1. 1 PacificCarbonTrust.com Overview to Carbon Neutral Government 2014 The webinar will begin in a moment...

2. 2 PacificCarbonTrust.com o Carbon Neutral Government Team – new faces o Program Changes – Offset payments o 2014 Timeline o Self Certification & Verification o Methodology o Resources & More Information o Summary & Questions Agenda

3. 3 PacificCarbonTrust.com  Climate Action Secretariat – New Head: Susanna Laaksonen-Craig  Carbon Neutral Government & Outreach – New Executive Director: Suzanne Spence  CNG Team – Dave Aharonian Ken Porter Haydee Oord Kristi MacMillan New Faces at CAS

4. 4 PacificCarbonTrust.com 129 Public Sector Organizations Carbon Neutral Government Team o Climate Action Secretariat o Carbon Measurement & Reporting o Climate Investment Branch Committees o Carbon Neutral Committee CNG Roles & Responsibilities

5. 5 PacificCarbonTrust.com  Carbon Neutral Government 2013  Carbon Neutral Symposium  Carbon Neutral Capital Project Funding  Focus on reductions Building on Success

6. 6 PacificCarbonTrust.com Program Changes 1 Carbon Neutral Offset Payments Public Sector Organizations:  Process remains largely same as before  Invoice issued on May 15, 2015  Payment made to Minister of Finance  Payment sent to Climate Action Secretariat (full details on Invoice)  No advance payments can be made currently

7. 7 PacificCarbonTrust.com Carbon Neutral Offset Payments Core Gov’t:  Min of Environment makes payment for all of core gov’t  Min of Environment will “JV” ministries for costs  This will all be handled internally by Finance  Core Gov’t still measures and reports their emissions as before, only the payment process has changed Program Changes 2

8. 8 PacificCarbonTrust.com Carbon Neutral Action Report No Draft CNAR required!  Legislative amendment has removed the requirement for a draft CNAR  Final CNARs will be due May 29, 2015  CAS will review all final CNARs  CAS will send out ample reminders to complete Final CNARS! Program Changes 3

9. 9 PacificCarbonTrust.com 2014 CNG Timeline April 30 th, 2015 Final Data Uploaded to SMARTTool QA/QC Data Begins (completed by CAS & CMR) May 15 th, 2015 QA/QC Data Completed Offset Invoice Generated (sent to PSO) Self-Certification Checklist Due (signoff required) May 29 th, 2015 Final CNAR Due (signoff required ) Final Offset Payment Due By June 30 th, 2015 Declare Carbon Neutrality

10. 10 PacificCarbonTrust.com Carbon Neutral Action Report 2014  Jan 15, 2015 all PSOs will receive their unique Fluid Survey links for CNAR questions  Draft CNAR not required  All other aspects of the CNAR remain unchanged from last year Reporting

11. 11 PacificCarbonTrust.com o Requirement under the Carbon Neutral Government Regulation o All organizations will self-certify that the 2014 data going into SMARTTool is accurate and complete using the Self-Certification Check-List by May 15 th, 2015 o Each year, a representative sample of organizations will be selected for verification based on risk o 2013 Verification Update o PSOs to be verified in 2015 will be notified by July 17, 2015 Self Certification & Verification

12. 12 PacificCarbonTrust.com o 2014 B.C. Best Practices Methodology for Quantifying Greenhouse Gas Emissions o Scope Summary Methodology

13. 13 PacificCarbonTrust.com o Updates to emission factors o Domestic purchased electricity o District Energy Calculator o Global Warming Potentials o Average Fuel Efficiencies o Building Estimate Techniques Methodology

14. 14 PacificCarbonTrust.com Electronic Data Exchange (EDX)  Pilot testing – ongoing  Technical Launch – Nov 27  Official statement – Dec 3 Email carbon.neutralapps@gov.bc.ca for infocarbon.neutralapps@gov.bc.ca New Initiatives

15. 15 PacificCarbonTrust.com Dec 3, 2014, Westin Bayshore Hotel, Vancouver  PSO specific event  Focusing on how to achieve greater GHG emissions reductions  Both technical and policy presentations  Details and registration coming soon CNG SYMPOSIUM

16. 16 PacificCarbonTrust.com WebinarDate Summary CNG 2014 – Readiness Check & TimelinesMarch 11, 2015 Carbon Neutral Government 2014June 30, 2015 Resources & More Information www.livesmartbccommunity.ca/pso Email: climateactionsecretariat@gov.bc.ca

17. 17 PacificCarbonTrust.com  We will be updating our contact list in early November  Please respond if personnel in your organization have changed CNG Contact List

18. 18 PacificCarbonTrust.com Email climateactionsecretariat@gov.bc.ca Summary & Questions