Certification and verification to enable a successful
low-carbon transition for heavy industry
FREE PUBLIC WEBINAR
Certification and verification of embedded emissions will become critical tools to support heavy industry decarbonisation – not just for compliance, but for securing future market access and investment. However, with a growing tangle of public and private embedded emission accounting schemes in Australia and globally, industry faces a complex and often unclear path forward.
In this webinar, Associate Professor Emma Aisbett (Australian National University) – leader of HILT CRC project RP3.006 Certification and verification to enable a successful low-carbon transition for heavy industry – will examine the emerging role of embedded emissions accounting in shaping low-carbon transitions for sectors such as iron and steel, aluminium, and cement.
The focus of Emma’s discussion was on chain-of-custody options for embedded emissions accounting frameworks (including certification schemes):
“Although it sounds like a technical detail, the wrong choices for chain-of-custody could devastate Australia’s potential comparative advantage in low-emissions products (not to mention greenwash away climate benefits of ‘clean’ products). Globally powerful stakeholders are making substantial headway in pushing the international regime down the wrong path right now – Australian stakeholders need to stand up for a high-integrity regime.”
Associate Professor Fiona Beck (ANU) – Research Leader of HILT CRC’s Facilitating Transformation Program – will moderate the audience Q&A.
Whether you’re in industry or policymaking, this webinar will help you navigate what’s coming and identify how your organisation can prepare for and shape this transition.
SPEAKERS
Associate Professor Emma Aisbett, ANU College of Law, Governance and Policy, and Associate Director (Research), ANU Zero-Carbon Energy for the Asia-Pacific
Emma Aisbett is an Associate Professor at the School of Law and Associate Director (Research) for ANU Grand Challenge – Zero-Carbon Energy for the Asia-Pacific. Emma’s previous research spans economic globalisation, environmental policy, developing countries and political economy. She is best known for her work on international investment agreements where she has influenced both academic debate and policy. On this topic Emma has been an invited expert at both the OECD and the UN Commission on Trade and Development (UNCTAD). She is also an approved supplier of policy advice to developing countries through the UK Government’s TAF2+ initiative.
Emma’s current research centres on trade-related climate policy and international green industrial policy, with a focus on embedded emissions accounting frameworks, certification and international green-economy collaborations. Her transdisciplinary approach combines expertise and collaboration across both disciplines and sectors. Recent collaborations include Australian Government and industry, as well as international organisations including the World Bank and Asian Development Bank.
In 2021 Emma was awarded the prestigious John H Jackson Prize for most significantly breaking new ground and adding new insights to the study and understanding of international economic law. She is also a member of the ARC College of Experts and was a judge of the 2024 Australian Eureka Prize for Sustainability Research.
Associate Professor Fiona Beck, The Australian National University
Based at ANU’s School of Engineering, Fiona Beck leads HILT CRC Program 3 (Facilitating Transformation). She has over 15 years’ experience developing novel technologies for renewable energy, including solar cells and the photoelectrochemical production of renewable fuels and commodities based on hydrogen and hydrocarbons. Over the past 5 years, Fiona’s work has combined engineering, energy policy, and techno-economics to provide high quality information on the costs, benefits, and implications of decarbonisation pathways for a range of industry and government stakeholders. As such, she has contributed significantly to the national conversation on new, zero-carbon industries and exports, through academic publications, presentations to stakeholders, submissions to government, and contributions in the media.