Issue - meetings

The Chairperson welcomed Matt Badic, senior consultant at Anthesis, to the meeting.  Mr Babic thanked the Committee for the opportunity to present to them.  He said that Anthesis was the Sustainability Activator. They were the largest group of dedicated sustainability experts in the world.  He continued that Anthesis had significant experience supporting local authorities who had declared a climate emergency and were working towards net zero.  He continued that they were the developers of the SCATTER tool, which was free to use for all local authorities. He added that they had also performed bespoke support services in response to the climate emergency with 40 cities and local authorities over the last two years.  He outlined the objectives of the project with Belfast and other Council’s in Northern Ireland and then went on to explain the proposed project outcomes including the report scope and the report insights.  He explained area based insetting to the Members of the Committee and said that the aim was to address any barriers that traditional offsetting could present. He updated  the Committee on the business survey that they had launched with questions on current approaches, attitudes and appetites to offsetting.  He explained that it was a 10 minute survey and that, whilst the audience was primarily businesses, it could also be shared more widely.  This would allow them to gauge market demand and potential partners for a local scheme. 

            The Committee noted the contents of the presentation and the Chairperson thanked Mr Babic for attending.