Start by establishing clear climate targets across Scope 1, 2, and 3 emissions. Calculate your organization’s residual emissions—the portion that remains after reduction efforts. This will define the volume and type of credits you need to procure.
A step-by-step guide for corporate buyers by Green Carbon Corp.
Start by establishing clear climate targets across Scope 1, 2, and 3 emissions. Calculate your organization’s residual emissions—the portion that remains after reduction efforts. This will define the volume and type of credits you need to procure.
Purpose: Align carbon credit purchases with broader sustainability goals and regulatory needs.
Define what constitutes a ‘high-quality’ credit for your company. Consider attributes like additionality, permanence, leakage risk, co-benefits (e.g., SDGs), registry type (Verra, Gold Standard), and whether Article 6 compliance is required.
Choose between spot market purchases, forward offtake agreements, direct deals with project developers, or brokered transactions. Each path has trade-offs between price, volume, verification transparency, and long-term supply guarantees.
Purpose: Ensure credit purchases are high quality, aligned with corporate values, and defendable to stakeholders.
Vet projects for environmental and financial integrity. Review project design documents, MRV systems, buffer pools, credit retirement history, and verifier reputation. Green Carbon Corp recommends using a structured checklist and third-party validation before making large purchases.
Purpose: Find verified credits from credible projects and avoid reputational risk.
Purpose: Match procurement to financial, operational, and reputational timelines.
Work with legal, finance, and sustainability teams to structure agreements that define credit volume, delivery schedule, pricing, registry ID, and terms for credit replacement in case of invalidation. Green Carbon Corp can assist in structuring off-market deals with verifiable outcomes.
Track retirement and reporting via ESG platforms (CDP, ISSB, GRI). Ensure that credits are not double-counted and that all claims align with verified registry data.
Green Carbon Corp supports global buyers in building robust carbon procurement strategies that avoid reputational and regulatory risk. From strategy development to transaction execution, our team offers expertise in due diligence, credit quality assurance, and blockchain-based traceability. We help buyers access premium carbon credits through direct channels and tokenized platforms like HYVE and ACX.
Purpose: Ensure credits are used credibly and transparently.
Retire credits in line with climate disclosures standards, including:
