Greenhouse Friendly™
Updated 29 April 2009
Greenhouse Friendly™ aims to help meet the challenge of climate change by:
- providing businesses and consumers with the opportunity to sell and purchase greenhouse neutral products and services
- broadening the basis for investment in additional greenhouse gas abatement
- engaging consumers on climate change issues.
Through Greenhouse Friendly™, Australian businesses can market greenhouse neutral products or services, deliver greenhouse gas abatement and give Australian consumers greater purchasing choice.
Find out about Greenhouse Friendly™ products and services available around Australia
Greenhouse Friendly™ and the Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme
There are changes relating to Greenhouse Friendly™ which may have implications for abatement projects, carbon neutral products and services participating in Greenhouse Friendly™These changes mean that no new abatement provider Eligibility Statements will be accepted after 27 May 2009. Product and Service provider applications will continue to be received until 1 July 2010. All successful applications will be approved until 1 July 2010. Further information is available.
Adjustment to Abatement Provider Transition Process
Changes to Greenhouse Friendly that were announced on 4 February advised that no new applications for abatement projects would be considered from that date. Some stakeholders may have benefitted from longer notice of the closure of the abatement provider component. As such, organisations wishing to lodge an Eligibility Statement to become an abatement provider may do so until 27 May 2009.
Interested organisations should submit their Eligibility Statement for preliminary consideration by the Department by 27 May 2009. Applicants should use the Eligibility Statement for Abatement Projects 
template for submission.
Projects which are considered suitable may then proceed with the normal application process as outlined under the Abatement Approval Process.
Successful applicants will be granted approval until 1 July 2010.
Eligibility Statements may be forwarded by post to:
The Director
Offsets and Verification Team
Department of Climate Change
PO Box 854
CANBERRA ACT 2600
Email: greenhousefriendly@climatechange.gov.au
For further information please call 1300 130 606
