The following process may not necessarily happen in the order shown; however, it is a good indication of what to expect as part of your soil carbon project.

REGISTER LANDHOLDERS AS NEW PROJECTS

  • Register your interest in starting a soil carbon project

  • Sign an Expression of Interest and Consent form (we will provide this document to you). This form will also identify the history of land use.

  • Confirm property ownership via a Land Titles search (we provide these documents to you)

  • Identify the project area(s) (we will provide guidance on what we need from you)

  • Landholder accepts the Land Management Strategy Supplement (we will provide this document to you)

  • Landholder signs the Statement of Commitment (we will provide this document to you)

  • Project Registration commences (we will organise for this to occur)

  • Initiate soil baseline sampling (we will organise for this to occur)

BASELINE SOIL PROFILES OF EACH NEW PROJECT

  • Soil sampling maps are produced (we will organise for these to be drafted)

  • Confirm project inclusion zones (we will provide guidance on what we need from you)

  • Approve the Carbon Estimation Areas (we will provide guidance on what we need from you)

  • A quote for baseline sampling is provided to you 

  • Once the quote is accepted, the soil sampling plan is carried out with soil samples sent to the lab for analysis (we will organise for this to occur)

  • Once Laboratory results are issued, the results are presented to project owners and an invoice for the work (we provide these documents to you)

IMPLEMENTATION

  • Implementation and monitoring plan as per the Land Management Strategy and Supplement (depending on your project – you carry out / organise for implementation to occur. The Land Management Strategy will provide guidance on your responsibilities)

MEASURE

  • Further soil sampling is carried out (we will organise for this to occur)

  • Intent to proceed to the Offset Report is confirmed (we will provide guidance on what we need from you)

CREDIT

  • Offset report is drafted (we will organise for this to occur)

  • Audit report is drafted (we will organise for this to occur)

  • Project report is drafted (we will organise for this to occur)

  • ACCU application is drafted (we will organise for this to occur)

  • Submission to the Clean Energy Regulator (we will organise for this to occur)

  • Report results to the project owner (we will organise for this to occur)

  • Continue with Implementation / Measure / Credit phases (depending on your project – you carry out / organise for implementation to occur. The Land Management Strategy will provide guidance on your responsibilities).