Project Profile

Whistler’s Carbon Neutral Operations Plan

PROJECT SNAPSHOT

Client: Resort Municipality of Whistler

Key Deliverable: Corporate Energy and Emissions Plan

Timeline: January – October 2009

Our Role: Program management, research, stakeholder consultation, plan development

Project Details

The Carbon Neutral Operations Plan outlines the steps necessary for the Resort Municipality of Whistler to achieve its carbon neutrality commitments under the BC Climate Action Charter. The plan will see the RMOW take a leadership position in two key ways: it commits the organization to carbon neutrality in the year 2010 (two years in advance of the Charter’s 2012 deadline) and it expands the scope of emissions to include employee travel on staff business (not currently required by the Province’s Carbon Neutral Local Government strategy document).

The strategy proposed in this document is in line with the community’s overall commitment to sustainability through responsible climate action and carbon management, is consistent with the ‘Sustainable Energy Vision’ included within the RMOW’s Integrated Energy, Air Quality and Greenhouse Gas Management Plan, as well as aligned with our commitments within the Federation of Canadian Municipalities’’ Partners for Climate Protection program.