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EVENT
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► educational event
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WHERE
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► Amora Hotel River Walk
Richmond
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WHEN
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► 17th August 2009
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TIME
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► Drinks and networking from 6:00 pm
& dinner at 6:30 pm
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COST
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► Forum and AM Institute Members $65.00 p/p
► Non-members $75.00 p/p
(Price includes 3 course meal and drinks and speakers)
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RSVP
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► etorelli@victeach.com.au
Tel: 03 9834 8516
Fax: 03 9882 2291
► by Monday 12th August 2009
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Topic: Emissions Trading – What is it and Why is it Relevant to Mutuals?
A panel of three experts all well qualified to address us on this important topic and to respond to your many questions, including;
· What is emissions trading and how might it work?
· Why is this necessary?
· What are the implications for consumers, business, the community and the economy?
· What is the relevance of this to the mutual sector – where are the risks and opportunities?
Rowan Dowland
Rowan is the General Manager Development at mecu and he was appointed as a member of the AL Gore Climate Change Project in 2007. mecu is the first credit union in the world to become a signatory to the UN’s Environmental Program Statement by Financial Institutions on Sustainable Development and the Environment.
Sara Gipton
Sara is the CEO of Greenfleet – a not-for-profit forestry offset organisation which encourages organisations and individuals to reduce the greenhouse gases they produce and then to offset their remaining emissions through biodiverse forest planting.
Matthew Reddy
Matthew is the principal of Carbon Advantage and a consultant on carbon management and land conservation strategy to corporate Australia. Formerly, Matthew was the Managing Director of Landcare CarbonSMART – the not-for-profit carbon trading arm of Landcare Australia.
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