Our Mission

From strategy to solution: pioneering low carbon success 
for Australian agriculture.  

We see solutions where others see problems and we start by asking the right questions.

Carbon Management Services (CMS) works at the coalface of Australia's low-carbon agriculture transition — where science meets practice, where producers meet policy, and where good intent becomes real, credible, profitable action.

Our expertise enables CMS to:

  • Shape national narratives and market architecture for soil, nitrogen and low carbon farming, aligned with COP31 and evolving carbon markets.​​ 

  • Build farmer first stories, conference and communication platforms and media visibility that position clients as the go to voices in emerging ag-climate markets.​​ 

  • Develop early adopter pipelines, ACCU aligned pilots and investment ready projects that connect yield, risk, cost and carbon opportunity on farm.

Why work with CMS?

CMS combine strategy, communications, market architecture, and execution to turn emerging opportunities into credible, visible market leadership.

  • 25 years assisting ACCU method development, integrity and on-ground project success.

  • Louisa Kiely, a trusted voice and founder of 12 National Carbon Farming Conferences with unmatched reach and visibility across the entire low carbon farming system.

  • Bridge builder between science, farmers, corporates and governments.

  • CMS designs narratives that resonate domestically and internationally.

  • Plain English clarity in a technical landscape.

  • Proven track record translating policy into practice.

Louisa Kiely, B.Ag.Ec 

Director – Carbon Management Services 

Louisa Kiely is a trained agricultural economist, former woolgrower, and one of Australia’s most experienced and influential leaders in carbon farming and land-based climate solutions. For nearly two decades, she has worked at the intersection of agriculture, carbon markets, policy, and commercial reality — consistently translating complex systems into practical pathways for farmers and landholders. 

Louisa co-founded the Carbon Coalition Against Global Warming in 2006 and went on to help establish Carbon Farmers of Australia (CFA), where she became a national and international advocate for farmers’ rights to earn income from the carbon they grow in soils, trees, and through on-farm emissions reductions. 

As Director of Carbon Farmers of Australia, Louisa played a central role in shaping Australia’s early carbon farming landscape. Her leadership combined advocacy, market development, policy engagement, education, and on-ground project delivery at scale. 

Key achievements during her leadership of CFA include: 

  • National and international advocacy to secure farmer access to carbon markets 

  • Creation and delivery of the world’s first Carbon Farming Conference in 2007, followed by ten successful national conferences through to 2022 

  • Participation in Australia’s first sales of soil carbon credits in 2007 

  • Co-authoring the first Carbon Farming Handbook and delivering formal carbon training programs across Australia 

  • Contributing to the securing of $26 million in funding for soil carbon research 

  • Membership of the consortium that developed the first Soil Carbon Method submitted under the Carbon Farming Initiative 

  • Involvement in over 200,000 hectares of contracted carbon projects under the Emissions Reduction Fund 

  • Holding an Australian Financial Services Licence for carbon trading from 2012 to 2023 

  • Co-founding Carbon Farmers of Nepal, exploring carbon market pathways for farmers in developing nations 

Beyond carbon markets, Louisa’s career spans founding and scaling a successful marketing and business development agency, growing fine Merino wool, and serving on regional development boards, including the Regional Development Australia Orana Committee. She was recognised as Runner-Up NSW Rural Woman of the Year (2008) for her leadership and innovation in agriculture. 

Throughout her career, Louisa has been a trusted bridge between producers, scientists, policymakers, and markets — respected for her ability to ask the right questions, challenge assumptions, and keep commercial reality at the centre of climate solutions. 

Carbon Management Services & Current Work

Through Carbon Management Services (CMS), Louisa continues this work with renewed focus and momentum — supporting farmers, researchers, technology providers, and carbon market participants to turn complexity into opportunity, and strategy into implementation. 

She was also the driving force behind the 2025 National Carbon Farming Conference & Expo, a major national event bringing together producers, scientists, policymakers, and innovators to advance practical, integrated solutions for a low-emissions future on farm. 

The 2025 conference built on Louisa’s long legacy of impactful, farmer-focused events, with a renewed emphasis on integration, clarity, commercial viability, and real-world outcomes — reflecting the next phase of Australia’s carbon and land-sector transition. 

Let’s work together to turn carbon challenges into opportunities.

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