Carbon farming refers to a set of land management practices designed to sequester or avoid greenhouse gas emissions from the atmosphere. The carbon market is now a mainstream environmental revenue source for landholders and businesses.
Carbon Stock specialises in an understanding of vegetation-based methodologies under the ACCU scheme (formerly known as the Emissions Reduction Fund) with a specific focus on environmental planting. Having worked across a range of landscapes and project types, Carbon Stock has an in-depth understanding of carbon project requirements.
Our services include:
Carbon Workshops
Technical method support
Project Design
Project Mapping
Project Reporting
Carbon Surveys
Natural Capital refers to both the stock of natural assets and flow of ecosystem services from those assets. Natural assets include soil, native vegetation, native fauna and freshwater ecosystems. By assessing the condition of these assets, we provide a score that enables precise management and allows for continuous monitoring of progress and improvements over time.
Carbon Stock uses Accounting for Nature methodologies to assess the Natural Capital Assets on property. This can be used to assess carbon co-benefits under schemes such as the Land Restoration Fund or other emerging market-based purposes. An Environmental Account can include one or more Natural Capital Assets depending on the purpose.
Our services include:
End to end service including:
Feasibility Assessment
Project Registration
Survey
Project Reporting
Land management advice
There is an increasing demand for low emission products. We provide an emissions baseline that will provide producers with a starting point to understanding of the emissions associated with producing their products. Our understanding is that this will only continue to emerge as a ‘must do’ to sell your product to certain suppliers.
Carbon Stock undertakes whole-of-farm emissions baselining using approved industry approaches. We assist farmers to understand how to improve their emissions baseline so they can work towards supply chain, industry, or farmer-specific goals to produce food and fibre with a lower emissions footprint. This could be through a Climate Active carbon neutral certification or a Carbon Audit.
Our services include:
Industry-approved farm baseline
Advisory on farm emissions reduction options
Opportunities in the market for lower emissions or carbon neutral products
To find out which service best caters to your needs, please Contact Us for a consult.
As natural capital accounting continues to make strides in legislation, the Accounting for Nature Framework future proofs against changes under development and provides a robust baseline for Natural Capital Assets. The results can also be used to create a prioritisation scheme for a network of properties from an informed data perspective. For this reason, we believe this is the best current approach to assess natural capital assets in the emerging markets.
Within Australia, the carbon market is operated through the Australian Carbon Credit Units (ACCU) scheme. This government scheme was established to develop an Australian Carbon market. Each tonne of carbon sequestered or avoided is an ACCUs through the scheme, which is traded as a commodity. An income can be generated based on the sell through of ACCUs to businesses and others seeking to offset their own emissions. The government used to be the primary purchaser of credits, however, with increasing climate commitments and legislative changes, large corporates and businesses have high demand for ACCUs and its now mostly sold on the secondary market.
Co-benefits are the additional positive impacts projects can have beyond the primary goal of sequestering carbon. These co-benefits may be social, economic or environmental in nature and enhance the attractiveness of a carbon offset project to potential buyers of ACCUs.
Emphasising co-benefits of a project can strengthen the case for participating in the carbon market and attract a broader range of buyers whilst contributing to a holistic and environmentally responsible climate action. Carbon Stock can undertake the additional assessments for carbon co-benefits.
Natural Capital refers to both the stock of natural assets and flow of ecosystem services from those assets. It encompasses a wide range of environmental features, including soil, native vegetation, wildlife, and freshwater ecosystems. These are termed natural capital assets.
Assessment of natural capital can be undertaken at different scales, including property, project, portfolio and region. A score is assigned to a natural capital asset after the assessment which provides insight into where to target management and an easy way to track improvement over time. With increasing transparency in the supply chain, and climate and nature commitments from the corporate sector, market forces are driving the business case for incorporating natural capital assets in the balance sheet of businesses.
The major agricultural industry bodies have committed to reducing emissions by promoting research and emission reducing activities to encourage farmers to reduce their emissions. This process is outlined in their 2030 and 2050 strategies, including the Meat and Livestock Australia Carbon Neutral 2030 Roadmap, the Australian Wool Innovation 2030 Strategy and the GRDC Carbon Neutral Farming by 2050.
Within these strategies, farmers are encouraged to baseline their farms to review their carbon footprint and look for new opportunities to reduce their emissions.
These commitments are driven by international reporting and climate requirements including the Taskforce for Climate Financial Disclosures and the Taskforce on Nature- Related Financial Disclosures. These reporting requirement impacts big business and the products they purchase through their supply chain, consequently putting these requirements on farmers and many other businesses. Doing a farm baseline is a start of the journey and it can give you the lense to look to differentiate your product and access new or existing supply chains.
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