Trellis Technologies has underpinned the Adelaide Festival’s 2020 carbon neutral certification under the National Carbon Offset Standard (NCOS), integrating and and interpreting a range of complex data and information to meet stringent NCOS requirements. The Adelaide Festival’s sustainability page explains that: “We are committed to reducing our impact on the environment and we are proud to become…
DetailsFrom 01 April, approximately 11,000 of the UK’s largest companies will be required to report their global energy usage in financial reporting under the new Streamlined Energy and Carbon Reporting (SECR) regulations. The UK Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs (DEFRA) states: This guidance includes changes which take effect from 1 April 2019. These…
DetailsThe South Australian Department for Environment and Water is now using the Trellis platform for tracking all of their energy use and carbon emissions reporting. The DEW staff newsletter notes that “[Trellis] is a flexible web-based platform that will enable DEW to better capture, analyse and report on its significant annual spend and emissions generated…
Detailsdsquared Consulting ESD and sustainability consultants have published “The Journey to Becoming Carbon Neutral for a Small to Medium Enterprise” detailing their journey to reduce environmental impact within their office and become NCOS certified, including how the Trellis platform was used to support this process.
Balance Carbon CEO Matthew Shorten is today presenting at the National Sustainability in Business Conference 2018. The presentation will cover traits of the new economy and Balance Carbon’s transitional journey from consultancy to a business model based around our software-as-a-service product Trellis.
Climate Change Services Australia has announced the roster of guest speakers and panelists at the Prosperity in a Changing Climate symposium to be held in Adelaide this week, 23 - 24 November.
Balance Carbon's Matthew Shorten will join a panel to discuss entrepreneurship in the climate change services sector on Thursday afternoon.Australasian Campuses Towards Sustainability (ACTS) has announced the roster of guest speakers presenting at the interactive “Towards Carbon Neutrality” workshop to be held in Melbourne from 14 – 15 August. Balance Carbon’s Matthew Shorten will join University of Tasmania’s Carmen Primo Perez and Senior Analyst for Wellington City Council Tom Pettit in a discussion of…
DetailsIn the policy vacuum of carbon policy that is Australia in 2017, increasingly businesses are looking to reduce their environmental impact without waiting for Federal Government leadership on this issue. Going carbon neutral is a popular choice, whereby a business calculates the emissions associated with its operations, reduces these where possible and then purchases carbon…
DetailsCapturing, managing and analysing data across multiple campuses and locations is no small task – particularly if you’re relying on key personnel and spreadsheets. By implementing sustainability management software, Trellis, The University of South Australia is transforming its sustainability journey, saving thousands of dollars each year on internal administration alone. Based in South Australia, Uni…
DetailsThe Department of the Environment and Energy has recently released drafts of the new National Carbon Offset Standards for Buildings and Precincts and is seeking comments until 10 February 2017. The new draft standards “set rules for measuring, reducing, offsetting and reporting emissions required to make carbon neutral claims for building and precinct operations.” Download the…
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