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29 October 2008
Green-business alliance highlights the need to enable voluntary carbon action alongside CPRS targets
The future of voluntary action by Australians to cut carbon pollution is potentially under threat from official government climate change policy, an alliance of business and environment groups has warned.
A communiqué signed by the Total Environment Centre (TEC) and more than a dozen businesses was released today (see below) calling on the Federal Government to provide certainty for consumers by ensuring that voluntary actions, like purchasing offsets, effectively reduce emissions beyond Government compliance targets.
TEC executive director Jeff Angel said: "We are calling on the Federal Government to be proactive in ensuring that Australia retains a strong, high-quality and innovative voluntary carbon sector. The communiqué makes constructive suggestions on how to work towards achieving this."
The voluntary carbon market in Australia has over 50 business operators, has created hundreds of jobs in carbon trading and is responsible for millions of tonnes per annum of emission reductions.
SIGNATORIES
| AFG-TreeSmart The Ark Climate Group Balance Carbon Carbon Balance Consulting Carbon Conservation Carbon Neutral The Carbon Reduction Institute Cleaner Climate Climate Friendly Cool Planet |
Easy Being Green Fieldforce Environmental Green Energy Trading Greenfleet Greenpig My Clean Sky Origin Energy Southern Metropolitan Regional Council Total Environment Centre |