New Australian carbon credit scheme for solar and EVs accused of potentially misleading customers

A key standard of most carbon credits schemes is the test of additionality, which judges whether consumers would have installed solar panels or used EVs without the incentives provided by the scheme. Photograph: Bloomberg/Getty Images

A new Australian carbon offset company has been accused of potentially misleading customers by offering to generate thousands of credits for their solar panels and electric vehicles in a scheme that climate campaigners have labelled as junk.

Not-for-profit group Climate Integrity has written to the corporate watchdog asking for an investigation into Aetium, a company that is asking consumers and organisations to register their rooftop solar, EVs and forests in return for carbon credits.