Businesses that value standing forests are beginning to gain scale
Advancement of voluntary carbon credit market stimulates segment
Carbon measurement and offsetting become focus of startups, which await regulation
In addition to the “carbon farms” built in the Amazon to sell credits to large companies, Brazilian startups are working in other areas of this market with high growth potential in the coming decades
Can Forests Be More Profitable Than Beef?
Cattle ranches have ruled the Amazon for decades. Now, new companies are selling something else: the ability of trees to lock away planet-warming carbon.
See what the world’s largest company and a Formula 1 giant have to do with reforesting the Amazon
With 2,000 hectares reforested, Mombak already has a contract with Microsoft and McLaren
2 million native trees were replanted in the Amazon
The initiative of a company specialized in selling carbon credits contributes to keeping the Amazon forest standing
Reforesting Brazil is a condition for the development of the carbon market, says BNDES
Tereza Campello, socio-environmental director of the development bank, advocates treating the restoration agenda as an economic mission. The executive participated in an event organized by Natura, Salesforce and WRI Brasil
A Long-Shot Climate Bet Suddenly Turns Hot
One carbon removal method uses giant fan-like devices to pull carbon from the air
Microsoft to buy 1.5 million carbon credits from Brazilian company
Tech giant bets on voluntary market and signs agreement to grow more than 30 million trees in Pará
COP28: Historic agreement between Mombak and Microsoft will plant the equivalent of 19 cities of São Paulo in forests in the Amazon
Nature-based carbon removal agreement is the largest in Brazil and one of the largest in the world, generating socioeconomic and environmental benefits in the country
Microsoft bets big on voluntary carbon credit market in Brazil
Microsoft is making a major foray into the voluntary carbon market in Brazil with a deal to buy credits from a large-scale reforestation project in degraded areas of the Amazon.
