Carbon Services - Opportunities - Invest Victoria, Melbourne, Australia
Carbon Services
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Why Melbourne for Carbon Services
Melbourne is establishing itself as a leading centre for carbon services in the Asia-Pacific region.
The Climate Change Authority was recently announced to be headquartered in Melbourne. As an independent body, the Authority will provide expert advice on key aspects of the carbon pricing mechanism and the Federal Government’s climate change mitigation initiatives.
As Australia’s energy and environmental trading hub, Melbourne is home to the majority of industry compliance buyers and national energy markets. Major compliance buyers based in Melbourne include Amcor, BHP Billiton, Rio Tinto, Shell and Great Energy Alliance Corporation.
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Why Melbourne for Carbon Farming
Expertise
Melbourne has a strong pool of professionals who can provide expertise in:
carbon asset management and strategy
measurement, reporting and verification
trading services
legal services; and
environmental technology
Key carbon solutions players include CO2 Australia, National Australia Bank, Net Balance, Norton Rose Group, Reputex and Tradeslot.
Victoria is home to an increasing number of companies with expertise along the Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) value chain. These range from project developers, technology providers, engineers, project finance, brokers and legal to carbon audit services.
Melbourne based companies active in CDM include Baker & McKenzie, Cool NRG, Earth Systems, RAMP Carbon and TFS Green.
Victoria is developing international trade linkages to better engage companies in global carbon markets, especially in Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) and proposed forestry carbon sink programs. The Victorian Government has established the Melbourne Carbon Export Cluster website which assists local companies to implement renewable energy, energy efficiency and other eligible projects under the CDM, United Nations’ Kyoto Protocol.
