Industry Overview

Services

Service providers play a crucial role in the voluntary carbon markets by offering targeted expertise and resources to facilitate the efficient development and function of these markets. helping organizations reduce carbon emissions and work towards global climate goals.

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headquarters

Zurich, Switzerland

Consultants

Private

Headcount:

1001-5000

Funding:

unknown

South Pole

South Pole has been at the forefront of decarbonization since 2006, developing and implementing comprehensive strategies that turn climate action into long-term business opportunities for Fortune 500 companies, governments and organizations around the world.

headquarters

New York, USA

Consultants

private

Headcount:

11-50

Funding:

$60M ; Series A

Carbon Direct

A purpose-driven carbon management firm dedicated to making carbon science actionable with our end-to-end platform.

ratings and registries

headquarters

London, UK

Rating Agencies

Private

Headcount:

100-150

Funding:

$50M ; Series B

Be Zero Carbon

BeZero Carbon is a global rating agency for the Voluntary Carbon Market. Our ratings allow all market participants to price and manage risk.

headquarters

London, UK

Rating Agencies

private

Headcount:

100-150

Funding:

$38.4M ; Series A

Sylvera

Sylvera is the leading carbon credit ratings company. We help corporate sustainability leaders, traders and asset managers confidently evaluate and invest in high quality carbon credits. By creating the first carbon intelligence platform, Sylvera is raising the bar on project accounting and analysis, and introducing a much needed source of truth for carbon markets. We are backed by renowned investors like Index Ventures, Insight Partners, LocalGlobe and Salesforce Ventures.

headquarters

Los Angeles, USA

Registry

non-profit

Headcount:

11-50

Funding:

unknown

Phone:

(213) 891 1444

Climate Action Reserve

The Climate Action Reserve is the most trusted, efficient and experienced offset registry for global carbon markets. A pioneer in carbon accounting, the Reserve promotes and fosters the reduction of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions through credible market-based policies and solutions. As a high quality offset registry for voluntary carbon markets, it establishes rigorous standards and issues carbon credits under those standards. The Reserve also supports compliance carbon markets and serves as an approved Offset Project Registry for the State of California’s Cap-and-Trade Program. The Reserve is an environmental nonprofit organization headquartered in Los Angeles, California with satellite offices around the world.

Market Participants

headquarters

San Francisco, USA

Buyers

Private

Headcount:

100-150

Funding:

$17.5M ; Series A

Ecocart

EcoCart is a sustainability software that calculates ecommerce brands' ecological footprints through machine learning and then enables them or their customers to offset the emissions of their orders through front-end experiences.

headquarters

Las Vegas, Nevada, US

Buyers

Private

Headcount:

2-10

Funding:

unknown

Phone:

510-330-2991

8 billion trees

8 Billion Trees is striving to become the most environmentally-aware company on the planet. Beyond just reducing the negative impacts of deforestation through planting in countless countries around the world, we aim to spread awareness and change the zeitgeist of what it means to be environmentally-conscious.

government

Research

headquarters

San Francisco, CA, US

Institutional Research

Private

Headcount:

11-50

Funding:

unknown

Phone:

415-289-0129

Drawdown carbon

Project Drawdown presents 100 solutions for humanity to reach climate drawdown, the point at which greenhouse gas concentrations in the atmosphere begin to decline on a year-to-year basis. Project Drawdown's research and analysis includes the work of a broad coalition of researchers, scientists, graduate students, PhDs, post-docs, policy makers, business leaders and activists to assemble and present the best available information on existing climate solutions in order to describe their beneficial financial, social and environmental impact.

headquarters

Fort Collins, CO, US

Institutional Research

Headcount:

5,001-10,000

Funding:

$595.7K

Phone:

970-491-1101

Colorado State University

Our State is Colorado, but Rams are built on a global scale. We unite in Fort Collins, where our diverse backgrounds, cultures, and experiences strengthen our community. True to our land-grant beginnings, we’re focused on practical solutions for today and tomorrow.

Techniques & Technology

headquarters

Pasadena, CA, USA

Capture & Utilization

Private

Headcount:

2-10

Funding:

$13M ; Series A

Captura

Developed and proven in Caltech’s laboratories, Captura uses established electrochemical concepts to enable gigatonne-scalable solutions for removing carbon dioxide from the atmosphere via direct ocean capture. We capture carbon dioxide using only renewable electricity and ocean water, producing no by-products. Captura’s mission is globally scalable carbon capture to support a sustainable future for the world’s climate.

headquarters

Dartmouth, Nova Scotia

Capture & Utilization

Private

Headcount:

100-150

Funding:

$12.4M ; Venture

Phone:

902-442-4020

Carboncure

CarbonCure Technologies is on a mission to make concrete a climate solution, reducing embodied carbon emissions in the built environment and transforming concrete plants into a worldwide network of carbon removal factories.

Media

Media companies in the carbon space play a crucial role in raising awareness and providing journalistic coverage for carbon offset projects, carbon markets, and the various technologies or policies that shape the market. These companies use their communication platforms to inform the public, businesses, and policymakers about the importance of reducing carbon emissions and the various projects and methodologies aimed at offsetting and removing greenhouse gases from the atmosphere. Through reporting, documentaries, and educational content, they contribute to shaping public perception and driving engagement in the global effort to combat climate change. In this capacity, media companies serve as valuable intermediaries between climate-focused initiatives and a broader audience, helping bridge the gap between climate science, policy, and public understanding.

Primary Address

Washington D.C., USA

News & journalism

non-profit

Headcount:

11-50

Funding:

unknown

Carbon180

A new breed of climate NGO on a mission to reverse two centuries of carbon emissions.