Investing in natural capital

Beyond Good is a US bean to bar chocolate company, decoupling production from unsustainable land management practices; while promoting conservation and protecting biodiversity in Madagascar, a country of unique biodiversity. Beyond Good works with smallholder farmers to protect the unique biodiversity of Madagascar and expand sustainable practices to its supply chain in Uganda. The company's sustainable sourcing strategy contributes to endemic biodiversity conservation, including lemurs in Madagascar. Visit Beyond Good | Chocolate and Vanilla Made Right.

Chloris Geospatial is a nature tech company supplying science-based data to support natural capital projects. The company set an industry standard for accurate, scalable and reliable estimates of carbon stored in above-ground biomass from space. Chloris’ data and insights informs both the supply and demand side of nature-based solutions. This in turn enhances the integrity and credibility of the contributions of nature-based solutions to mitigating climate change and biodiversity loss and the growth of the voluntary carbon markets. Visit Chloris Geospatial. 

Forest Carbon specialises in conserving and restoring degraded peatland, tropical forests, and wetland ecosystems across Indonesia and South East Asia. The company’s projects contribute to the conservation of natural capital and its inherent biodiversity, climate change mitigation and community development.  Their first project - the Sumatra Merang Peatland Project- restored over 22,000 hectares of land, providing habitat for 36 IUCN threatened species, including Sumatran Tigers. Visit Forest Carbon.

Fundaeco focuses on the creation, management and conservation of Forest Protected Areas covering over 60,000 hectares in Guatemala. These Protected Areas are of significant global ecological importance, acting as habitats for critical species and providing a natural carbon sequestration solution, evidenced by the issuance of verified carbon credits. Fundaeco works with forest owners to provide improved protection for hectares of tropical forests in Guatemala, a critical ecological link in the Mesoamerican biodiversity corridor which connects the forests of South America with North America. Visit Fundaeco - Fundaeco.

Mombak is a vertically integrated carbon removals company focused on tree planting. The company converts degraded pastureland in Brazil to mixed native species forests using a mix of tree planting, assisted natural regeneration, and natural regeneration. These forests remove and store atmospheric carbon while creating the ideal habitat for a diverse set of plants and animals to thrive.  Visit Mombak - Removing carbon for the future.

Ozinga is transforming dairy waste into renewable natural gas (RNG) by upgrading biogas captured from cow manure to pipeline-quality natural gas. Participating farms use anaerobic digesters to capture the biogas emitted. Ozinga then transports this biogas, upgrades it, and injects the resulting RNG into an interstate pipeline. Custom Concrete Solutions & Concrete Materials | Ozinga. 

Pantheon is a nature-based solutions company who are removing carbon from the atmosphere, revicing biodiversity and building resilience for communities. The company’s first project Pocosin Ecological Reserve I (PER I) aims to rewet peatlands that were historically drained on a 14,500 acre site in the southeastern United States. The PER I project includes hydrological restoration and active land management, meaning peatlands can resume their role as carbon storage systems, thereby mitigating greenhouse gas emissions and significantly decreasing their wildfire vulnerability. As well as restoring hydrological function to the peatlands, the site will be rewilded, creating space for local threatened and endangered species. Visit Pantheon Regeneration.

Project Fagus is an afforestation and reforestation program based in France.  Working in partnership with Alliance Forêts Bois, the project partners with forest owners, the project aims to restore approximately of 1,725 ha of land over 5 years, enabling the sequestration of nearly 200,000 tons of CO_2e equivalent. All the projects will receive Low Carbon Label (Label Bas Carbone) certification from the French Ministry of Ecological Transition (Ministère de la Transition Ecologique – MTE). The project is expected to deliver socio-economic benefits for community members and deliver ecological and climate benefits.

Rainforest Builder is a fully integrated ecosystem restoration company operating in West Africa with projects in Sierra Leone and Ghana.  The company’s projects include a 24,000 hectares restoration project – Project Colobus - in the Oti Region in Eastern Ghana. Project Colobus integrates the cultivation of diverse native species to rehabilitate extensive tracts of degraded forest and habitat within the Upper Guinean Forest a globally important biodiversity hotspot. Rainforest Builder’s activities will contribute to ecological restoration with social and economic benefits; and deliver significant biodiversity benefits, jobs and wider benefits to local communities. Visit Rainforest Builder | The future is restorable. 

Sistema.Bio offers an integrated biodigester and biogas solution that treats animal waste and converts it into renewable biogas for domestic and productive use, as well as bio-fertiliser to replace chemical fertilisers. With this solution, smallholder farmers have access to a sustainable, affordable source of energy and inputs, enabling them to improve their livelihoods and health conditions, while promoting sustainable agricultural practices and tackling methane emissions from animal waste. Visit Sistema.bio : The Biodigester solution.

SWC is a project developer and operator focused on nature-based real assets related to forest and land.  The company is committed to the preservation and restoration of natural ecosystems whilst restoring biodiversity and supporting local communities. As well as managing Project Fagus, they are focused on financing forestry projects in Latin America and Africa - the two regions with the highest rate of forest loss over the last two decades – the projects developed by SWC will contribute towards natural capital regeneration and climate change mitigation. Visit The Shared Wood Company - Carbon Projects, Nature-Based Solutions

Tungamiti is a tree crop trading business sourcing timber and other projects from tens of thousands of smallholder farmers across Kenya for sale into regional and international markets. The strategy has purchased carbon credits from their sustainable timber project.