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Offset your company's residual emissions with credits verified against international standards. Tailored portfolios, from project selection to the retirement certificate.
Certified creditsInternational standardsThe basics
What is a carbon credit?
A carbon credit is a tradable unit representing the certified reduction or removal of one tonne of CO₂ equivalent (tCO₂e) from the atmosphere, achieved through a certified environmental project such as reforestation, forest conservation or renewable energy generation.
1 carbon credit = 1 tCO₂e
Each credit can be purchased and subsequently retired to offset the residual emissions of a company or organisation.
The right journey
Measure, Reduce, Offset
Reduce emissions with effective strategies
Reduce direct and indirect emissions as far as possible through concrete action: energy efficiency, renewable energy, supply chain optimisation.
Offset unavoidable residual emissions
Offset the residual emissions you cannot yet eliminate by purchasing carbon credits certified to recognised international standards.
Project types
How many types of project are there?
The projects offered by Green Future Project Group fall into two broad categories:
Carbon Removal projects
They extract CO₂ equivalent already present in the atmosphere.
Nature-based
Afforestation / reforestation
Planting new trees or restoring degraded forests to absorb CO₂e from the atmosphere and increase forest cover.
Blue carbon
Conservation and restoration of coastal ecosystems such as mangroves, seagrass meadows and salt marshes, which sequester large amounts of CO₂ equivalent.
Carbon farming
Sustainable farming practices that increase carbon sequestration in soil, vegetation and biomass, reducing net emissions.
Improved forest management
Sustainable forest management practices that reduce emissions compared with conventional use scenarios.
Tech-based
Biochar
Charcoal produced from biomass which, incorporated into agricultural soil, sequesters carbon stably and durably over the long term.
Carbon Avoidance projects
They prevent future emissions of CO₂ equivalent.
Nature-based
REDD+
Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and forest Degradation: protects existing forests, avoiding the emissions their destruction would cause.
Community-based
Efficient cookstoves
Replacing traditional stoves with low energy consumption models, reducing emissions and improving air quality in local communities.
Access to clean water
Supplying safe drinking water, removing the need to boil water with fossil fuels and reducing the emissions of local communities.
Tech-based
Renewable energy
Installing solar, wind or hydroelectric plants in developing countries to replace fossil energy sources, reducing CO₂ equivalent emissions.
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What requirements a carbon credit must meet
A high-quality carbon credit meets seven fundamental criteria, verified by independent standards and verification bodies:
Additionality: the project would not exist without the credits
The project would not have gone ahead without the revenue from credits. The impact is genuinely additional to the baseline scenario.
Quantification: real, measured and verified reductions
Credits are issued only after verification by an independent third party.
No harm: no negative impact on communities and ecosystems
No negative impact on the environment, local communities or biodiversity. The project causes no collateral damage.
No leakage: emissions are not shifted elsewhere
Emissions reduced in one area do not cause increases elsewhere. The project boundary is clearly defined.
Independent verification: regular checks by accredited third parties
Periodic checks by accredited independent bodies (VVB) guarantee the robustness of the project.
Traceability: every credit has a unique identifier in the registry
Every credit has a unique identifier in the standard's public registry.
Permanence: the climate benefit lasts over time
Storage is guaranteed over the long term with dedicated risk buffers. Active protection against unforeseen events.
Green Future Project Group selects only credits that meet all 7 criteria, to guarantee real, verifiable and lasting impact.
Standards
International standards and certifications
Carbon credits are certified by independent standards that require a process of registration, validation and verification by independent third parties.
ICR
International Carbon Registry ICR registry
Gold Standard
Gold Standard for the Global Goals Gold Standard registry
Verra (VCS)
Verified Carbon Standard Verra registryEvery credit has a unique identifier in the public registry of its reference standard. Once retired, it can no longer be transferred, resold or reused, eliminating the risk of double counting.
FAQ
Frequently asked questions
Everything you need to know before buying carbon credits.
A carbon credit is a tradable unit representing 1 tonne of CO₂ equivalent (tCO₂e) reduced or removed from the atmosphere. It is issued by an independent standard only after a third party has validated the project and verified its results, with a serial number in a public registry. When the buyer uses it, the credit is retired and no one else can claim it.
Carbon credits finance projects that reduce or remove greenhouse gases and that might not be carried out without these resources. For companies, they are a way to support climate action beyond their own value chain, such as conservation, ecosystem restoration or reforestation, with quantified, verified and traceable results.
A carbon credit is the instrument: a unit representing 1 tCO₂e reduced or removed, registered and traded on the market. A carbon offset is one of its possible uses: the process by which an organisation buys and retires credits against its residual emissions, as part of a climate strategy that starts from reduction.
In the compliance market, companies subject to schemes such as the EU ETS operate under an emissions cap set by the authorities and must surrender an allowance for every tonne emitted. In the voluntary market, companies and organisations buy carbon credits by choice, to finance climate projects beyond regulatory obligations.
Removal credits come from projects that extract CO₂ from the atmosphere and store it in biomass, soils, sediments or materials, such as reforestation, blue carbon, carbon farming and biochar.
Reduction credits come from projects that avoid new emissions compared with the scenario without the project, such as REDD+, efficient cookstoves and renewable energy. Storage duration ranges from decades to centuries.
Verra's Verified Carbon Standard (VCS) and the Gold Standard are among the main standards of the voluntary market: both certify the climate benefits of projects through specific methodologies and independent verification. The Gold Standard additionally requires every project to demonstrate measurable contributions to the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), with particular attention to social and environmental impacts.
Supporting low-quality projects can expose a company to environmental integrity, reputational and regulatory risks. If the reductions or removals claimed are not genuinely additional, are overestimated, or carry non-permanence or double counting issues, the credits generated may not represent the climate impact claimed.
This can undermine the effectiveness of the company's climate strategy, weaken the credibility of its climate claims and expose it to greenwashing risks, stakeholder challenges and growing regulatory scrutiny. That is why certification must be paired with due diligence on the quality of the project and of the credits it generates.
A reliable carbon credit provider offers projects certified by recognised standards, such as Verra or Gold Standard, and credits traceable through a serial number in the public registry, retired in the buyer's name. It is transparent about the origin, type, vintage and price of the credits and complements certification with due diligence on additionality, permanence and the risk of double counting.
The number of credits required corresponds to the tonnes of CO₂ equivalent to be offset, calculated through the Carbon Footprint according to standards such as the GHG Protocol. Best practice is for offsetting to cover residual emissions, within a broader decarbonisation strategy.
The price of a carbon credit depends on the project type, quality, co-benefits, certification standard and country of origin. It ranges from a few euros for cookstove or renewable energy projects to hundreds of euros for biochar and CCUS. Even within the same type the range is wide. A conservation project with issues reported by local communities, such as Southern Cardamom in Cambodia, may cost less than one euro but exposes the buyer to reputational risks. A high-quality REDD+ project with certified co-benefits and a positive third-party rating, such as Selva de Urundel, can exceed 10 euros: the price premium is reinvested in communities and biodiversity.
Yes. Green Future Project helps companies build diversified portfolios consistent with their ESG strategy, combining reduction and removal credits, nature-based and community-based projects, and different geographies and price levels. Diversification spreads risk across methodologies and territories.
To buy carbon credits you can turn to developers of emission removal projects and specialised intermediaries such as Green Future Project Group, which helps companies identify and purchase carbon credits, both through projects it develops directly and through third-party credits. It is important to check the certification, the quality of the projects and the traceability of the credits, and to make the purchase part of a corporate climate strategy.
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