Transcript CSPA BOARD OF DIRECTORS MEETING PRESIDENT’S …

Environment & Energy Committee
2011 Priorities
DRAFT No. 1
Presented by David Machina
CSPA Rebranding Meeting
January 10 – 12, 2011
Reviewed and approved by the E&E Cttee. – January 5-6, 2011
E&E Committee - 2011 Priorities
Note to reviewers: Need to define short term and long term priorities for 2011
Short term = first 4 months of 2011; Long term = balance of 2011
(1) Find a process to ensure that the Federal and Provincial governments are
communicating effectively with a goal to: Harmonizing legislation between
the Federal, Provincial and U.S. governments with respect to GHGs, CACs,
water, waste and energy legislation. (Short term)
(2) Find a process to ensure that the Federal and Provincial governments are
communicating effectively with a goal to: Managing the pace of
environmental legislation changes while generating environmental
improvements and maintaining industrial competitiveness. (Short term)
(3) Increase public awareness of the steel industry through the use of (i)
Steel days, (ii) Environmental Performance report, (iii) other (Short term)
(4) Identify common issues, develop strategies with other industries – ISC3
Strategy Group. (Long term)
(5) Evaluate outreach options with ENGOs. (Long term)
(6) Shape future climate change regulations to assure practicality and
competitiveness. (Long term)
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E&E Committee - 2011 Priorities
(7) Maintain international engagement with AISI, SMA, APP (or successor)
and Worldsteel to ensure consistent climate change regulations within
steel producing countries. (Long term)
(8) Promote R&D collaborations between industry and governments – eg. Cdn
Carbonization Research Assoc. (Long term)
(9) Ensure that domestic emission reduction requirements are equitably
shared among all sources, not just industry. (Short term)
(10) Help and encourage CSPA members to improve environmental
performance. (Long term)
(11) Participate in government studies to minimize multiplicity/duplication of
reporting requests within/between federal and provincial governments.
(Short term)
(12) Share knowledge and non-confidential information, incl. best practices
among members with respect to environmental processes, technology and
energy conservation. (Long term)
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