Talking Tourism Episode 114 - (Carbon) Accounting's New Era with Jessica Richmond

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Jessica Richmond is CEO at Local Carbon and Partner at Ellis Richmond, Tasmanian-based consultancies that specialise in carbon accounting and advising businesses on carbon accounting opportunities. Jess’s background is in commercial law in the energy and resources sector, with strong senior management experience in the mining industry. She has a strong understanding of the requirements of industrial operations, balanced with an understanding of community expectations and the need to manage both effectively for the benefit of all stakeholders. In today's episode, WXNW's Tom Wootton makes the most of Jess' expertise to get the 101 on carbon accounting and why it's so important in the context of the Tasmanian tourism industry's bold goal to achieve carbon neutrality by 2030. To that end, Local Carbon has been engaged by TICT and the Tasmanian Government to undertake an important carbon accounting pilot project, and Jess unpacks how that project has provided a footprint of the emissions of different types of tourism businesses across the visitor economy. In the context of increasingly carbon-conscious travellers, it couldn't be more critical for tourism businesses to take their responsiblity seriously AND authentically share the story with its market. You'll also get Jess' take on how the Tasmanian tourism industry stacks up in comparison with other local industries, and what sort of steps every operator can take to ensure a competitive advantage moving forward. Today’s episode is brought to you by our partner, the Department of State Growth. The Department of State Growth brings together four interrelated divisions developing a strategic approach that drives economic growth, and supports the community, industry and business in the creation of jobs and opportunities for Tasmanians. Thanks to the Department of State Growth for their generous support of TICT and for helping to make this episode of Talking Tourism possible.To find out more about how Local Carbon can make carbon accounting normal for your business, head to their website here.

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