About Us
Earthtrade is the leading environmental market solutions specialist in Australia. Assisting both developers and landholders to reach commercial agreement and provide a solution that achieves regulatory acceptance. Earthtrade provides advice, financial assessment, contractual negotiations and securing, regulatory approvals, management, implementation and monitoring and reporting. at earthtrade we provide these services across all legislated environmental markets in Australia including:
- Biodiversity offsets required by Australian, State and local governments
- National Greenhouse Emissions Reporting Act requirements, including the Safeguard Mechanism
- The Reef Credit Scheme, nitrogen and sediment offsets Corporate and Taskforce For Nature-related Financial Disclosure requirements
As part of these markets, Earthtrade’s services include but are not limited to:
- Project feasibility assessment and design
- Property highest and best use assessment
- Management plans for offset areas
- Offsets required by Australian, State and local governments to meet Approval Conditions
- Legally binding mechanisms on title to secure offsets
- Management Plans for offset areas
- Project design of offsets in consideration of other options for the use of the property
- Consideration of risk in strategy development
- Facilitation of financial contracts
- Structure of financial solutions
- Structure of multi-party offset solutions
- Property management solutions
- Offset implementation
- Offset monitoring and reporting
With our experience and market history, Earthtrade has developed deep relationships with private equity and financiers. As such, Earthtrade can engage with these groups to get funding for your project.
As the leader in this market, Earthtrade has engaged a specialist team of senior people with legislative, policy, and technical skills and experience in rural property management, land use, tenure, title, and financial structures so that it may develop solutions that are tailor-made to their client’s project requirements.
earthtrade has experience and a strong understanding of the complex environmental legislation and policies in place at the local, state, and Australian government jurisdictions. Earthtrade has a strong network amongst landholders (both corporate and private) who have land that may be suitable for potential offsets. Having access to a bank of landholders ensures that Earthtrade can match potential offset supply to the requirements of developers or project proponents.