Employer Resource Institute Webinar

Friday, February 5, 2010
10:30 a.m. to Noon (Pacific)

Order Option       Price   CD Recording Only       $199

On September 22, 2009, the federal EPA issued its final rule on the mandatory reporting of greenhouse gases (GHG).

The largest emitters, who roughly contribute 85 percent of the total U.S. GHG emissions, need to start collecting data January 1, 2010 for final reporting to the EPA by March 31, 2011. This new rule will affect roughly 10,000 facilities in the U.S.

Failure to report, or incorrect reporting, may result in criminal penalties, injunctions, and civil and administrative penalties of up to $37,500 per day per violation.

Join us for an in-depth webinar, specifically for California employers, to learn more about GHGs and compliance with the new rule. Bring your management team along to help you piece together the best practices for tracking emissions for your organization. You'll learn:

• Which businesses are covered by the new rule
• How to comply with the reporting standard
• The types of GHGs, and their sources
• The timelines for reporting GHGs
• What you need to know about downstream and upstream sources, and how to report them
• How to file reports electronically and gain EPA verification of your emissions data
• The ways the mandatory reporting rule overlaps with your state and local reporting obligations
• Tips for formulating a strategic GHG reduction plan
• Best practices for reducing GHGs

About Your Speaker:

Pablo Päster is the senior environmental program manager at Hara Software in Redwood City. He is an experienced greenhouse gas expert specializing in corporate greenhouse gas accounting, supply chain greenhouse gas analysis, and carbon-neutral products.

His clients have included Clif Bar, Red Bull, Hamilton Beech, BrightSource Energy, Adobe, and Nestle Waters NA. Päster was a principal at ClimateCHECK and a founding member of the Sustainable Solutions Group at URS, the world's largest engineering design firm, and worked with Hunter Lovins at Natural Capitalism Solutions.

Päster has a BS in Manufacturing Engineering from Cal Poly and an MBA in Sustainable Management from the Presidio School of Management and was in intern at the Wuppertal Institute for Climate, Energy, and the Environment. Päster also writes a popular column about environmental issues on TreeHugger.com and has been published in, cited in, and interviewed by The New York Times, National Public Radio, National Geographic, and CNN.com.

This program qualifies for Continuance of Certification (COC) credit for CSPs, who will earn 0.05 COC points for attending this webinar.

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