2016-10-11 S&O Agenda - Attachment 1 to Item 8 - Delegations of Authority

PLANNING & ENVIRONMENT COMMITTEE MEETING AGENDA   11 OCTOBER 2016




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PLANNING & ENVIRONMENT COMMITTEE MEETING AGENDA                                             11 OCTOBER 2016

           Figure 2: Extract from Hobson Bay Council Corporate Greenhouse Strategy
           The National Greenhouse and Energy Reporting Act 2007 (NGERA) & Regulations and the
           National Greenhouse and Energy Reporting (Measurement) Determination 2008 establish the
           legislative framework for a national GHG and energy reporting system. The legislation and
           technical guidelines have been aligned with international standards so that there is a single
           approach. Council’s method will be to align with existing standards to provide consistency and to
           reduce risk in the event of legislative change.
           The Australian regulations define scope 1 and scope 2 emissions as “the release of greenhouse
           gas emissions into the atmosphere either as a direct result of an activity that constitute the facility
           (scope 1) or as a result of activities that consume electricity, heat or steam at the facility (scope 2).”
           No definitions are provided for scope 3. They remain important in fully accounting for an
           organisation’s total emissions, but in some instances can be more difficult in terms of gathering
           data and driving change.
           If the Commonwealth Government decides that Local Government will need to report emissions
           under the NGERA, scope 1 and 2 are likely to be mandatory.
           Using the defined inventory as per clause 6.1.1, for Council operations the scopes are applied as
           follows:

                           Council vehicle fleet (heavy and light fleet) tailpipe emissions.
                           Waste landfill emissions (methane gas).

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