and Dean of the Greenhouse Gas Management Institute, a non-profit organization with the unique mission to train and professionalize a global community of experts for measuring, verifying, and managing greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. Michael is a thought leader on GHG measurement, reporting, and verification (MRV), carbon offsets, additionality, green power, international capacity building, and environmental accounting. He has dedicated his career to professional and international development, focusing on the infrastructure needed to produce...
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Welcome to The Carbon Accounting and Management Podcast
Carbon Accounting and Management Podcast
Welcome to The Carbon Accounting and Management Podcast, presented by North Star Carbon Management. I'm your host, Chris Barzman. Whether you're tackling the carbon footprint of a multinational corporation or a small business, this podcast is your go-to resource for all things carbon management. As someone who has been in the trenches of environmental management for over a decade, I've witnessed the evolution of the industry and the growing urgency for actionable and effective carbon strategies. Throughout this podcast series, you’ll gain insights from leading experts in the field, hear...
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Michele Demers - Founder and CEO of Boundless Impact Research & Analytics
Carbon Accounting and Management Podcast
Michele is the Founder and CEO of Boundless Impact Research & Analytics, an industry research and impact analytics platform that provides quantitative and evidence-based research and data for investors, companies, and funds. Boundless offers Scope 1, 2 & 3 climate data and analysis and market intelligence across a growing number of emerging sectors that address significant environmental challenges. From 2010-2013, she was Vice President at Foundation Source where she built a knowledge platform on best practices in philanthropy that was used by a network of 1200 family...
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Miranda Mair - Senior Carbon Advisor at ENGIE Impact
Carbon Accounting and Management Podcast
Miranda Mair is a Senior Carbon Advisor at ENGIE Impact, where she is excited to have an opportunity to help her clients tackle the environmental challenges that come with a changing climate and energy landscape. Miranda’s background as a broadcast meteorologist helps her every day as she guides clients through the science of greenhouse gas assessments and climate change adaptation and mitigation efforts, as well as complex air quality analyses. Her favorite part is communicating these approaches and results to stakeholders, which she learned to do early on as a broadcast meteorologist at...
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Chris Lawless - Head of ESG Metrics and Disclosure at Cameron-Cole
Carbon Accounting and Management Podcast
Chris Lawless has more than 23 years of GHG management, sustainability, and environmental consulting experience. He has developed or verified more than 500 GHG inventories and is well-versed in GHG reporting and verification protocols, standards, and regulations. Chris is an accredited Lead GHG Emissions Verifier in several voluntary and mandatory GHG reporting programs throughout the US. Chris has developed or verified more than 500 GHG reporting and verification protocols, standards, and regulations. Chris has a bachelor’s degree in Environmental Studies from Connecticut College and a...
info_outlineChris Lawless has more than 23 years of GHG management, sustainability, and environmental consulting experience. He has developed or verified more than 500 GHG inventories and is well-versed in GHG reporting and verification protocols, standards, and regulations. Chris is an accredited Lead GHG Emissions Verifier in several voluntary and mandatory GHG reporting programs throughout the US. Chris has developed or verified more than 500 GHG reporting and verification protocols, standards, and regulations.
Chris has a bachelor’s degree in Environmental Studies from Connecticut College and a Master’s degree in Environmental Management from University of San Francisco.
Christopher Joins the Carbon Accounting and Management Podcast to Discuss:
- Advice for getting started with carbon emission inventories
- Best practices for approaching Scope 1, 2, and 3 emissions
- Verification measures looked for when evaluating inventories
- Strategies for creating an accurate and meaningful Scope 2 inventory
- Considerations for carbon offset projects
- Ancillary benefits to carbon accounting
Chris' Listener Takeaway: If there's only one thing that our guests take away from this conversation, what do you think it should be?
Don't wait, and write everything down. The more documentation you have in terms of how you've established your greenhouse gas inventory, as an example, the better traceability, auditability, year over year reportability you'll have, ensuring that you're using the same methods. This is super important as we move into a more regulated world for some organizations. Some are already there in California and and other places, but having a good management plan is really key.
Learn more about Chris Lawless and the work being done at Cameron-Cole at cameron-cole.com and adecesg.com.
Timestamps:
00:00 California's new law mandating carbon reporting.
05:42 Centralizing data collection for accurate emission tracking.
08:39 Spend-based strategies utilizing EEIO.
10:37 California regulations aligning with US EPA standards.
14:50 Detailed inventory management plan with exclusions explained.
19:03 Dual GHG reporting: location and market-based factors.
23:13 Organizational efficiency aids emission reduction efforts.
26:33 Robust California program: quantifiable, physical emission reductions.
29:46 Operational changes crucial for achieving carbon neutrality.
31:44 Large companies pushing suppliers for emissions transparency.
35:58 Act now: prepare and verify greenhouse gas inventory.
38:20 Start now: consultants may become scarce later.
41:59 Emissions reduction requires data analysis and planning.