The Government has committed to develop a national carbon offset standard to build confidence in the marking about the integrity of carbon offset products sold and purchased.  Click here for the paper discussing the proposed standard.

The standard will provide guidance on what constitutes a genuine, additional voluntary offset credit, set requirements for the verification and retirement of such credits, and provide principles for calculating the emissions of an organisation, product or service which could be offset.

Consultations on the proposed national carbon offset standards is taking place around Australia in early to mid February. To register for a workshop near you, visit the Department of Climate Change website.