Audience:
Open industry. All apparel and footwear industry professionals, regardless of AAFA membership, are encouraged to participate.
Description:
Businesses anticipate increased investor and customer scrutiny resulting from new rules proposed by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) related to disclosures of climate-related risks by public companies. Among these include the potential requirement for companies to report the GHG emissions of their entire value chain, also known as Scope 3 emissions. It is reasonable to be daunted by the the scale and complexity of Scope 3 emissions, and actually reducing those emissions once able to measure them.
Attendees of this webinar will learn:
- An overview of the drivers, challenges and, methods related to Scope 3 GHG accounting.
- Innovative methods to engage internal stakeholders and suppliers to enable them to develop and execute their own GHG reduction strategies.
Speaker:
Ryan Lynch
Practice Director for Sustainablity
BSI
Ryan Lynch is BSI Americas Professional Service Practice Director of Sustainability and works with organizations across multiple regions and industries to design creative solutions to drive organizational improvement, improve upon social/environmental impacts, and mitigate and remedy risks.
Moderator:
Chelsea Murtha
Director of Sustainability
AAFA
Chelsea Murtha serves as the association’s advocate and spokesperson on matters of sustainability and product safety. She engages with Congress, the Executive Branch, independent agencies, as well as state and local legislatures and agencies and foreign governments on sustainability, product safety, and chemical management issues important to the industry. Chelsea is also the staff liaison to AAFA’s Environmental Committee and Product Safety Council.
Chelsea joined AAFA from a Washington, D.C., government affairs firm where she led advocacy efforts for clients, including several trade associations and apparel and footwear importers, on policy developments related to environmental, social, and governance issues in global supply chains. She has also worked for the U.S. Fashion Industry Association, and a Washington, D.C., international trade policy consultancy firm. Chelsea earned a Master of Science from the London School of Economics and Political Science and a Bachelor of Arts from the George Washington University.
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