About Carbon Planet

Carbon Planet is a global carbon management company whose mission is to enable every individual and business on the planet to manage their contribution to the defining issue of our age, global warming. Established in 2000, Carbon Planet has been working with businesses around the world, helping them quantify the risks and explore the opportunities emerging in the carbon constrained economy.

The scientific case for human impact as a primary cause of global warming has been convincingly made in study after study, and good science is the first step on the road to unlocking the inherent business benefits. Independent, standards-based measurement of the greenhouse impact of your business is a prerequisite calculation, mandated in many cases by legislation, in identifying the business impacts of this new economy.

Working with Carbon Planet means engaging in an open and honest relationship with an experienced and qualified professional team, regarded as some of the finest scientific minds in the industry. Carbon Planet's audit and advisory team has experienced staff with the qualifications, accreditations and applied science skills required to accurately calculate your carbon footprint.

Carbon Planet offers a full-service suite of carbon assessment and management services, advising the business community on the many ways to tackle new issues, overcome emerging challenges and plan an approach that will satisfy legislative requirements to unlock and open the door to a rich vein of economic opportunities.

From audit and advisory, education and training, carbon trading, carbon offsets and origination, to the full breadth of planning, implementation and commercialisation, Carbon Planet has the credentials, experience and expertise necessary to help you do the right thing by your business, your stake holders and the planet.

Why Choose Carbon Planet?

Carbon Planet understands the background and context of the issues that have led, inexorably, to the wholesale movement of carbon and other former economic externalities onto the corporate balance sheet. We can relate it back to the world events that are making headlines with increasing frequency, making the issues easy to comprehend by both the boardroom and your staff at the coal-face.

It wasn't that long ago that the information revolution spawned e-commerce, driven in part by the great global software update launched in response to the Y2K panic. Y2K never happened because almost every business and Government in the world spent, collectively, trillions of dollars. Along the way, however, the information economy was fuelled and our world has been transformed by entirely new business models. Similarly the global reaction to the stark realities of climate change, as the science went from loose to almost certain, has seen the emergence of business models will solve the problem, once, and for all.

Just as we did with e-commerce, we are already seeing new regulations, new brands, streamlined businesses, products, services and trading systems created specifically to meet demand for low-emission goods and services. Prospering in the new economy is the demand for the reduction of carbon emissions. Maintaining the lowest possible emission level is quickly becoming a competitive advantage. It is already influencing the way consumers select preferred products and services, and the way your staff decide whether to stay loyal or jump ship.

Taking immediate steps in reducing the carbon footprint of your organisation is simply good business. With so much confusion in the market, tackling the issue quickly and effectively means choosing a credible, reputable partner.

Carbon Planet is recognised internationally as a transparent and credible industry leader whose base-line audits adhere to both the World Council for Sustainable Business Development's GHG Protocol Corporate Accounting and Reporting Standard, harmonised with ISO 14064-1 and the Australian Energy Audits Standard AS/NZ 3598:2000.

With a balance of scientific knowledge, economic understanding and business expertise, topped up with years of industry experience and salted to taste with common sense, Carbon Planet is the ideal partner to help you handle these complexities at this watershed moment in economic history.

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