**Reforest'Action's expertise in developing projects certified by international carbon standards is based on a dedicated team with complementary skills, specialized know-how and specific experience in each field.** 

**A close synergy is at work between our engineering skills in the field, our experience in raising financing and providing tailor-made support for investors, and our financial and legal expertise in the service of robust governance. In this way, we collectively ensure that our nature-based carbon sequestration projects meet the most stringent integrity criteria, to support both the needs of investors and the requirements of carbon certification.** 

**Meet 5 of the key profiles who make up this combined expertise, and who contribute to making Reforest'Action one of the most recognized and reliable players in the voluntary carbon market today.**


## Developing sequestration projects while maximizing fundamental benefits

### Sabrina, Senior Carbon Project Manager

High-integrity carbon sequestration projects aim not only to create carbon sinks, but also to maximize environmental and socio-economic impacts on local communities, while identifying potential risks associated with each project and ensuring their mitigation.

As Senior Carbon Project Manager, Sabrina is responsible for developing carbon sequestration projects, particularly in Africa and Southeast Asia. From the origination of potential projects to their design, coordination, monitoring, and mitigation of related risks, her engineering expertise is used to develop projects with a robust, sustainable design that is adapted to local issues.
 
One of the key aspects of her role is finding trusted partners in the field and establishing close, long-lasting working relationships between Reforest'Action and local project implementers, which is essential for developing high-integrity projects. Thanks to her experience in designing agroforestry and reforestation projects in tropical areas, Sabrina brings a more global vision to the teams in the field, which maximizes the fundamental social and environmental benefits generated by the projects, aligns their design with the various certification standards, fine-tunes project objectives to take into account investor expectations, and ensures financial balance through ongoing budget management.

Because project monitoring is essential, Sabrina also co-develops and oversees monitoring plans in collaboration with project implementers. This monitoring involves both operational monitoring, to ensure the effectiveness of operations in the field, and impact monitoring, to ensure that the objectives set for the selected fundamental benefits are achieved, particularly within the four pillars of impact defined by Reforest'Action: climate, biodiversity, soil and water systems, and the socio-economic sphere. The underlying objective of this initial monitoring is to enable local communities, in the medium term, to take ownership of the project and benefit from the establishment of sustainable governance, as well as a system for the equitable distribution of monetary and non-monetary benefits among the project's stakeholders (benefit sharing).

Sabrina is also responsible for the entire certification process for the projects she develops. Her ongoing monitoring of market conditions, major international agreements and the position of governments on the regulatory framework for the carbon market is complemented by her in-depth knowledge of standards, methodologies, eligibility criteria and additionality, which enables her to save time and target the right carbon certification framework in line with investors' needs from the project feasibility study stage.

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## Maintain in-depth knowledge of the field to optimize permanence
 

### Hugo, Remote sensing & GIS Analyst

Maximizing project permanence is a crucial issue in large-scale ecosystem restoration. It is essential to analyze and understand the specific challenges and risks of the project area, as these factors directly influence the sustainability of the activities implemented, the achievement of the expected impacts, and the return on financial investments. 

As a remote sensing and geomatics (GIS) analyst, Hugo carries out continuous analyses of the project area and the local context prior to the development of each project, as well as during their implementation and long-term monitoring phase.

He creates various maps that enable him to acquire and maintain in-depth knowledge of the landscape matrix and the challenges of the project area, using remote sensing data: biome maps, administrative maps, forest cover connectivity maps, land use maps, vegetation indices, biomass density indices, etc.
 
Hugo also conducts geospatial analyses to demonstrate the absence of risks (deforestation, fires, floods, etc.) in the project area, or to study potential risks in order to better mitigate them as part of a mitigation plan. All of this remote sensing and geomatics work is therefore crucial to contextualize the project, understand the specific challenges of its ecosystem type, and optimize the permanence of the restored ecosystems.
 
Hugo's expertise is also applied to the regular monitoring of the project's control plots, on which the reference scenario is based, in order to take into account their natural evolution over time. This benchmark performance protocol thus ensures a dynamic, rather than static, reference scenario, in line with the new VM 0047 certification methodology of the Verra standard. Regular updating of the baseline, compared to the project scenario, allows for greater rigor and accuracy in assessing the impacts generated by the project, and thus constitutes a valuable tool for project design and monitoring, increasing the effectiveness of our activities and providing even greater transparency to investors in terms of results.

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## Supporting investors in securing high-integrity carbon credits

### Flora, Senior Carbon Sales Advisor

Nature-based solutions account for one-third of the mitigation efforts needed to combat climate change. Investing in nature-based sequestration projects, which offer multiple co-benefits, allows companies and other types of financial actors to diversify their investment strategies while strengthening the quality and credibility of their climate claims and addressing urgent environmental and social challenges.

As such, Flora, as Senior Carbon Sales Advisor, works with companies that are required, under the SBTi's Net Zero Standard, to reduce their emissions by at least 90% by 2050, as well as natural capital investment funds that bring together various investors who have committed funds to finance sequestration projects and purchase carbon credits (Carbon Dioxide Removal - CDR).

Flora supports investors throughout the process of selecting and financing a certified project – understanding the client's needs, formulating legal, technical and financial proposals tailored to those needs in a co-construction approach, managing the technical, legal and financial due diligence processes in conjunction with Reforest'Action's in-house teams of experts, and more. All of these challenges are addressed by its in-depth knowledge of the voluntary carbon market and high-integrity carbon sequestration criteria. Flora thus builds a relationship of trust with investors and works directly with them on various aspects of project design to enable them to align it with their ESG objectives.

It also guides companies in anticipating their climate strategy and securing the credits they will need in the medium term to generate multiple environmental and social impacts and meet the expectations of their stakeholders and consumers, both within and outside their value chains.

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## Implementing robust governance to ensure transparency, fairness, and traceability

### Louis, Carbon Finance Manager

For climate action to meet market quality requirements, it is essential that all stakeholders align on principles of transparency, traceability, equitable value distribution, and inclusive decision-making. 

Louis, Carbon Finance Manager at Reforest'Action, has responsibilities in several areas of financial expertise. From the project structuring phase, he supports the operational teams in developing a 30-year business plan, which he then monitors financially throughout the project's lifetime by maintaining a solid three-way relationship between Reforest'Action, the investor, and the project implementer in the field. 

Louis also supports the commercial development of projects based on demand and market conditions. From calculating key performance indicators (KPIs) to due diligence processes during the pre-financing phase of a project, his expertise ensures the transparency and traceability of the data collected. At the same time, he works closely with the legal department to support the financial structuring of the project and the drafting of financing agreements.
 
Louis' financial expertise is also essential in designing and proposing innovative investment models, whether to enable investors to secure carbon credits ex-ante through forward purchase agreements (offtake), to directly finance a nature-based carbon sequestration project, or to spread risk through a diversified portfolio strategy.

Because high-integrity project governance requires clear and accessible reporting on cost allocation and benefit distribution, Louis also helps develop optimal transparency in project auditing and financial reporting to investors throughout the project lifecycle.

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### Valentin, Head of Legal & Risks Management

Working closely with Reforest'Action's operational, commercial, and financial departments, Valentin holds the key position of Head of Legal & Risk Management, thanks to the legal expertise he has acquired throughout his career in audit firms and financial institutions.

One of the main pillars of his role is to ensure compliance with the highest standards, as required by investors throughout their supply chain (combating illegal labor and child labor, money laundering and terrorist financing, fraud and corruption, etc.). He provides training to Reforest'Action teams and develops all compliance procedures for our stakeholders. Valentin also contributes to the ongoing mapping of risks identified for each project and to the development of mitigation plans.

On the legal front, Valentin handles all customized contract coordination with investors and Reforest'Action's various stakeholders, and oversees the creation of local legal structures, where necessary, to ensure the proper receipt of carbon credits and close monitoring of projects in the field. He thus ensures the legal security of the services required by our investors.

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**By choosing to work with Sabrina, Hugo, Flora, Louis, Valentin, and the entire Reforest'Action team, you are choosing to secure your investments, reduce risk, and strengthen your impact on the climate, biodiversity, and local communities through nature-based, high-integrity carbon sequestration projects. Reforest'Action offers a diversified portfolio of projects that can be tailored to multiple investment models to best fit your climate strategy. [Contact one of our experts to discuss your needs.](https://www.reforestaction.com/en/contact)**


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Our combined expertise at the service of climate solutions: 5 key profiles

The urgency to act is greater than ever. We are already feeling the devastating effects of a warming planet, with record temperatures, extreme weather events, and rising sea levels. While climate finance remains far below the estimated USD 7.4 trillion required on average each year through 2030* to stay within the 1.5°C pathway, the call to strengthen corporate ambitions has never been more critical.

_*Source: Climate Policy Initiative (CPI), 2023_

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As regulatory pressure intensifies and expectations for corporate climate accountability rise, the Voluntary Carbon Market is approaching a growing imbalance: rising demand is outpacing the supply of high-quality credits. This is especially true for credits originating from nature-based Carbon Dioxide Removal (CDR) projects. Such market dynamics should encourage organization worldwide to accelerate progress on their climate goals by securing high-quality removal credits. 

**Is your company ready to develop a future-proof carbon offset strategy that harnesses the full potential of Nature-based Solutions? Below are three compelling reasons to start planning now.**

## REASON #1 Corporate ESG commitments are tightening, deadlines are approaching

### Fitting CDR carbon credits into your compliance strategy 

Regulatory frameworks are becoming stricter, evolving toward greater clarity and usability, and pushing businesses to evaluate their environmental and social impact across the entire value chain. But reducing emissions across operations presents a complex challenge, particularly for carbon-intensive industries where low-emission technologies may still be inaccessible or cost-prohibitive. That is why carbon finance, and the Voluntary Carbon Market, are valuable tools within a company’s broader climate strategy. While not a substitute for rapid decarbonization, Carbon Dioxide Removal (CDR) offers an effective way to offset unavoidable emissions and meet regulatory compliance. 

### Keeping pace with net zero targets

One of the clearest examples of mitigation pressure is the SBTi’s Net-Zero Standard, which requires companies to cut emissions by at least 90% by 2050. Since 2022, more than 1,100 business have had their commitments verified according to the standard of the Science Based targets Initiative. With 2030 approaching, businesses can use the SBTi’s Beyond Value Chain Mitigation (BVCM) guidance to build CDR strategies now. BVCM encourages investment in carbon removal and reduction outside the value chain as a meaningful interim step to protect carbon sinks and advance global climate goals.

SBTi research (2023) found BVCM to be the top reason companies purchase and retire carbon credits. As it works on the next version of its Net-Zero Standard, the SBTi is also assessing the role of carbon credits and other environmental attributes in tracking progress or exceeding core targets.

## REASON #2 Demand for high-quality carbon credits will surge, supply won’t keep up 

### Preparing for rising demand and prices

The Voluntary Carbon Market is rapidly evolving as it scales, with standards and projects being financed continuously improving. This progress reflects a healthy, growing market. Experts predict that supply from high-integrity carbon projects will remain constrained until investments scale up to support new projects. On the contrary, as we approach 2030, various factors indicate that demand for high-quality credits will surge. In short, global demand is expected to exceed supply, driving up prices and impacting availability.

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**Key drivers of demand for high-quality CDR include:**

- **ESG pressure:** With over 6,000 companies now committed to science-based targets, and SBTi updates underway, demand for high-quality carbon removals will grow as firms seek to close emissions gaps ahead of 2030 and 2050.

- **CORSIA compliance scheme:** As the aviation compliance scheme CORSIA enters its mandatory phase in 2027, airlines must scale up credit purchases. Projected demand could exceed 100 million credits**, reinforcing the voluntary market.

- **Article 6.4 mechanism:** The Paris Agreement Crediting MECHANISM (PACM) will enable global trading of A6.4ERs, with carbon removals at its core, raising standards and driving volume in the voluntary market.

- **Financial market integration:** Carbon credits are being embedded into green bonds and structured finance, shifting them from speculative to strategic long-term assets and boosting market stability.

- **National policies:** Updated country NDCs*** will push companies toward carbon credit investments to stay ahead of national compliance risks. In parallel, Article 6.2, enabling credit trading between countries, will expand international demand.

_*Source: SBTi Monitoring Report 2023_
_**Source: Abatable’s Voluntary Carbon Market Developer Overview, 2023-2024 report_
_***NDC: Nationally Determined Contribution _

### Understanding key trends that shape the market

1. **Quality, the new imperative:** Buyers must prioritize high-quality carbon credits to ensure their investments remain credible and impactful. The trust gap has driven the rise of stricter quality benchmarks. As a matter of fact, the Core Carbon Principles (CCPs) led by the ICVCM* has begun approving carbon credit categories eligible for the CCP label, ensuring credits deliver real, additional, and verifiable impacts for the climate, biodiversity, and local communities. 

2. **New investment approaches:** Major companies like Microsoft and Meta have demonstrated new ways to engage in high-quality CDR projects with minimal operational risk. Given the limited availability of high-integrity credits on the spot market, offtake contracts have emerged as key indicators of demand for nature-based CDR. In 2024, 0.16 (million tons) high-durability credits were retired on the spot market, versus 6.4 Mt in pre-purchases and offtakes**. 

3. **A shift no NbS removals:** Removals are expected to grow faster than reduction credits, potentially accounting for two thirds of the Voluntary Carbon Market value by 2050***. Nature-based credits still dominate the current CDR supply, making up 98% of total CDR issued between 2022 and 2024. Symbiosis Coalition has become the first advance market commitment focused on nature-based CDR, highlighting the urgency of securing high-quality carbon removal credits now. 

_*ICVCM: Integrity Council for the Voluntary Carbon Market_
_**Source: Carbon Direct, 2024 State of the Voluntary Carbon Market_
_***Source: MSCI Carbon Markets' projections, Data as of Nov. 30, 2024_

## REASON #3 Not all removals are equal, nature-positive investments matter now 

### Scaling up investment to meet growing demand

[High-integrity NbS](https://www.reforestaction.com/en/magazine/what-are-nature-based-solutions) encompass a range of project types, such as Afforestation, Reforestation, and Revegetation (ARR), Agroforestry, Improved Forest Management (IFM), Improved Agricultural Land Management (IALM), and Wetlands Restoration and Conservation (Blue Carbon). All together, they represent an emerging area of finance with the potential to provide up to a third of climate mitigation needs by 2030 (UNEP, 2023). 

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Far greater investment is needed to prevent a prolonged shortage, support corporate climate goals, and scale NbS removals to the billions of tons required for 1.5°C scenario alignment. By investing in nature-based carbon credit, which are ready to scale today, you can meet emerging compliance requirements, manage risk proactively, and position your company as a climate leader in the transition to net zero. 

### Highlighting the unique strengths of Nature-based Solutions 

High-integrity NbS offer key advantages over engineered carbon capture. They can support both mitigation and adaptation, while addressing multiple crises and delivering positive impacts on communities and ecosystems, aligned with the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). NbS are ready to scale now, allowing for immediate action, and are relatively inexpensive compared to engineered carbon capture and storage methods. 

On the other side, over-reliance on engineered solutions can be costly and restrictive, making it essential to recognize the broader benefits of NbS. Direct Air Capture (DAC) demand high energy, potentially increasing carbon emissions, and may have negative ecological impacts before extensive research is conducted. Besides, carbon reductionism can become increasingly binding, limiting the long-term viability of most technical solutions. A market-driven approach that values the core benefits and structural strengths of NbS will help ensure a more balanced allocation of capital.

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**Are you interested in investing in a high-quality nature-based carbon removal project? [Download our investors’ guide](https://info.reforestaction.com/guide-2-cs-social-media-en) to find out Why and how to build your offset strategy now with nature-based carbon removals.**

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3 reasons to plan your offset strategy today with nature-based carbon removals 

**Scaling up investment to meet growing demand**

The Voluntary Carbon Market (VCM) is evolving rapidly as it scales. With ESG regulations tightening, Paris Agreement Article 6.4 mechanisms advancing, and CORSIA entering its first mandatory phase, 2025 marks a critical turning point. These developments signal growing confidence but also mounting pressure. Experts forecast that while [demand for high-integrity credits will rise sharply, supply will remain constrained](https://www.reforestaction.com/en/magazine/three-reasons-to-plan-your-offset-strategy-today) unless investments increase significantly to support project development. As we move toward 2030, global demand is expected to outstrip supply, pushing up prices and reducing availability, especially for high-quality credits, which already represent less than 10% of the market*. 

**Nature-based removals matter now**

Corporate buyers are increasingly prioritizing premium credits, and Nature-based Solutions (NbS) are a key focus. Since 2018, nearly USD 11 billion has been committed to nature-based CDR*, with 60% going to forest-based projects. Major buyers like Microsoft and Meta have already secured large offtake agreements to meet their 2030 targets. This underlines confidence in NbS, but more investment is essential to scale solutions to the billions of tons required for 1.5°C alignment.

_*Source: Carbon Direct, 2024 State of the Voluntary carbon Market_

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**Investors must now recognize that waiting for perfect conditions means missing today’s opportunity to shape tomorrow’s solutions. Unlocking the full potential of nature-based CDR requires proactive, long-term financial and technical support across all phases of project development. Below are the key levers to invest without delay and lock in both the volume and price of your carbon credits.**

## LEVER #1 Pre-purchasing ex-ante carbon credits 

As demand for high-quality carbon projects accelerates, sustainability leaders must proactively manage future risks related to credit availability and pricing. At the same time, project developers require early financial support to launch and scale impactful initiatives while signaling market stability.

Offtake agreements are legally binding contracts in which buyers commit to purchasing a specified volume of carbon credits at a fixed price over a defined period. They emerging as strategic tools that serve both sides. Whether structured with or without prepayment - which can provide crucial early-stage funding for project development - these agreements align with long-term climate strategies. 

**Strategic advantages of offtake agreements:**

- **Securing quality and price stability:** Offtake agreements help manage supply and price risks, ensuring buyers secure high-quality, verifiable credits at competitive rates.

- **Mitigating operational risk:** Offtake agreements shield buyers from project risks. If the project fails to deliver the expected credits, the buyer pays nothing. 
 
- **Unlocking new supply:** By helping project developers attracting early-stage funding, offtake agreements accelerate the growth of high-quality carbon credit supply. 

## LEVER #2 Investing in a nature-based CDR project

Significant time and resources go into project selection and due diligence. An alternative is direct investment in carbon projects, funding their development from the outset. For example, a company seeking a large supply of high-quality NbS credits could invest in an early-stage reforestation project, financing its initial phases while securing all credits generated by the project in the future. 

**The value proposition of project investment:**

- **Securing exclusivity and priority:** For companies seeking large volumes of carbon credits, investing in a project can grant exclusive access to a guaranteed supply, often at a significantly lower price*.
 _*Compared to market forecasts for the coming years_
 
- **Influencing project development:** Investing in a project fosters a closer relationship with the project developer, allowing buyers to actively collaborate on project design while aligning it with their sustainability goals.
 
- **Creating added value and new revenue opportunities:** By securing carbon credits at a lower price, buyers may have the option to sell them later at a profit, or to use them to finance the monitoring phases of the project. This is referred to as self-financing. 

**Integrating direct investment and offtake agreements into the project development curve**

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## LEVER #3 Spreading risk through a portfolio-based carbon strategy

Diversifying a company’s carbon credit portfolio is a key strategy for managing risk. By spreading investments across multiple nature-based projects - varying in methodology, geography, carbon removal potential, and socio-environmental core benefits - companies can reduce exposure to risk while maximizing overall impact. Taking a long-term approach to portfolio construction allows companies to allocate funds strategically, while integrating the benefits of both offtake purchases and project investments.

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In a rapidly evolving carbon market, businesses must anticipate and integrate carbon removals within their strategy from the outset. Waiting until emissions reductions alone are no longer sufficient can leave companies exposed to rising costs, regulatory pressure, and supply constraints. Besides, high-quality nature-based projects take years to develop, with many requiring 5–10 years before issuing credits. Delayed action increases the risk of limited access to premium carbon credits. 

**By building a forward-looking multi-year strategy and integrating offtakes agreements or project investments into their sustainability strategy, organizations can enhance long-term planning, budgeting accuracy, and potentially achieve significant cost savings on carbon removals.**

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