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Future carbon sourcing
Be a market leader with future carbon credits that match your budget, de-risk procurement and drive positive impact.
Secure high-integrity carbon credits at today’s prices
What is future carbon sourcing?
Future carbon sourcing is the process of buying carbon credits before they are issued. Instead of buying credits every year on the spot market, with future carbon sourcing you can fix your future supply and pricing. You can contract credits from an existing project that has passed our Keystone 3.0 assessment and fits your targets, or invest earlier in a project still in development, with more say over location, methodology and co-benefits. Options include coastal mangrove restoration, peatland protection and new forest planting.
Estimate your future savings
Projected carbon credit price and fixed-forward purchase savings
Save money and secure supply
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Why future carbon sourcing with Earthly?
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Finance the development of a new nature-based project, or secure the future of a high-integrity one. Fewer than 9% of the projects we assess pass Keystone 3.0, so the project you back has already cleared the due diligence your risk and audit teams will ask about.
Secure
Reduce uncertainty in your future supply and ensure a project delivers in your timeframe and supports the claims you plan to make under VCMI, using credits assessed against the ICVCM. Simplify future credit procurement through our standardised contracts and due diligence process.
Optimise
Carbon credit prices are rising as demand grows and supply of high-quality credits stays limited. Fixed-forward pricing lets you contract ahead of forecast increases, with some projections reaching $100 per credit by 2030 (see graph above).
Driving quality in the industry
Meeting Earthly’s rigorous standards
To identify and develop world-class nature-based solutions, an effective, transparent assessment is required to analyse issues such as additionality, permanence, and ESG risks - in areas beyond just carbon.
Keystone 3.0, our holistic assessment, scores each project against 168 data points across carbon, biodiversity and people. Fewer than 9% of projects pass and meet our standard.
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We use public, private, geospatial and field data to screen and monitor each project. Scoring covers biodiversity and social outcomes (such as health, local employment and education) as well as carbon, giving your team an evidence trail for every credit you contract.
Origination opportunities
The types of projects open for forward contracts
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Save the Brazilian Cerrado
Once a vast and thriving mosaic of forests, grasslands and wetlands, this Brazilian ecosystem is now disappearing at an alarming rate - its rivers running drier, its soils turning to dust. One of the most over-exploited regions in its country, wildlife here is at a tipping point.
An ambitious project is emerging to breathe life back into over 12,000 hectares of degraded land through community-led assisted natural regeneration. By planting only native species, the project is reviving the entire ecosystem, strengthening biodiversity, improving climate resilience, and restoring the delicate balance between people and nature.
But regeneration doesn’t stop at the roots. This project is also set to empower rural communities by financing solar panels for farmhouses to power the water pumps that sustain their crops. This means clean energy, water security, and economic growth, giving smallholder farmers the independence they need to thrive.
The vision is bold - to scale across millions of hectares, ensuring that this irreplaceable ecosystem does not become a memory, but a living testament to nature’s resilience.
The Brazilian Cerrado is the second largest biome in Latin America, and the most biodiverse savanna in the world, but it is in a precarious position.
Create a legacy by supporting the acceleration of this project.
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Forgotten mangroves of Kenya
A dense, biodiverse network of intertidal forests has always supported local people and nature. However, human-caused climate change is now devastating Kenya’s coastal mangrove forests. Decades of deforestation, pollution and rising sea levels have led to habitat degradation and erosion which is reducing fishery productivity and releasing stored carbon into the atmosphere.
The area is calling out for community-led reforestation and assisted natural regeneration - and nature-based projects are bringing that to life for the local people and wildlife.
Kenya’s mangroves are among the most ecologically and economically valuable coastal ecosystems - serving as natural storm barriers, efficient carbon sinks, and critical habitats for marine and terrestrial species. Restored mangroves improve fish yields, support sustainable livelihoods, and generate high-integrity carbon credits. Effective carbon removal projects here will equip local stakeholders with the knowledge and tools for long-term ecosystem stewardship.
But it will require a partnership with progressive business leaders, who want to commit to long-term sustainability and a secure future for ecosystem services, enhanced habitat complexity and sequestered carbon in the mangrove forests.
This project offers a high-impact opportunity to support climate mitigation, biodiversity conservation, and see a community thrive.
How it works
The process of sourcing future carbon
Your climate strategy should reflect the uniqueness of your business: your social and environmental goals, your values, the countries you are most connected to. We start with your requirements: residual emissions volumes, budget, delivery timeframe, the regions where you operate and source, and the claims you need to support. We then translate these into criteria for your project shortlist.