Carbon credits function as tradable financial assets that you can hold, sell for cash, or use to cancel out your own carbon footprint.
Most landholders and farmers treat credits as a "second crop." You can convert them into liquid capital in two ways:
Government Contracts: You can sell ACCUs directly back to the Australian Government via the Clean Energy Regulator at a fixed price.
The Secondary Market: You can sell them to private brokers or companies (like airlines, banks, or mining firms) that need them to meet their own environmental targets. Prices here fluctuate based on market demand.
If you run a business with a high carbon footprint, you can "retire" (cancel) your credits. This is an accounting move where you use your credits to legally declare your operations Carbon Neutral. Once a credit is retired, it is taken out of circulation and cannot be sold or used again.
Because carbon credits are financial products, you can hold onto them in your ANREU account (the official registry). Many people do this as an investment, waiting for the market price of carbon to rise before selling, or keeping them as a "rainy day" fund to offset future regulatory requirements.
While B Carbon credits (which focus heavily on soil health) are private rather than government-issued, they follow a similar logic. You sell them to private buyers on voluntary exchanges to generate immediate revenue for your farm’s restoration work.
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