Our Experience (a snapshot)

Beyond Neutral®’s experience is described in more detail under What We’ve Done.

Around 100 consultancies have been successfully completed, addressing:

• greenhouse inventories (carbon footprints), emission reduction actions and performance indicators; greenhouse reporting (NGERS, Greenhouse Challenge);
• renewable energy; agriculture and land use change; technical advice including greenhouse life cycle analysis;
• sustainability assessments; and environmental impact assessment processes.

Of these, around twenty significant projects have been undertaken for the Australian Government on:

• inventory methodologies; abatement assessment; reporting requirements; database accuracy assessments; renewable energy issues;
• verification (auditing) of greenhouse emissions and reporting;
•  National Greenhouse and Energy Reporting System (NGERS).

Environmental experience outside of Beyond Neutral® includes:

• industry adviser for Greenhouse Challenge in the energy and water sectors;
• working on the IPCC’s Special Report on LULUCF (Sinks Report);
• Research Officer with the CRC for Greenhouse Accounting covering terrestrial biological carbon sequestration issues and greenhouse accounting;
• Commonwealth EPA working on waste issues; Australian Greenhouse Office; and
• Australian Department of Environment working on biodiversity, and air, noise and nuclear issues.