Risks of Carbon Fraud


Autoria(s): Walters, Reece; Martin, Peter
Data(s)

01/12/2012

Resumo

Carbon credit markets are in the early stages of development and media headlines such as these illustrate emerging levels of concern and foreboding over the potential for fraudulent crime within these markets. Australian companies are continuing to venture into the largely unregulated voluntary carbon credit market to offset their emissions and / or give their customers the opportunity to be ‘carbon neutral’. Accordingly, the voluntary market has seen a proliferation of carbon brokers that offer tailored offset carbon products according to need and taste. With the instigation of the Australian compliance market and with pressure increasing for political responses to combat climate change, we would expect Australian companies to experience greater exposure to carbon products in both compliance and voluntary markets. This paper examines the risks of carbon fraud in these markets by reviewing cases of actual fraud and analysing and identifying contexts where risks of carbon fraud are most likely.

Formato

application/pdf

Identificador

http://eprints.qut.edu.au/56096/

Publicador

Centre for Crime and Justice, Queensland University of Technology

Relação

http://eprints.qut.edu.au/56096/1/Carbon_Fraud_Risk_PWC_Accepted.pdf

http://www.cjrc.qut.edu.au/research/Carbon_Fraud_Risk_PWC_FINAL.pdf

Walters, Reece & Martin, Peter (2012) Risks of Carbon Fraud. Centre for Crime and Justice, Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane, QLD.

Direitos

Copyright 2012 Queensland University of Technology & The Authors

Fonte

Faculty of Law; School of Justice

Palavras-Chave #180111 Environmental and Natural Resources Law #carbon fraud #carbon credit markets #carbon emissions #emission trading #carbon commodification
Tipo

Report