As the ERF reaches a key milestone, Clean Energy Regulator chief executive David Parker says industrial companies are becoming much more engaged in the scheme, and important enhancements are on the way.
As it heads towards net-zero, property group Dexus aims to speed the deployment of rooftop PV on its industrial estates, and will rely on nature-based activities for carbon credits.
There is growing interest in the carbon-neutral transport of cargo, commodities and consumer goods, according to offsets business Tasman Environmental Markets.
Australia Post and Newcastle Port have become the latest Australian organisations to have their emissions targets recognised by the international Science-Based Targets program.
A Wesfarmers-backed lithium refinery will cut its net emissions by 38% within 10 years, after the Western Australian EPA requested stronger carbon commitments.
The federal government's plan to introduce a special carbon credit for large emitters could readily evolve into a cap and trade scheme, according to Thomas Hodgson of sustainability consultancy Ndevr.
In the latest carbon industry shake-up, a subsidiary of giant Japanese trading house, Mitsui, has acquired offsets business Outback Carbon, with plans to diversify from its existing focus on land-based projects.