Carbon offsets for Australian ICT

Had a call from Matt Kocaman at Australian Carbon Pty Ltd (Australian Carbon) . He is looking to sell carbon offset packages to the IT industry:

... Auscarbon offers a variety of services to meet the needs of Australian households and organisations of all sizes. ...

All our projects and programs produce the highest quality offsets available (NGACs - NSW Greenhouse Abatement Certificates) and (GFACs – Federal Governments Greenhouse Friendly Certificates).

Auscarbon International develops and implements greenhouse gas reduction projects including Joint Implementation (JI) and Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) projects under the Kyoto Protocol and Verified Emission Reduction (VER) projects under voluntary and emerging Government programs in Australia. ...

Carbon Sequestration (Forest Sinks)

We specialize in large scale, fully accredited, commercial forestry plantings to generate significant commercial quantities of carbon credits for the next 100 years. We provide turn key solutions for clients that wish to have direct ownership. Customers have the choice to own their own carbon sink or pool with others. ...

Fugitive Gas Capture & Flaring: We have experience in recovery, control, capture and utilization of methane gas from farm waste biomass, council waste water treatment facilities and solid waste landfills. Our specialists can conceive, design, build and manage projects throughout Australia and South East Asia. ...

Solar Solutions: Our staff have considerable experience in assessing, designing and installing commercial solar systems. With both State and Federal Governments providing generous rebates now is an opportune time to significantly reduce your carbon emissions and your power bills. ...

Renewable Energy: Our personnel have experience in developing renewable energy projects and it is an area of great interest to the company. Auscarbon is actively working on more efficient combustion systems and energy efficiency that result in reductions in GHG emissions. ...

Direct Ownership of Carbon Credit Generating Assets such as forests. Auscarbon International will create and manage the carbon sink, from Land Acquisition right through to Abatement Certificate generation, on behalf of an organisation looking to own their own carbon sink. This is available for as little as 1 hectare plantings right up to 10,000 hectares.

From: What we do?, AusCarbon International, 2007