Shift2neutral says it has made high-profile events such as the Australian PGA golf championship and the Sydney Turf Club's world-first ''green race day'' carbon neutral.
But deals to generate more than $1 billion worth of carbon credits by saving jungles from logging in the Philippines, the Congo and across south-east Asia do not seem to exist.
Mr Goldsworthy insists every certificate for carbon offsets he issues has value and represents a real reduction in greenhouse emissions somewhere in the world. That is what he has told puzzled investors and companies who have unwittingly sought to reduce their carbon footprint.
But when pressed for examples of any specific project that has cut emissions to generate the carbon credits the company offers for sale, he was unable to provide even one.
''I just don't have that information in front of me right now - there are all sorts of projects, it is all legit, I just am not in a position to tell you what they are at short notice,'' said Mr Goldsworthy, who had been provided with written questions 24 hours before.
''There was a waste-to-energy plant in Korea, it would have been in about 2008. I don't have a name for you right now, but given time I can get all the information.''
He said none of his clients had ever raised concerns about where his carbon credits were coming from. But the Herald has spoken to many former investors and businesses who have dealt with shift2neutral.
''I realised there was something strange about Brett when we were negotiating with the tribes in the Philippines and he said he had a boatload of commandos waiting offshore in case he needed a 'hot extraction','' said Robert Hick, who invested in shift2neutral.
The deal, supposedly to preserve $1 billion worth of tribal jungle in Mindanao with financial support from the World
Bank, fell through. Mr Hick is still waiting to see a return.
Mr Goldsworthy, who is in a dispute with Mr Hick, claims delicate negotiations with the president of the Philippines are still under way. He said an arrest warrant had been issued for Mr Hick. But court papers make it clear there is no warrant for Mr Hick.
Redd monitor, a website that examines global implementation of the UN's reduced emissions from deforestation and degradation program, said shift 2neutral is not generating any carbon credits.
''If these deals were genuine, shift2neutral would be one of the biggest companies in the REDD world,'' said a spokesman, Chris Lang. ''Yet he seems to be a one-man band running his company from an office over a shopping centre in a suburb of Sydney.
''Mr Goldsworthy has no experience whatsoever in carrying out forest conservation projects in the tropics.
''In fact he has provided no details about how he intends to reduce deforestation in the areas where he has projects. Vic Vidal, chairman of the Tribal Coalition of Mindanao, points out the destruction of the forests continued regardless of what shift2neutral was doing.''
The Sydney Turf Club - now the Australian Turf Club - said shift2neutral provided carbon credits to offset its ''Green Day at the Gardens'' at Rosehill racecourse in January 2009.
''STC used the carbon credits it received to offset the carbon emissions deemed necessary to produce the day, thus allowing the event to be certified as carbon neutral," the then chief executive, Michael Kenny, said.
The Australian PGA Championship was alerted to problems with its carbon neutral events when contacted this week by the Herald. It confirmed carbon emissions from the 2008 and 2009 championships were offset by certificates from shift2neutral.
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