Carbon Balance Consulting

  • 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 en 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
    [Q22]- 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 surrenderIn an ETS, countries or businesses are allocated carbon credits or permits, usually for a designated time frame. They must then surrender one carbon credit for each tonne of carbon dioxide equivalent (CO2e) emitted within the relevant time frame. This ensures the credits are not double-counted.
    Standard brokerage fees determined by
    [Q23]- Our brokerage fees vary and are based on volume
    - Our brokerage fees vary and are based on Carbon neutrality or packaged services
    Indicative pricing
    [Q24]- Information not supplied
    Minimum tonnage required per transaction?
    [Q25]- More than 100
    Customer able to to retire all or some of the offsets as part of your brokerage services
    [Q26]- On request for free
    Independent certification and/or third party documentation to prove the validity of all the different offsets that you provide available
    [Q27]- Automatically every time
    Documentation types made available to clients
    [Q28]- Certificate of Retirement on request for larger transactions

    Offset Products

    Offset Products

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

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    Offset Quality

    Offset Quality

    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 this organisation third party independently audited for the retirement of offsets and / or RECs?
    No

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    Resources

    Resources

    Do you provide a carbon-foot calculation service for your customers?
    [Q12]- Yes, link to external online calculator
    Carbon calculation - methodology, standards or guidelines
    [Q13]- NGA FactorsThe National Greenhouse Accounts (NGA) Factors is an Australian guide to emission factors from a range of sectors that is used by companies to calculate greenhouse gases. It is prepared by the Department of Climate Change and replaces the AGO Factors & Methods Workbook. For more information, see here.
    - GHG ProtocolSee WRI / WBCSD GHG Protocol
    To calculate customer emissions do you apply National Greenhouse Accounts Factors full fuel cycle emissions conversion factors?
    [Q14]- Yes
    In your calculation of customer emissions which of the 6 Kyoto Protocol greenhouse gases do you include?
    [Q15]- Carbon dioxideA greenhouse gas that is produced as a by-product of oil and gas production, burning fossil fuels and biomass, as well as from all animals, plants, and a number of other natural sources. Carbon dioxide is the principal anthropogenic greenhouse gas that affects the earth’s temperature.
    - MethaneMethane (CH4) is a greenhouse gas with a GWP of 21.
    - Nitrous oxideAgriculture accounts for the majority of nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions in Australia, The transport sector also contributes to emissions of N2O. N2O has a high global warming potential of about 310 times that of CO2.it breaks down very slowly – over about 120 years
    - Sulphur hexafluorid
    - HydrofluorocarbonsMajor releases of HFCs are from leakage from refrigeration equipment during operation and its end-of-life destruction. Minor releases arise from the use of HFC-containing aerosols, air conditioners and metered dose inhalers.HFCs have very high global warming potentials (140 to 11,700 times that of carbon dioxide).
    - Perfluorocarbons
    Other carbon management services
    [Q11]- Footprinting services
    - Advisory services
    - Carbon neutrality
    - Scoping customer emissions

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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 on 22 May 2009