GHGm President Dr. Steven B. Young was invited to two stakeholder meetings related to social and environmental responsibility in the supply-chain of metals in electronics. The Extractives Stakeholders Sessions were organized by Electronic Industry Citizenship Coalition (EICC) and Global e-Sustainability Initiative (GeSI), leading electronics industry groups concerned about environmental and social issues in their supply-chains. The meetings were attended by a cross-section of non-profit, governmental, mining industry and other stakeholders. Much of the focus is on the sustainability and human rights circumstances of mining and metal operations in developing countries.
The meeting objectives were:
To share progress made by EICC and GeSI and prospective goals on improving social and environmental conditions in the electronics supply chain, including summary feedback from Nov. 4th meeting;
To gather input from participants on current strategy in order to further refine goals and activities for 2009; and
To identify learnings from current initiatives and opportunities for collaboration
Steve presented GHGm’s study on Social and Environmental Responsibility in Metals Supply to the Electronic Industry. The study objectives were to understand how:
aluminum (Al), cobalt (Co), copper (Cu), gold (Au), palladium (Pd) and tin (Sn) are mined, recycled, purchased and used within the electronic industry
members of GeSI and EICC can effectively influence social and environmental issues associated with mining of metals used in electronic products.
Dr. Steven B. Young was invited to present at the session on Environmental Goods and Services at the Ontario Ministry of Agriculture, Food, and Rural Affairs (OMAFRA) Outlook Conference at the Royal Winter Fair in Toronto, Ontario. His presentation, entitled “From Environmental Footprint to Societal Value” was coauthored with Dr. Goretty Dias. It established a link from measuring impacts to valuing ecological services, and highlighted the role of LCA in contributing to an understanding of the valuation of environmental goods and services in agriculture.
In support of Canadian government technology funding programs, Dr. Steven Young, GHGm President, spoke today at an NRCan, OCETA, ETV Canada workshop in Ottawa. His presentation addressed “Air Pollutants: Methods, Data Availability and Priorities for Transportation Biofuels Technologies,” and included direct reference to a biodiesel-fuel transit project in Montreal.
Published at March 23, 2006
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GHGm (Greenhouse Gas Measurement) is pleased to announce that we will be at GLOBE 2006 next week, the 9th Biennial Trade Fair and Conference on Business and the Environment at the Vancouver Convention and Exhibition Centre.
If you are in Vancouver, please drop by Booth #411 in the Climate Change Solutions pavilion for a chat – and pick up one of our “magic rulers” used for GHG quantification!
Greenhouse gas and clean technology projects are thriving in India, largely due to a capable and growing support infrastructure of engineers, consultants, business and legal advisors. This is one observation from Dr. Steven B. Young, GHGm President, who participated in the “India and Canada GHG Reduction and Emerging Technology Seminars,” held March 7 in Mumbai and March 9 in New Delhi, India.
Canadian and Indian experts presented to more than 200 participants across the two days. Dr. Young spoke on the practical application of the ISO 14064-2 standard on GHG quantification of projects. He highlighted his presentation with reference to two project assessments prepared by GHGm: the Canadian Biobus Montreal project completed in 2003 and the newly announced ATFCAN project “CNG India.” This exciting Indian clean energy project was announced on March 9 in Delhi, and includes partnerships with Maruti Udyog Limited (Maruti) of India and Tata Motors of India.
The talks generated keen feedback from Indian participants, with particular attention from consultants, engineers, financial and other service providers. Capacity for GHG quantification in India is growing rapidly, based on a significant Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) market in the country. Interest in ISO 14064 focused on awareness, building capacity and determining business value of the standards.
The events were organized by the Confederation of Indian Industry (CII), Canada’s Technology Early Action Measures (TEAM) program and Industry Canada.
GHGm successfully delivered a two day training workshop on life cycle assessment (LCA). Dr. Lindita Bushi, supported by Dr. Goretty Dias, instructed Canadian agriculture experts on the framework, methodology and standards for LCA. The focus of the training was on the SimaPro 6 software, which has recently been purchased by Agriculture and Agri-foods Canada (AAFC) for the Environmental Technology Assessment for Agriculture (ETAA) program.
LCA case studies highlighted in the training (and under the ETAA program) includes an Ontario poultry pyrolosis renewable energy technology and a novel blueberry management and production operation in Nova Scotia.
Published at January 17, 2006
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Dr. Steven B. Young, President of GHGm delivered a two-hour presentation to a public audience in Collingwood, Ontario, January 17, 2006. The talk, titled “Climate Change & Global Warming” was very well attended despite severe winter ice, wind and cold for the day. More than 150 seniors braved the weather to attend the talk, part of an environmental education series organized by the Georgian Triangle Life Long Learning Insitute. The discussion covered areas of science, mitigation, social adaptation — and used biofuels in transportation as main example.
GHGm is assisting Natural Resources Canada by facilitating a workshop on recycling and greenhouse gas emissions reductions in Canada Enhanced Recycling Program: Workshop “Lessons Learned and the Path Forward.”
Enhanced Recycling is a five-year (April 2001-March 2006), $3.4 million program under the Government of Canada Action Plan 2000 on Climate Change, Minerals and Metals Program (managed by the Minerals and Metals Sector of Natural Resources Canada – NRCan). The initial objective of the Enhanced Recycling Program is to increase the recycling of aluminum by 100 000 tonnes per year (t/y) by 2010, and of steel by 200 000 t/y by 2010, yielding total GHG reductions of 700 000 t/y of CO2 equivalent.
The Workshop objectives are to review results of the Enhanced Recycling Program followed by discussions on future directions, providing a series of recommendations that will lead to a national strategy on resource recovery and recycling.
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