Woodside Pluto Carbon Offset Project - Stage 2

Woodside Pluto Carbon Offset Project - Stage 2 is a mallee planting project located across two distinct regions: the Parkes Shire, roughly 350km west of Sydney in NSW, and the Shire of Jerramungup, about 440km southeast of Perth in WA. It was registered in June 2014 and covers an undisclosed area size due to the partial suppression of project details.

Mallee planting projects involve establishing permanent plantings of mallee eucalypt tree species on land that has been predominantly used for agricultural purposes for at least five years prior to project commencement.

The Parkes and Jerramungup areas are both known for broadacre farming, particularly sheep grazing and wheat cropping. Parkes generally receives moderate rainfall and features a mix of clay and loamy soils. In contrast, Jerramungup experiences a semi-arid, Mediterranean climate with winter-dominant rainfall and predominantly sandy-duplex soils with clay subsoils.

This project establishes native species such as Eucalyptus loxophleba and Eucalyptus polybractea. It was set up as part of the broader four-stage "Pluto Trees" initiative by Woodside Energy, generating Australian Carbon Credit Units (ACCUs) to help offset greenhouse gas emissions from the Pluto LNG Facility located in Karratha, WA. Additionally, in September 2024, the project transitioned its carbon method from the Reforestation and Afforestation methodology to the current FullCAM Mallee Plantings determination.