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Return to Summary of all ProvidersPrimary activity : Project developerThe Project Developer is the person or organisation that establishes a project, by designing, registering, implementing and monitoring the project for the purposes of creating and selling carbon offsets or other environmental credits and reducing greenhouse gas emissions. Price (per tonne CO2e) : AU$11 - AU$20
Summary
15 Trees's view on the role of carbon offsets in addressing climate change"Through carbon offsetting, individuals and companies can play an important part in addressing the problems of climate change. We can't afford to leave it to the political parties nor big businesses to 'fix'. We all need to take responsibility and ownership of the problem and carbon offsetting is just one way of tackling the problem. Most importantly, our lifestyles need to become more sustainable.
Fifteen trees would like to see carbon offsetting become 'second nature', just like recycling, using low energy light globes and installing solar panels. Carbon offsetting is now a part of our vocabulary and the general public are beginning to see that somehow we have to pay for our carbon emissions.
Our company's role is tied in with local businesses and individuals who want to see a direct benefit within their local community. We purchase our trees from local independent, native nurseries and distribute them to land holders, city councils, environmental groups (such as Landcare), universities and schools for planting on both private and public land.
Our target groups are car dealerships (who offset their small/medium cars for their customers), businesses with fleets and individuals. Through the generous support from businesses and individuals we hope to develop on-going partnerships that benefits the environment and local communities."
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Role in the Carbon Offset Market[Q1]Project developerMain client base[Q3]Car dealers, companies with fleets and individual car owners.Offset Products
Offset Products
Price(s) per tonne[Q17]AU$11 - AU$20Project Type(s)[Q32] - AfforestationThe direct human-induced conversion of land that has not been forested for a period of at least 50 years to forested land through planting, seeding and/or the human-induced promotion of natural seed. / reforestationThe reestablishment of forest on land that was previously forested but converted to another use before 31.12.1989. with multiple locally occurring species of vegetationProject Location(s)[Q33]- Domestic
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Organisation is licensed to provide financial advice (or to be an authorised representative in providing financial advice) in the context of brokerage of carbon commodities[Q23a]Information not providedHow does your organisation calculate the amount and price of carbon offset required by customers?[Q10]- We searched through various websites to determine the number of trees we needed to plant to offset the carbon one car emits for one year. In the end the best sites that we found were - the Greenfleet website (www.greenfleet.com.au) and the Australian Department of Climate Change website(www.climatechange.gov.au). Both sites have done the calculations with carbon capturing plants and car emissions. In brief, one small/medium car will emit approximately 4.0 tonnes (4000 kg) of carbon dioxide equivalent each year. Over its lifetime the average tree captures 268 kg of carbon. Therefore, 15 x 268 = 4.02 tonnes.Therefore, you need to plant 15 trees every year that you are on the road. However, there can be a lot of variations within the above calculations. Such as - how fast the tree grows (trees can grow to maturity anywhere between 16 - 20 years), mileage of the car, size of engine, even the type of driving (city/highway). From our research we came to the conclusion that a small economical car needs 12 trees planted yearly and a large car needs 17 trees. We choose 15 as the middle ground, as we only want to offset small to medium sized cars.Relevant third party verification (not accreditation / certification)[Q35] - I am in the process of being accredited and have enlisted Net Balance Management Group.Do you provide quality assurance or technical documentation on your web site or on request?[Q16]Is your organisation audited by an independent third party for the sale and retirement of offsets and / or RECs?[Q16b] NoDoes your organisation supply National Carbon Offset Standard (NCOS) or NCOS compliant abatement to customers from 1st July 2010?[Q18] No
[Q19]What evidence of purchase can customers expect to receive when buying carbon offsets from your organisation?- Certificate for amount of offsetA carbon offset is an investment in a project or activity that reduces greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions or sequesters carbon from the atmosphere that is used to compensate for GHG emissions from your own activities. For more information see here. purchased
- Tax InvoiceWhat documentation is available to customers about the carbon offset project/s as part of the education and quality assurance process?[Q22]- We do not supply independent documentation to customersMinimum tonnage required per transaction?[Q23]-
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Resources
Do you provide a carbon footprint calculation service for your customers?[Q12]- NoDo you apply National Greenhouse Accounts Factors full fuel cycle emissions conversion factors to calculate customer emissions?[Q14]-Other carbon management services[Q11]- Advisory services
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Project Information
Fifteen Trees | NSW | VIC
General Information
[Q28, Q31]Own Project | Projects vary in size - from 60 tree projects to 500 tree projects. The projects are scattered throughout Victoria in regions such as Ballarat, Bendigo, West Gate (Melbourne), Brisban Ranges and Kinglake. The trees are planted by Landcare, community groups (such as schools) and landholders. They are sources from local, independent native nurseries.Price per tonne of CO2e[Q30]15 trees = 4,020 kg carbon captured (268kg per tree)
AUD$49.50 for 4,020 kg (or 4 tonnes) or AUD$12.38/tonneProject Type(s)[Q32] - AfforestationThe direct human-induced conversion of land that has not been forested for a period of at least 50 years to forested land through planting, seeding and/or the human-induced promotion of natural seed. / reforestationThe reestablishment of forest on land that was previously forested but converted to another use before 31.12.1989. with multiple locally occurring species of vegetationProject Location(s)[Q33, Q34]Australia | NSW | VICThe carbon offset project / program uses private land?[Q32a]- Yes, our operations aim to embrace private landholders in select regions
- In addition, public land such as public reserves, schools and community halls.Quality
Relevant third party verification (not accreditation / certification)[Q40]- I am in the process of being accredited and have enlisted Net Balance Management Group.
Are the verified emission reductions created from this project NCOS compliant abatement?[Q41]- No
The ancillary or co-benefits of this project[Q42]- Community groups (such as landcare) receive free trees for their planting projects. Independent nurseries are supported also as we buy our trees from them.Contact Details
Contact Details
For more information please contact:
15 Trees
filippa@15trees.com.au
0400040659Information Submitted by 15 Trees in October 2011
