Colin Powell

Colin Powell

Sustainability and Climate Change Partner, PwC Canada

Colin is PwC Canada’s Technical Net Zero Leader. His work focuses on GHG quantification, life cycle assessment across many impact categories, GHG target setting, and developing decarbonization strategies. He helps clients in Canada’s most important sectors, including oil and gas, financial institutions, mining, agricultural products, food and beverage, real estate and transport and logistics, as well as across government departments and agencies. He has supported companies in quantifying over 1 billion tonnes of GHG emissions and worked previously as a consultant in other Big 4 and engineering firms, supporting global clients to understand their GHG emissions and how they can decarbonize.

Colin currently sits on the GHG Protocol’s Scope 3 Technical Working Group, helping to shape the revision of the global standards used to account for GHG emissions. Colin is also a Professional Engineer (Ontario) and holds a PhD in wastewater treatment modeling.

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Experience

  • Scope 1, 2, 3 Quantification
  • Life cycle assessment
  • Decarbonization strategies
  • Sustainable operations

Specialty

  • Climate Strategy
  • Climate Transition Plans
  • Decarbonization
  • Climate-related reporting
  • GHG quantification
  • GHG target setting

Education

  • B.A.Sc. (Chemical Engineering), University of Toronto
  • M.A.Sc. (Chemical Engineering), University of Toronto
  • Ph.D. (Chemical Engineering), University of Toronto
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