2009 ICBE Corporate
Eco Challenge
reduce your carbon footprint through greater employee engagement
– Thomas Fuller, Gnomologia, 1732
– Native American Proverb
– Albert Einstein
– Dennis Gabor
– John Muir
– Anonymous Author
The ICBE 2009 Corporate Eco Challenge
Tuesday April 28th to Thursday April 30th 2009
On the shores of Lough Derg in Mountshannon, Co. Clare.
- Innovative approach to understanding carbon management and increasing environmental awareness
- Understand how to measure a carbon-footprint
- Learn the skills and knowledge to design and implement carbon reduction strategies
- Understand carbon’s role in living processes and its transformation to carbon dioxide, through practical outdoor exercises
- Increase your knowledge and motivation to address environmental issues and opportunities
- Multi-dimensional approach to learning where you will be engaged intellectually, experientially and practically
- Participate in follow up carbon reduction competition for significant eco friendly prize
- Carbon Neutral event
- Accommodation in woodland/lakeside setting in Mongolian Yurts and tents
The ICBE 2009 Eco Challenge aims to equip you with both the knowledge and the motivation to engage positively with your companies’ environmental issues and opportunities.
The Eco Challenge will have teams completing various challenges based on innovative approaches to understanding and measuring the impact of carbon on the business environment. The event will also focus on developing carbon reduction strategies as well as broadening your understanding of the increasing impact of the environment on your personal lives and on your companies’ strategies.
- Knowledge of the standards and methodologies used in measuring a carbon-footprint
- Understanding of the carbon cycle through active learning process
- Strategies for reducing carbon emissions in the business environment
- Practical tools/support materials needed for measuring a carbon-footprint
- The skills and knowledge to design and implement carbon reduction strategies
- Increased environmental awareness
- The knowledge and motivation to engage positively with business environmental issues and opportunities
Who is the Eco Challenge Suitable for?
Managers, supervisors involved in Facilities, Operations, Manufacturing, Finance, IT, Procurement, Marketing, Corporate and Social Responsibility, those who have specific roles in Energy and Environmental Management.
Why should you attend?
The Eco challenge is for managers and supervisors who need a better understanding of the impact of carbon on their business and who want to deepen their awareness of the environment and gain an insight into the impact of the environment on business issues and opportunities.
Follow up Carbon Reduction Competition
As part of embedding what you have learned you and others from your business will develop initiatives to reduce the carbon footprint of your business. Initiatives will be logged using a web based carbon measurement system. After a period of three months the company/individual with the greatest reduction in carbon achieved will win a significant eco friendly prize sponsored by ?
Each participating company will contribute an agreed amount per tonne of carbon reduction achieved to the ICBE charities.
Costs:
All funds generated by the ICBE Eco challenge will go to two charities: ICBE member company Bóthar – www.bothar.ie an Irish-based third world charity, and ALFA (Active Learning for Adolescents – www.alfaproject.org) who provide full-time practically based eco friendly education program for 13 to 17 year-olds
Cost of organising the Eco Challenge is covered by sponsorship and Skillnet Ltd (with all revenue going to the charities)
Cost to attend this event: (which includes all activites and accommodation and food)
First participant – €750
Second Participant – €650
Third, Fourth & Fifth participant – €550
Programme:
Day 1 – 28th April – 6:00PM – Arrival, barbecue, camp fire, entertainment
Day 2 – 29th April – AM –
- Climate Change Overview:
- Understanding the standards and methodologies used in measuring a carbon-footprint
- Measuring a carbon footprint
- Examining case studies
Day 2 – 29th April – PM – Making sense of the Carbon Cycle
Teams of five will use an active learning approach to complete practical tasks outdoors to understand the carbon cycle.
These practical tasks will include taking carbon in its natural state i.e. giving structure to plants and animal bodies and change it into nearly pure carbon and then change it again into Carbon Dixoide (CO2). Other tasks will include looking at how CO2 is absorbed from the air by plants in photsynthesis.
Active Learning is about gaining understanding and drawing conclusions through doing, observing and reflecting.
Barbecue, campfire, guest speaker, entertainment
Day 3 – 30th April – AM –
- Identification of emissions reduction strategies
- Identifying the tools/support materials needed for measuring a carbon-footprint
- Understanding how carbon-management incorporates energy-management and the potential financial benefits
- Developing employee engagement strategies
- Launching of follow up carbon reduction competition
Day 3 – PM – Depart - 3pm
Throughout the programme there will be enjoyable outdoor activities and guided walks to enhance the environmental awareness of the participants.
Eco Challenge Facilitators
Colm O'Gairbhith, B.Eng, M.Sc
www.carbontracking.com
Caroline Kelly, Active Learning Educator
www.alfaproject.org
Reduce your carbon footprint through greater employee engagement
OPW launched an environmental campaign in January 2008 with a target of 15% reduction in carbon dioxide (Co2) emissions
Results so far show average savings of 7.6% were achieved and savings of 20% were achieved in buildings “where management and staff were fully engaged with the program” according to report on the first phase
However there was a “ sharp drop-off in these savings” when there was lower engagement with the initiative and “ a very marked increase in emissions” when there was no engagement from workers.
If you are interested in participating in or want to know more about the Eco Challenge please contact:
Caoimhe Cullinane,
ICBE Client & Network Manager
on 061 371753
or email caoimhe@icbe.ie to discuss further.
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