How will Equitable Earth meet our goals of ending deforestation and biodiversity loss while driving climate finance directly to forest communities and the Global South?

We will certify and issue high-quality Forest Carbon Credits through the voluntary carbon market. We certify these community-led projects through a rigorous process that verifies equity, transparency and accountability every step of the way. Projects will be certified by Equitable Earth and by independent third-party auditors, and will be closely reviewed and approved by the forest communities themselves. 

We will only certify projects that are community-led and protect the interests of forest communities. To do this, we will require adherence to strict rules of project management – from equitable and transparent revenue sharing, to improved best practices for Free, Prior and Informed Consent, to strong evidence of community leadership and decision-making, to the implementation of community rights protections, safeguards and grievance mechanisms.

We will measure project effectiveness holistically. We are developing carbon measurement and overall impact methodologies, in collaboration with leading scientists, standards and development experts. We will make all of our data and our methodology public and accessible from the outset. We also offer full transparency in the flow of money to local communities and transparency in project management.

We will operate across all three rainforest regions in Latin America, Africa and Asia. We aim to help turn the areas of tropical rainforests most at risk of deforestation into successful conservation and community development projects led by Indigenous Peoples and local communities.