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Matt Drum

Matt Drum

Managing Director

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Matt has graduate qualifications in business and post-graduate in Environmental Law. He provides strategic advice for some of Australia’s largest and most well-respected corporations and is one of Australia’s most experienced and active Registered Greenhouse and Energy Auditors (RGEAs), holding a Category 1 and Category 2 accreditation from the Australian Government. Since 2007 Matt has dedicated his career to working on climate change issues, with the sole focus of helping the economy transition to a sustainable future, primarily by reducing carbon emissions. Matt was instrumental in the creation of Ndevr Environmental back in 2010 and under his leadership, Ndevr has grown from a sole consultant to a market leading team of professionals specialising in climate change, energy, and the broader sustainability fields.

Academic Qualifications: Bachelor of Business (Commerce); Diploma Government; Graduate Diploma (Environmental Law)
Industry Qualifications: Registered Greenhouse & Energy Auditor (RG+EA) NGERS/ERF Category 2; ESS - lead; Accounting for Nature AfN Accredited Expert Category 3 Auditor

Phone: 03 7035 1740
Address: Melbourne
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What drives you? Like many I see climate change as the critical issue facing our generation and those to come. When my children and future generations ask me what I did to help mitigate climate change, I want to be able to look them in the eye and say; ‘I dedicated my career to it, I did my very best to have a positive impact for the earth and its people.
What projects do you work on that you love or are most passionate about and why? I love working on transformational projects that reduce emissions at scale, particularly in the industrial space where change is sometimes difficult but absolutely necessary. 

Career highlight/game changing project/something that made a big impact: One of my favourite recent projects is the MSM Milling Bioenergy Project, underpinned by a ‘wood waste powered’ industrial scale boiler, replacing fossil fuel powered technology. I worked closely with the owner Bob MacSmith and my colleagues for over two years to secure a multi-million dollar ARENA grant, then register an Emissions Reduction Fund (ERF) which allowed the project to create Australian Carbon Credit Units (ACCUs). This project ticked all the boxes, government support for emerging renewable technology, jobs for the regions, new revenue stream from offsetting and importantly, saving around 200,000tCO2-e over the project life – equivalent to more than 1,000 household’s annual emissions.

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    All About Refrigerants

    November 13, 2023
    Refrigerants under NGERs, who needs to report? Reporting refrigerants under the National Greenhouse and Energy Reporting (NGER) Scheme is a quirky and sometimes confusing process. Not sure if you should be reporting your…
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    Safeguard Mechanism reforms - Matt Drum - Ndevr Environmental

    The Safeguard Mechanism reforms are our last and only chance

    March 24, 2023
    The general scientific consensus tells us we only have about 10 years to rapidly decrease our emissions globally if we want to limit global warming to 1.5 degrees. The proposed design of the…
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      ATIYAH

      CARBON NEUTRAL PRODUCT

      ​AWESOME STREETFOOD, ZERO CARBON – that’s Atiyah. With its launch in 2020, Atiyah became Australia’s first 100% renewable-run street food zero-carbon kitchen certified under Climate Active. Atiyah sets operational carbon efficiency benchmarks and raises awareness about the global warming impact of food choices. They even disclosed the footprint of every item on their menu to empower their customers’ low-carbon lifestyle. We assist ATIYAH with their carbon neutrality certification.

      ORIGIN

      CARBON NEUTRAL ORGANISATION & PRODUCT

      Responsible business is at the heart of what Intrepid does. Intrepid has been a pioneer in measuring and reporting carbon emissions since 2010. When it joined the Climate Active family in 2018, it became the largest global provider of carbon neutral certified travel adventures and the first company to voluntarily include all global operations in its certification.

      NEXTDC

      CARBON NEUTRAL ORGANISATION & PRODUCT NEXTDC are one of Australia‘s most trusted providers of data centre solutions. Since 2018 we’ve been assisting them with their Greenhouse Gas (GHG) accounting and in March 2021, the company broke ground with the launch of NEXTneutral, an innovative Climate Active-compliant colocation opt-in program for their customers. Learn more.

      GOODMAN

      COMMERCIAL & INDUSTRIAL PROPERTY
      Goodman Group is an ASX20 global property expert in logistics and business space. It owns, develops and manages industrial property in 17 countries. We provide strategic advisory on Goodman’s operational GHG inventory and trajectory, the GHG intensity of its investment portfolio, net zero pathway and carbon neutral certification, as well as the renewable energy delivery strategy.

      ISPT

      PROPERTY FUND MANAGEMENT
      ISPT is one of Australia’s largest unlisted property fund managers, with over $11.9 billion of funds under management. We assist ISPT with its net zero pathway, land-based offset strategy as well as maintaining its carbon neutral certification. When ISPT joined the Climate Active network, it pioneered many concepts. It became the first participant under Climate Active to voluntarily include base building operations on all its owned and operated properties into its organisational certification and, as an industry first, procured 100% Australian Carbon Credit Offset Units (ACCUs).

      BHP

      METALS & MINING
      BHP is an ASX listed, world-leading resources company and are among the world’s top producers of major commodities, including iron ore, metallurgical coal and copper. They also have substantial interests in oil, gas and energy coal. We assist BHP comply with energy and greenhouse gas legislation and advise facilities on matters related to energy use and production emissions.

      Intrepid

      TRAVEL
      Intrepid Travel is the largest small group adventure travel company in the world. Responsible business is at the heart of what Intrepid does. We assist Intrepid with their Human Rights reporting obligations as well as many aspects of its GHG accounting and reporting. This includes its Science-based target (SBT), making them the first tour operator with approved SBT. When Intrepid joined the Climate Active family in 2018, it became the largest global provider of carbon neutral certified travel adventures and the first company to voluntarily include all global operations in its certification.

      LION

      BEVERAGES
      Lion is a global beverage company with a portfolio of brands in beer, cider, wine, spirits, seltzers, and non-alcoholic drinks. Lion has four large and four small Australian breweries, and its brands include XXXX, GOLD, Tooheys New, and Little Creatures. We assisted Lion to become Australia’s first large-scale brewer to be certified as carbon neutral under Climate Active in 2020.

      QANTAS Airline

      AIRLINE
      Founded in the Queensland outback in 1920, Qantas has grown to be Australia’s largest domestic and international airline. We have worked with Qantas since 2016 on a variety of emissions reduction projects.

      ORICA

      METALS & MINING
      Orica is the world’s largest provider of commercial explosives and innovative blasting systems to the mining, quarrying, oil and gas and construction markets, a leading supplier of sodium cyanide for gold extraction, and a specialist provider of ground support services in mining and tunnelling. We assist Orica with their regulatory reporting such as NGERs and also carbon abatement projects.

      Fulton Hogan

      CONSTRUCTION
      Fulton Hogan has more than 80 years experience in the transport, water, energy, mining, civil construction and land development infrastructure in New Zealand, Australia and the South Pacific.
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      TOYOTA AUSTRALIA

      AUTOMOTIVE
      Toyota Australia was founded in 1963 and is one of Australia’s leading automotive companies. We have worked with Toyota since 2018 on many aspects of its GHG accounting, target setting, reduction initiatives, and reporting. We continue to inform strategic decisions around the contribution of the Australian business to the realisation of Toyota’s global Environmental Challenge 2050.

      H&H Group / Swisse Wellness

      CONSUMER GOODS
      H&H Group is a global health and nutrition company listed on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange. Consumer brands include Biostime, Solid Gold Pet, Dodie, Good Goût, Aurelia Probiotic Skincare, CBII, and Swisse Wellness, a vitamin, supplement, and skincare brand, born in Australia in 1969. We have been working with Swisse and the group on many aspects of its GHG accounting and reporting, including the ongoing management of its Climate Active certification.

      AGL ENERGY

      ENERGY
      AGL is one of Australia’s leading energy companies offering electricity, gas, solar and renewable energy services, plus internet and mobile plans. We have assisted AGL for over five years on a variety of activities including audit and assurance projects.

      VIVA ENERGY

      ENERGY
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