Oct 28 Webinar: Solar Sauce and Zero-Carbon Coffee - How BC's Food & Beverage Industry Can Save Money and Reduce Its Climate I
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BCSEA Webinar: Solar Sauce and Zero-Carbon Coffee - How BC's Food and Beverage Industry Can Save Money and Reduce Its Climate Impact
Join us for a free BCSEA Webinar on Tuesday October 28 at noon PDT (3:00 PM EDT)
Reserve your free Webinar seat now at: https://www2.gotomeeting.com/register/711924642 
Climate Smart has identified $100 million in potential savings by 2020 for B.C. food & beverage businesses that reduce energy costs and carbon emissions.
A 5% annual reduction in carbon emissions from B.C.’s food and beverage sector would reduce the province’s greenhouse gas emissions by 250,000 tonnes.
Christine VanDerwill, Client Relations Manager, leads the business engagement team at Climate Smart Business, a Vancouver-based social enterprise. Climate Smart offers a comprehensive, group-based training program, certification and tools for small/medium enterprises (SMEs) to measure and profitably reduce their carbon emissions associated with energy, transport, and waste. Christine helps local government and corporate partners develop strategic campaigns to engage value chains, suppliers and stakeholders in carbon, (greenhouse gas) management and leverage market drivers to accelerate climate action.
Christine holds a MA in International Studies from Simon Fraser University (SFU) and served as a research assistant at SFU's Adaptation to Climate Change Team (ACT). In addition to an extensive background in business development, Christine brings international field experience to her work and was involved in the development of avoided deforestation projects in Southern Peru, coordinating carbon market activities with stakeholders, partner NGOs, and certification organizations.
To date, Climate Smart has trained over 775 businesses, resulting on average in annual carbon reductions of five per cent in participating businesses – businesses that are also growing, adding employees at an average rate of 2.7 per cent per year.
There is no charge for this Webinar, but you must register to attend.
See Climate Smart's report Carbon Emissions in BC's Food and Beverage Industry (6.3MB PDF) for an advance look at this Webinar's topic.
See BCSEA's previous webinars at http://www.bcsea.org/past-webinars
Title: BCSEA Webinar: Solar Sauce and Zero-Carbon Coffee - How BC's Food and Beverage Industry Can Save Money and Reduce Its Climate Impact Date: Tuesday, October 28, 2014 Time: 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM Pacific Daylight Time (3:00 PM Eastern Daylight Time)System Requirements
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