Facing Up to the Climate Change Emergency and What It Demands of Every Organisation
This program covers the following topics:
- The climate emergency context
- International agreements
- What are greenhouse gases GHGs and how to measure them (scopes 1, 2 and 3)
- What regulations are in place currently – ESOS, SECR, net zero plans
- Company example of GHGs and sustainability examples to reduce them (carbon offsetting, costs etc)
- Role of accounting firms in ensuring net zero plans are in place, and assisting in measuring/monitoring them
Russell is a founding Director of SRD Technical. He has spent more than 15 years in the Global Energy Sector delivering talent to numerous multi-billion-pound projects.
More recently, Russell has made answering the call of the climate emergency his career mission and is using his extensive energy network of contacts and consultancy management experience to assist organisations to tackle the energy transition.
On a day-to-day operational basis, Russell and his team assist international organisations take a long hard look at their energy use and carbon emissions – then puts strategies in place to reduce energy use, generate their own energy through renewable technologies, and reduce their carbon emissions in line with international targets.
Russell has a first degree in English Literature and an MSc in Organisational Psychology. He sits as a Non-Executive Director on several organisations and serves as a Grammar School Governor in his local town of Watford.
Sustainability and ESG reporting
This program covers the following topics:
- Why sustainability and ESG reporting are becoming more important
- The purpose of sustainability and ESG reports and the difference between the two
- Some of the best practice reporting benchmarks one can use
Mark Atkinson is Director of MA Technical Copywriting and an experienced technical writer of more than 20 years with an MBA and a client portfolio of leading international companies within:
– Construction, facilities management, energy and manufacturing
– Technology/automation/Software-as-a-Service (SaaS)
– Professional services (including financial; accounting; HR; legal)
– Supply chain and logistics
– Residential and commercial real estate
Within these sectors, Mark helps clients writing and editing annual, sustainability, ESG and high-level industry reports, tender responses and thought leadership papers. He has a niche skill in interviewing subject matter experts, understanding complex information and presenting it in a way that is straightforward and accessible to the reader.