Carbon Balance Consulting

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    Primary activity : BrokerA broker is an intermediary, who buys and sells carbon offsets on behalf of clients.    Price (per tonne CO2e) : AU$11 - AU$20

    Summary

    Carbon Balance Consulting's view on the role of carbon offsets in addressing climate change

    "We see carbon offsets as being a necessary part of an overall solution to addressing climate change by re-channelling valuable funds to more environmentally sustainable solutions and practices.
    Carbon offsets are an innovative way of stimulating resources for change and outsourcing businesses needs to compensate for their atmospheric effects on global warming.
    We view carbon offsets as part of an emerging 'clean-tech' industry that stimulates organisations to provide products and services that have an improved environmental outcome. "


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    Summary

    Role in the Carbon Offset Market
    [Q1]Broker
    Main client base
    [Q3]SME's and other organisations

    Broker

    Broker Information

    Types of transactions in carbon credits offered
    [Q23b]- Spot tradesThe purchase or sale of abatement (e.g. carbon offsets) for immediate delivery. Spot trades are settled "on the spot" (usually within one or two business days), as opposed to at a set date in the future. Futures transactions that expire in the current month are also considered spot trades. Spot trades are also known as "cash trades". Spot trades are the opposite of forward contracts.
    - Purchase for surrenderCarbon offsets are purchased and retired from the market by the offset provider.
    Standard brokerage fees determined by
    [Q24]- Our brokerage fees vary and are based on volume
    - Our brokerage fees vary and are based on Carbon neutrality or packaged services
    Indicative pricing
    [Q25]Information not provided
    Minimum tonnage required per transaction?
    [Q26]- More than 100
    How is the retirement of abatement verified to your client?
    [Q27]- Information not provided
    Independent certification and/or third party documentation to prove the validity of all the different offsets that you provide available
    [Q28]- Automatically every time

    Offset Products

    Offset Products

    Price(s) per tonne
    [Q17]AU$11 - AU$20
    Are offsets packaged with other services (such as footprinting, carbon neutrality etc)?
    [Q10]Yes

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    Offset Quality

    Offset Quality

    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]No
    How does your organisation calculate the amount and price of carbon offset required by customers?
    [Q10]- Personal contact from clients with specific needs for type of offset and tonnage
    - Personal contact from customers wanting the service of carbon footprinting and (generic) offset purchase to achieve carbon neutrality
    Do you provide quality assurance or technical documentation on your web site or on request?
    [Q16]

    http://www.carbonbalanceconsulting.com.au/?q=carbon_offsetting

    Is your organisation audited by an independent third party for the sale and retirement of offsets and / or RECs?
    [Q16b] No
    Does your organisation supply National Carbon Offset Standard (NCOS) or NCOS compliant abatement to customers from 1st July 2010?
    [Q18] Yes, NCOS compliantAbatement that is compliant with the National Carbon Offset Standard. NCOS compliant abatement currently includes Certified Emissions Reductions (CERs) except long term (lCERs) and temporary (tCERs); Emission Reduction Units (ERUs); Removal Units (RMUs); Voluntary Emissions Reductions (VERs) issued by the Gold Standard*; Voluntary Carbon Units (VCUs) issued by the Voluntary Carbon Standard, however where VCU credits are issued for reduced emissions from deforestation and degradation (REDD) and other agriculture forestry and land use (AFOLU) projects, they must apply methodologies approved under the NCOS Standard. abatementA reduction in the amount or intensity of greenhouse gas emissions as a result of actions taken by a company or individual.
    [Q19]
    What evidence of purchase can customers expect to receive when buying carbon offsets from your organisation?
    Information not provided
    What documentation is available to customers about the carbon offset project/s as part of the education and quality assurance process?
    [Q22]- Certificate of Retirement on request for larger transactions


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    Resources

    Resources

    Do you provide a carbon footprint calculation service for your customers?
    [Q12]- Yes, link to external online calculator
    Other carbon management services
    [Q11]- Footprinting services
    - Advisory services
    - Carbon neutrality
    - Scoping customer emissions
    - carbon offset procurement to suit business' needs

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    Projects

    Project Information

    No Project Information has been provided

    Contact Details

    Contact Details

    For more information please contact:

    Carbon Balance Consulting
    www.carbonbalanceconsulting.com.au steve@carbonbalanceconsulting.com.au
    03 9018 5175
    Ross house 247 Flinders Lane Melbourne
    Information Submitted by Carbon Balance Consulting in April 2010