How we work
Our Approach
Bringing together market expertise that informs high-integrity project design, we help deliver the highest-quality environmental assets to market
Integrity is not a checkpoint we apply at the end — it is built into every stage of how we work, from sourcing and diligence through project design, financing structures and market access. Every asset we bring to market is evaluated against the most demanding guidance the market has produced, from independent rating agencies to the frameworks buyers, investors and regulators now rely on.
That discipline allows us to position nature-based projects for institutional capital: assets that can withstand scrutiny because quality and risk management have been built into their design from the outset.
We serve as the architect of each transaction, providing the coordinating function that connects project design, commercial strategy, financing and market access. From project inception through execution, we lead structuring and risk management and bring together the specialized expertise required to move high-integrity nature-based solutions from project concept to investment-ready assets.
Our practice spans 70+ countries and decades of carbon-market experience — experience we bring to every engagement as a strategic partner, not simply a consultant.
See how this comes together in what we doOur process
From first screen to market, one continuum
Source & diligence
We originate projects and screen them against institutional-quality thresholds before they ever reach a term sheet.
Design & structure
Project design, legal and commercial architecture built to hold up under buyer, insurer and rating-agency scrutiny.
Finance
Capital stacks and offtake structures that align investor return expectations with project realities.
Bring to market
Positioning verified, high-integrity assets with the buyers and financiers who can take them to scale.
Project Types
Avoidance to removals — REDD+, reforestation, improved forest management, wetlands and household devices, structured into blended portfolios.
High Integrity Approach
Due diligence and project design grounded in the most-trusted market guidance, so the assets we help bring to market meet institutional standards.
Standards we build against
Our work is measured against the frameworks institutional buyers and financiers actually use
ICVCM Core Carbon Principles
The Integrity Council's ten science-based principles set the global benchmark for credit quality in the voluntary carbon market. We prioritize projects using methodologies assessed against them, so the credits we bring to market clear the threshold institutional buyers now expect.
Read the Core Carbon PrinciplesMicrosoft & Carbon Direct Criteria
The 2025 Criteria for High-Quality Carbon Dioxide Removal reflect what lead buyers actually require — social equity, environmental impacts, additionality, robust measurement and verification, durability, and leakage prevention. We design to them from the outset, not at the point of sale.
Read the 2025 CriteriaIFC Performance Standards
IFC's eight Performance Standards define how environmental and social risk is managed on the ground, and are the benchmark development finance institutions and institutional investors apply to nature-based assets in emerging markets. Our ESG screening and safeguards are aligned to them.
Read the Performance Standards
See how integrity is built into every transaction.