WHAT WE DO
Environmental Asset Innovation
One of the primary purposes of carbon markets, both voluntary and compliance, is to stimulate funding that finances decarbonization. We actively assess, develop, manage, and invest in global greenhouse gas (GHG) reduction projects and maintain a diverse portfolio of credits (also called offsets) to meet our customers’ volume, project type, and geographical diversification needs. Since starting the company in 2009, ClimeCo has helped reduce over 35 million metric tons of carbon dioxide equivalent emissions through our various projects, which is comparable to taking over 6.5 million average passenger cars off the road for a year.
At ClimeCo, we ensure that our projects have a clear activity change, that the baseline is well-defined, and that the project positively impacts the community in which it is located. We believe methodologies must be robust, transparent, verifiable, and accessible to bring much-needed funds to decarbonization opportunities. We provide the knowledge to tailor project portfolios and craft diligence strategies specific to the industry and needs of our partners. Once credits are available for the market, we have dedicated experts, a strong network of buyers and sellers, and numerous global partners that make ClimeCo a trusted source for high-quality credits.
Industrial & Technology-Based Solutions
ClimeCo was built on a solid industrial and technology-based (tech-based) foundation, producing our first verified carbon credit in 2010 from a nitrous oxide (N2O) abatement project. High-quality emerging tech-based projects can be designed to prioritize activities that need extra funding to be deployed and support deep, economy-wide decarbonization.
Tech-based credits foster innovation that helps scale capital-intensive emerging technologies such as alternative cement production, direct air capture, and carbon capture and utilization or storage (CCUS). These compelling innovations allow the hardest-to-abate sectors, vital for our day-to-day lives, to contribute to food and energy security and a resilient built environment.
Nature-Based Solutions
Protecting, stewarding, and restoring ecosystems is necessary for the fight against climate change and the foundation of our nature-based solutions (NBS) projects. When you preserve or restore an ecosystem, you create co-benefits beyond sequestering and storing carbon – they support biodiversity and clean water, which are essential food sources and resources that local communities and indigenous peoples rely on. These co-benefits are the heart of any high-quality NBS project – enhancing these benefits and ensuring impacted communities receive their share of positive outcomes is a key priority at ClimeCo. Accounting standards for NBS can be complex; at ClimeCo, we prioritize long-term protection for all our projects to realize their benefits across multiple decades.
Interested in learning about some of ClimeCo’s NBS projects? Check out our Indonesia Mangrove Reforestation, Appalachian Valley IFM, and Restoration of the Mississippi River Basin projects.
You can also view our NatureLink program, where ClimeCo will match your needs for high-quality Nature-Based Solutions with the right buyer, investor, or developer. It’s simple and it’s free. Learn More!
Are you an owner or manager of a working forest? Learn more about opportunities to participate in nature-based carbon offset projects such as Improved Forest Management.
Development of Novel Methodologies for Environmental Impact
Generating credible and high-value environmental commodities often requires a quantitative methodology to certify credits. Not everything fits into an existing box or framework. ClimeCo has been a leader in assisting with the development of methodologies and standards. When creating new project pathways, we see its tremendous impact on reducing emissions. With a rigorous approach, creating new paths for these types of projects helps incentivize the large capital expenditures required for available technologies, helping to accelerate the investments needed to decarbonize industrial processes quickly.
Our experts are ready to help you evaluate your ideas to create environmental assets. We’re prepared to help you identify red flags or challenges and create a roadmap to success via the Voluntary Carbon Market (VCM), compliance markets including Article 6 and CORSIA, regional programs, insetting, or green premiums. Whether altering an existing program to include a new product or wholesale framework and program design, ClimeCo can help you create novel revenue streams for innovative projects.
Areas of Expertise
Industrial & Technology-Based Carbon
- Adipic Acid
- Agricultural Methane Abatement
- Ammonia
- Biochar
- Carbon Capture, Utilization, and Storage (CCUS)
- Cement (Supplementary Cementitious Materials)
- Compliance and Voluntary
- Cookstoves
- Dairy Digesters
- Energy, Renewables
- Fertilizer (Nitric Acid)
- Hydrogen
- Hydrofluorocarbon Refrigerant Reclamation
- Low-Carbon Fuel
- Ozone-Depleting Substance (ODS) Destruction
- Shipping (Efficiency and Alternative Fuels)
- N2O Abatement
- Petrochemicals
- Virgin Plastic Displacement
- Waste – Organic Waste Composting
- Other Hard-to-Decarbonize Industries
Nature-Based and Community Solutions
- Afforestation (new forests)
- Biodiversity
- Biomass
- Improved Forest Management
- Mangrove Restoration
- Reforestation
Environmental Asset Innovation helps our clients evaluate, develop, and monetize their lower-carbon business processes to create value while advancing the energy transition. We bring a market approach to make sustainable solutions possible and economical for producers and consumers. We serve various project types, from nature-based to heavy industry, because they are all part of the solution.
Erika Schiller
Senior VP, Project Development
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