What are co-benefits?

Corporate Carbon Advisory are proud to say that many of the projects that we are involved with produce a variety of co-benefits that generate positive social, environmental and economic impacts.

Detailed on this page are a selection of examples from projects in multiple sectors of the Climate Solutions Fund and from different locations across Australia to illustrate the breadth of co-benefits and our projects scope.

Contact us to learn more about the co-benefits for specific projects.

Savanna fire management projects can provide:

Training and employment for Indigenous Australians on country.

Employment of local Indigenous people.

Access for Traditional Owners to the property, which is beneficial for both cultural values and protection of cultural sites.

Protection of rare and threatened animal and plant species.

Improvements in wetland and river quality.

Soil carbon and farming projects can provide:

Livestock balanced nutrition and additional feed diversity, in addition to nitrogen fixing from legumes.

Improvements in soil health and increased feed quality and quantity.

Greater biological activity, creating more biodiversity.

Opportunity for mixed species planting, which provides organic matter and nitrogen from legume nodulation.

New technical jobs that have been created through the enhanced agricultural methods.

Energy efficiency and transport projects can provide:

Air, water and land environments can benefit from a reduction of negative impacts generated from the vehicles.

Improvements to city, rural and marine environments.

A road map to encourage a global transition to cleaner transport options.

Vegetation and environmental plantings projects can provide:

Increases to overall biodiversity in the area through the growth of native forest areas and management of introduced species.

The protection of river, wetland and lake systems.

Access to traditional lands for indigenous communities, which can deliver cultural, heritage, economic and health improvements.

Opportunity for landholders to establish their properties and community as leaders in the promotion of carbon credits and the reintroduction of native forest.

Waste management projects can provide:

Nutrient rich soil matter, in the form of compost, to the surrounding community, including private gardens and landscaping, horticulture use on parks and ovals, and agricultural use in land rehabilitation.

Improvements to the surrounding environment through the reduction of landfill waste.