David Keddie

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Consultant

Experience

3 years

Nationality

British

Region

Europe, Middle East & Africa

Expertise

Report development and assurance, strategy development, benchmarking, producer responsibility and compliance, GHG emissions reporting, digital sustainability and energy solutions, SME sustainability strategy and toolkit development.

Career history

  • Member of CarbonDown team, Victorian Chamber of Commerce and Industry
  • Secondment, Environment Protection Authority (Victoria)
  • Intern, Sustainability and Planning Dept, City of Melbourne
  • Business sustainability support officer, Grow Me The Money programme, Victorian Chamber of Commerce and Industry

Education

  • MA (Hons) Politics, University of Edinburgh, UK
  • MSc Environment & Sustainability, Monash University, Australia

Key clients

Maersk, Hikma, Apollo/ConstructionSkills, a major semiconductor chip manufacturer, a major producer of electronic health devices.

Career highlights

  • Completed rigorous review of City of Melbourne’s carbon-reporting approach
  • Engaged major Australian companies in emissions-reduction partnerships as part of the CarbonDown programme
  • Helped develop Australia’s first SME-focused business sustainability programme
  • English teacher in rural Japan on the Japan Exchange and Teaching (JET) programme