Consumer concerns about the veracity of carbon offset claims led the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission to develop guidance for consumers and industry on the Trade Practices Act implications of carbon offset claim.
In January 2008 the ACCC began consultations to develop guidance on this issue and invited interested parties to respond to the ACCC Issues paper: The Trade Practices Act and carbon offset claims.
Carbon claims and the Trade Practices Act is a guide for business and industry.
It is intended to inform businesses of their obligations under the Act and to alert them to potentially problematic areas of carbon claims.
The ACCC has also released the background paper Carbon offset claims: Trade practices issues and other key concerns, which explores concerns identified in responses to the ACCC's issues paper The Trade Practices Act and carbon offset claims.
