Voluntary Carbon Markets Workshop
The Ministry for the Environment hosted a Voluntary Carbon Markets Workshop on Friday 1 2008 August at Te Papa.
The workshop was attended by upwards of 100 attendees, from New Zealand industrial, energy, financial, legal, and consulting sectors. Speakers included representatives of the New Zealand Business Council for Sustainable Development, Meridian Energy, PriceWaterhouse Coopers, the Green Air Fund, GTripleC, Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry, Air New Zealand, TZ1, carboNZero, Deloitte, Department of Conservation and other early movers in the Voluntary Carbon Market.
The purpose of this workshop was to share the experiences of those involved in the voluntary carbon market in New Zealand; to identify opportunities for New Zealand businesses in the voluntary carbon market; to encourage debate around the drivers to enter, and the challenges posed by, the voluntary carbon market; and to encourage credible and innovative responses to these challenges and opportunities.
The presentations and debate were extremely informative and insightful, and evidenced the need for further discussions on such challenging issues as whether emissions reduction efforts with double beneficiaries can be considered credible; and whether the proposed emissions trading scheme will make covered sectors "carbon neutral".
Feedback on the workshop has been overwhelmingly positive.
| Name |
Company |
Presentation title |
| Nigel Brunel |
OMFinancial Ltd |
How to buy and sell carbon (PDF, 3.29 MB) |
| Simon Dawes |
Det Norske Veritas |
Early Projects – NZ Household Energy Efficient Lighting Projects (PDF, 55 KB) |
| Helen Dodd |
Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry |
Capitalising on the business opportunities arising from climate change (PDF, 957 KB) |
| Himanshu Dua |
Green Air Fund |
Developing and selling a forestry VER project (PDF, 198 KB) |
| Tim Fraser |
Meridian Energy |
Voluntary Carbon Market Opportunities – Meridian’s Experiences (PDF, 358 KB) |
| Julia Hoare |
Price Waterhouse Coopers |
The State of the Voluntary Carbon Market in New Zealand (PDF, 1.07 MB) |
| Harry Maher |
Department of Conservation |
Department of Conservation and the Voluntary Carbon Market (PDF, 586 KB) |
| Kerry Marshall |
Air New Zealand |
Air New Zealand Environment Trust and Offset Programme (PDF, 963 KB) |
| Peter Neilson |
NZ Business Council for Sustainable Development |
Voluntary Carbon Market Opportunities (PDF, 99 KB) |
| Dave Pearce |
Grove Mill |
Seeking the High Ground (PDF, 9.6 MB) |
| Sara Peary |
Beacon Pathways |
Exploring Carbon Finance: A Pathway to Sustainable Housing (PDF, 766 KB) |
| Kate Radka & Simon Watt |
Bell Gully |
Revving up the NZ VCM: a New Zealand perspective – the international voluntary carbon market (PDF, 189 KB) |
| Jacqueline Robertson |
Deloitte |
Voluntary Offsets – Validation and Verification Standards (PDF, 92 KB) |
| Helen Robinson |
TZ1 |
The Role of Carbon Registries (PDF, 204 KB) |
| Joanna Silver |
TZI |
Overview of the Global Voluntary Carbon Market (PDF, 955 KB) |
| Todd Spencer |
Air Shed |
Revving up the VCM (PDF, 477 KB) |
| Mike Tournier |
Landcare Research |
Trailblazing in the New Zealand Voluntary Carbon Market (PDF, 2.6 MB) |
| Murray Ward |
Global Climate Change Consultancy |
A voluntary carbon standard for New Zealand “The story so far” (PDF, 1.25 MB) |
Last updated: 15 September 2008
