National Carbon Offset Standard

The National Carbon Offset Standard provides guidance on what constitutes a genuine, additional voluntary offset in the context of the Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme.  It sets minimum requirements for the verification and retirement of voluntary carbon credits and provides guidance for calculating the carbon footprint of an organisation or product for the purpose of achieving ‘carbon neutrality’. 

The National Carbon Offset Standard provides Australian businesses, particularly farmers, with the opportunity to develop offset credits for voluntary carbon markets.  These opportunities include offsets from increased soil carbon and from other land-based emissions sources. Read more >