The New South Wales ("NSW") Independent Planning
Commission ("IPC"), as the consent authority for state
significant development applications in NSW, Australia, has
recently considered three coal project applications. One greenfield
site application was refused, while two brownfield expansion and
continuation projects were approved with conditions. The conditions
for one of the projects included a new condition related to Scope 3
emissions (i.e., indirect emissions which occur in the value chain
of the project, including upstream and downstream emissions), while
the other included a condition to improve energy efficiency and
reduce Scope 1 (direct) and Scope 2 (production related indirect)
emissions.
