Tom Johnson

Current

VP, GHG Management Solutions at ClimateCHECK

Past

Development Manager at Federation of Canadian Municipalities
Environmental Scientist at Environmental Management Solutions (EMS) Inc.

Education

McGill University
Vanier College

Connections

55 connections

Industry

Environmental Services

Websites

Tom Johnson’s Summary

Vice President of Greenhouse Gas Management Solutions and head of the ClimateCHECK practice in Toronto, Ontario (Canada).

ClimateCHECK is a top tier greenhouse gas (GHG) measurement and management solutions provider. ClimateCHECK was founded to pioneer credible, practical and innovative GHG management solutions that attain the double dividend of environmental and economic benefits for customers and stakeholders. ClimateCHECK provides solutions to both corporations and clean technology suppliers that are motivated to manage GHG risks and create value from GHG reduction opportunities. ClimateCHECK is a lead author of the ISO 14064, the GHG standards being increasingly used by numerous GHG programs worldwide, including the Voluntary Carbon Standard.

Tom Johnson’s Specialties:

Expert in development and application of greenhouse gas standards for verification, training and consulting to programs, projects, companies and technologies.

Tom Johnson’s Experience

VP, GHG Management Solutions

ClimateCHECK

(Environmental Services industry)

July 2007 — Present (2 years 1 month)

Tom has held in roles of progressively increasing seniority related to climate change and sustainability in both the private and not-for-profit sectors since 2002. As Vice President of GHG Management Solutions, Tom is head of the ClimateCHECK practice is Toronto, Ontario and responsible for the company’s operations in this important Canadian market. In addition to directing GHG assignments for private, public and not-for-profit sector clients, Tom’s responsibilities include business development and strategic planning to support the continued growth of both ClimateCHECK and its client base in southern Ontario.

GHG project experience includes: GHG project quantifications; GHG strategy papers and guidance documents; validations of projects and protocols; verifications of projects, corporate inventories and carbon neutral product claims; and assessemens of the GHG impacts of programs, management practices and sustainability initiatives.
Development Manager

Federation of Canadian Municipalities

(Non-Profit; 51-200 employees; Environmental Services industry)

September 2003 — July 2007 (3 years 11 months)

Development Manager for a $550 million (CAD) fund that supported sustainable municipal infrastructure across Canada, where he developed a reporting system consistent with the ISO14065-2 GHG standard for project-level accounting and managed its application to over 125 sustainable municipal infrastructure projects with a total value of almost $2 billion.
Environmental Scientist

Environmental Management Solutions (EMS) Inc.

(Environmental Services industry)

January 2002 — September 2003 (1 year 9 months)

As Environmental Scientist, Coordinated the creation, development and administration of the various preparatory documents and results reports required to provide advisory services to clients related to site assessments, investigations and remediations. Also conducted Third Party Reviews for multi-stakeholder projects that consisted of technical assessments (validations) of both field work and reports prepared by other consulting firms.

Tom Johnson’s Education

McGill University

BA , Geography and Environment , 1996 — 2001

Activities and Societies:

Redmen Football
Vanier College

DCS , Pure and Applied Science , 1994 — 1996