The legacy sustainability has been focusing on carbon footprint for the past decades and scientists have been clear that our current planet crisis entails many more aspects, such as biodiversity loss, ocean acidification, social justice, plastic and air pollution... Carbon credits only cover avoidance or removal of GHG emissions, even if they claim to have side benefits on local communities and ecoystems.
An emerging market is that of "nature credits": it works on the same principle as carbon credits but you will be able to support a much broader variety of impactful projects, be it environmentally or socially.
Note that "nature credits" have multiple names ("biocredits", biodiversity credits"...) and are yet to be standardised in terms of definitions, prices, practices... As for carbon credits, you need to choose high quality projects and partners! You should plan to carry out independent due diligence on the quality of individual credits purchased throughout your procurement process.
23%
of the world’s mangrove forests are in Indonesia
(edenprojects)
40%
of Indonesian mangrove forests have been lost to deforestation over the past 50 years
(edenprojects)
Handprint is the opposite of footprint. We empower businesses to create value while they take planet action, track science-based impact and engage their stakeholders with compelling content.
We carefully curate impact organisations to close the loop of trust, with transparency on where your money goes, a scientific reporting methodology, real content from the ground, etc.
Grow your handprint, grow with the planet.
Nika.eco helps companies who are offsetting emissions through carbon credits to understand the quality of such credits and where to get the best-quality carbon credits with Nika.eco's proprietary remote sensing technology. Nika.eco also has its own portfolio of nature-based carbon projects of high quality.
South Pole has been at the forefront of decarbonization since 2006, developing and implementing comprehensive strategies that turn climate action into long-term business opportunities for Fortune 500 companies, governments and organizations around the world.
South Pole is more than a consultancy, its team of 1,200+ experts have developed projects, as well as designed innovative tools across finance, climate neutral APIs, and carbon offset solutions to help clients reach their carbon mitigation and Net Zero goals.
To date South Pole has worked with over 1,000 clients, and will soon have developed 800 offset projects across 30 offices globally.
Our solutions have created tens of thousands of jobs in developing countries, hundreds of millions of dollars for business, improved brand value and better living and working conditions for countless people in vulnerable communities around the world.
Zuno is a pioneer in decarbonisation, carbon & ESG management. Our tech platform helps leading organizations measure, reduce and report their carbon emissions and ESG performance. Powering you towards your sustainability goals, one step at a time.