This work session was held on November 4th 2009 in the auditorium of the Catalan Ministry of the Environment and Housing, with the collaboration of the Association of Environmentalists of Catalonia (COAMB). The conference was framed within the EMAS observatory on environmental policies of the Club EMAS, taking advantage of the parallel events of the Climate Change Talks 2009, which were held in Barcelona before the Copenhagen Summit.








                                                                                                          
The conference was used to debate the status of the situation and how companies will confront the challenge to reduce their GHG emissions.

Conference documents:

Conference schedule

Policies to promote company participation in GHG mitigation
Mr Eduardo González Fernández, Spanish Climate Change Office

Voluntary agreements and ‘Practical Guide for Calculating Greenhouse Gas Emissions (GHG)'
Ms Marta Hidalgo Güemes, Catalan Climate Change Office

EMAS companies and voluntary agreements: how to facilitate organisations’ participation
Mr Martí Puig, President of the Club EMAS