ISPT, which manages a $19 billion property portfolio for industry super funds, has become carbon neutral without using cheap international carbon credits, and plans to create and sell its own offsets.
Online travel company Webjet today launched a carbon offset program for travellers, and the developers of the software behind it are now targeting customers buying goods online.
Shell has acquired a major Australian carbon offsets company, while Chevron is planning to partially power its Western Australian operations with renewable energy.
US global investment firm KKR has taken a minority stake in Australia's largest carbon offsets company, and former Business Council president Grant King has joined its board.
Big emitters will be expected to provide more information on their carbon offset strategies, as well as their scope 3 emissions, under new WA EPA guidance released today.