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Australian carbon credit projects

Guidance for landholders and developers working under Australian rules.

ACCU Methodologies Contact Australian Desk
Core Approach

Working under Australian rules

Navigating the Clean Energy Regulator framework and the Australian Safeguard Mechanism.

Match your landholding, pastoral tenure, or industrial activity to an approved Clean Energy Regulator methodology, including savanna fire management, environmental native plantings, and soil organic carbon.

Clean Energy Regulator Approved Methods Additionality Audit

Prepare statutory applications, geospatial vegetation mapping, and baseline evidence complying with Chubb Review integrity principles before submitting for formal regulator registration.

ANREU Registry Chubb Review Standards Baseline Verification

Find institutional buyers, structure spot trades or multi-year forward offtake contracts, and manage delivery into the Australian National Registry of Emissions Units (ANREU) for Safeguard Mechanism compliance.

Safeguard Offtake Forward Contracting Price Certainty
Savanna cool burning fire management in Northern Territory Australia
Statutory Compliance Clean Energy Regulator serialized unit transfers
Australia Practice

Navigating the reformed Australian carbon market

Following the independent review of ACCUs led by Professor Ian Chubb, Australia's carbon market operates under heightened standards of transparency, integrity, and real abatement. For Australia's largest industrial emitters under the Safeguard Mechanism, securing verified ACCU volume is an essential operational requirement.

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High-Integrity Methodologies: Savanna fire management, soil organic carbon, and environmental native plantings with robust additionality.
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Indigenous Co-Benefits: Working hand-in-hand with Traditional Owner ranger groups across northern Australia.
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Safeguard Mechanism Offtake: Spot and multi-year forward offtake contracts providing price and volume certainty.
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Questions & Clarity

Frequently asked questions about Australian carbon units

Navigating ACCU integrity checks, Safeguard compliance rules, and registry transfers.

The 2023 independent review led by Professor Ian Chubb reaffirmed that the ACCU scheme is sound, while introducing key governance reforms. These include greater transparency in project baseline data, independent scientific verification, and winding down legacy avoided deforestation methods in favor of high-permanence regeneration and savanna fire management.

Industrial facilities in Australia emitting more than 100,000 tonnes of Scope 1 CO2e annually are covered by the Safeguard Mechanism. Facility emissions baselines decline by 4.9% each year until 2030. Operators that exceed their baseline must surrender registered ACCUs or Safeguard Mechanism Credits (SMCs) to resolve liability.

Traditional Owner ranger groups conduct early dry-season cool burning in northern Australia. This low-intensity patchy fire clears combustible undergrowth, preventing catastrophic late dry-season wildfires that produce high volumes of methane and nitrous oxide, while protecting native biodiversity.

Currently, only domestic ACCUs and Safeguard Mechanism Credits issued by the Clean Energy Regulator are eligible for Safeguard compliance. International units (such as Verra VCS or Gold Standard) can be utilized for voluntary corporate carbon neutral claims and Scope 3 mitigation, but not for statutory Safeguard surrenders.

Secure high-integrity Australian carbon units

Work with AION advisers on the ground in Melbourne and Singapore for ACCU origination and Safeguard compliance.

Consult Australian Team