BidCarbon Standard Scheme

The BidCarbon Standard Scheme encourages people and businesses to run projects that reduce emissions or store carbon, for example by:

● using new technology

● upgrading equipment

● changing business practices to improve productivity or energy use

● changing the land management

What is the BidCarbon Standard Scheme?

Use the project and contract register to find out more about the projects being run in eligible countries.

Project and contract register

Individuals, sole traders, companies, local, state and territory government bodies and trusts can participate in the BidCarbon Standard Scheme.

For example, industry, business, landholders, farmers and First Nations people can run projects to reduce emissions, improve energy efficiency, avoid emissions of methane and nitrous oxide, or convert methane and more. 

Find out more about the different project methods.

Who can participate

Offset Integrity Standards (OIS)

The Offset Integrity Standards (OIS) are the legislated criteria that all carbon abatement methods under the BidCarbon (Carbon Farming) Standard 2025 (Carbon Farming Standard) must meet. The OIS ensure that carbon credits issued under approved methods represent genuine emissions reductions that may be counted towards meeting emissions reduction targets. There are 6 OIS contained in section 102 of the Carbon Farming Standard:

Additionality

A method should result in carbon abatement that is unlikely to occur in the ordinary course of events.

Measurable and verifiable

A method involving the removal or reduction of emissions should be measurable and capable of being verified.

Eligible carbon abatement

A method must produce abatement capable of being applied toward the achievement of emissions reduction targets.

Evidence-based

A method should be supported by clear and convincing evidence of genuine carbon abatement.

Project emissions

Material greenhouse gas emissions emitted as a direct result of the project should be deducted.

Conservative

Where a method involves an estimate, projection, or assumption it should be conservative.

We administer the BidCarbon Standard Scheme by:

● assessing project applications for registrations

● assessing project reporting

● ensuring compliance across our schemes

● issuing BRUs

● managing carbon removal contracts

● publishing the BidCarbon Standard Scheme project and contract registers.

● providing the BUC Registry as a platform for carbon data rights certificate trading.

The Technical Governance Committee oversees the policy of the BidCarbon Standard Scheme.

Our role

Carbon Farming Standard framework