A NSW Parliamentary committee has recommended a full review of the NSW Biodiversity Offsets Scheme, to improve its integrity and transparency and to fix the serious flaws in the biodiversity offsets market.
A UN taskforce has released a report aimed at reducing greenwashing and improving the reliability of corporate net-zero pledges and climate commitments.
Scientific advice commissioned by the Chubb Review proposes tighter constraints on new ERF vegetation regeneration projects, as well as landfill gas projects.
Two facilities with Safeguard baselines far above their actual emissions are undergoing state assessment processes that could more tightly cap what they emit, irrespective of Safeguard changes.
The Clean Energy Regulator has dropped its usual practice of holding two ERF auctions each year, and will instead hold the next auction in March 2023, after the completion of the Chubb review.
The ACCC will ensure that competition law doesn't impede collaborative efforts to decarbonise, its senior executives have told a House of Representatives committee.
GreenCollar, the nation's largest environmental markets investor, and university researchers including Professor Andrew Macintosh, have jointly told the Chubb review they have shared concerns about Australia's carbon credits regime.
Just eight facilities account for half the emissions headroom that currently exists under the Safeguard Mechanism, according to a new analysis by Market Advisory Group.
A draft Safeguard credits Bill would prevent large emitters from earning ACCUs by reducing their scope 1 emissions, and would boost carbon trading transparency.
Climate risk disclosure should be mandatory for the ASX300, while coal and gas companies shouldn't get special treatment to protect their competitiveness, according to an investor climate alliance.