Need biodiversity credits?

We advise project developers who are required to buy biodiversity credits to meet their offset obligations under the Biodiversity Offset Scheme in NSW. We also support the voluntary purchase and sourcing of biodiversity credits to assist clients looking for biodiversity projects in which to invest.

Our services include designing biodiversity offset strategy, procurement planning, and brokering the sale and purchase of biodiversity offset credits.

We thoroughly understand the complex BOS trading rules and work with you to ensure you have the right offsets/biodiversity products required for your project exactly when you need them, and for the best price possible.

Our credits and services.

Our brokerage experience includes:

  • Over $71m and 36,000 of our client’s credits transacted in the past 5 years
  • Facilitated close to $1b of credit sales on behalf of development clients
  • Over $71m and 36,000 of our client’s credits transacted in the past 5 years
  • Facilitated close to $1b of credit sales on behalf of development clients
  • Obtaining regulator support to expedite credit purchases where required
  • Negotiating and facilitating bespoke forward-contracting of credits to de-risk project development schedules
  • Partnering developers with landholders to generate and supply biodiversity credits
  • Going to market and running reverse tenders to obtain the most-competitive credit pricing possible
  • Approval for credit purchases under the BOS variation rules where no like-for-like credits are available.

We have also developed our own unique Biodiversity Offset Exchange (BOE) database to facilitate searching for offsets according to the complex Biodiversity Offset Scheme trading rules. This allows our team to match credit demand and supply in an instant. Matching the offset credit needs of our development clients with the biodiversity offsetting resources of our landowner clients provides exceptional commercial and environmental outcomes.

Contact us today for an overview of our credit inventory. If we don’t have what you need, we would be happy to approach the broader credit supply market on your behalf. We also have a team dedicated to identifying and securing land for offsets.

Biodiversity credits available in NSW

Niche represents more landholders than any other biodiversity offset credit broker in NSW. We currently have more than $5.5m of credits available for sale from over 22 established offset sites (see map below) with another further offset sites in various stages of development.

How to create biodiversity credits

Developers needing credits or those wishing to establish biodiversity projects may create their own from land purchased or owned by a third party.

Niche works with land owners and managers to guide them through the process of establishing a conservation site, generating and selling credits.

Find out more about our landholder services