Reach your climate targets by acquiring verified carbon credits

The term Nature-based Solution (NBS) is used to characterise an active and ambitious participation in the fight against climate change, by doing more than conserving biodiversity. The sustainable maintenance of forests to sequester carbon is a NBS.

Project funding is made possible through the renewal of forest stands in poor condition, which, due to decline, have led to or will lead to sanitary cuts, replanting after a fire, etc., or through the afforestation of lands where establishing a mixed forest can substantially increase carbon sequestration while enhancing biodiversity.
To select the right carbon project for you, EcoTree rigorously prioritises projects that:
- Promote diverse enrichment (at least three different species).
- Include commitments to biodiversity (e.g., conserving part of the plot in its natural state or creating old-growth islands; opening or restoring a wetland area; installing beehives and planting nectar-producing trees).
- Emphasise natural regeneration.
- Involve owners committed to mixed continuous cover forestry (ProSilva, AFI members, or those with a management plan oriented in this direction).
- Have actions managed by known and trusted experts or partner managers.
Our projects are designed for long-term sustainability and do not seek short-term profitability, ensuring that your investment is secure and aligned with your environmental goals. Management through continuous cover forestry (SMCC) is necessary for BV carbon credits. Read our white paper on how to select high-quality carbon credits.

In contrast to a regulated market, the voluntary carbon market (VCM) allows companies, private investors or NGOs to voluntarily buy carbon credits to reduce their emissions and, thus, include them in their climate action plan.

While carbon offsetting mechanisms do not necessarily involve reducing CO₂ levels in the atmosphere, sequestration projects contribute by capturing and storing carbon sustainably. Read our white paper that answers the 10 most important questions to ask when committing to a carbon contribution strategy.

Verified by Bureau Veritas, our methodology takes into account the four principles of additionality, permanence, measurability and uniqueness defined by the Voluntary Carbon Market (VCM) and is based on a 100-year forestry management plan. Our carbon methodology is public and accessible directly on our website.

Trees capture CO₂ from the air through their leaves during the process of photosynthesis. They isolate the carbon molecules, release oxygen and sequester the carbon permanently in their trunks, branches and roots.
Carbon thus represents just under a quarter of a tree's total weight, bearing in mind that around half its density is water.

The carbon credits we issue are from forestry projects meeting the criteria of uniqueness, additionality, permanence and measurability. They are the result of mixed-species forestry with a continuous forest cover, which avoids clear-cutting. All our forests are located in Europe, enabling you to capture part of your emissions as locally as possible. Download our white paper "How to choose high quality carbon credits" to learn more.

A carbon sink is an ecosystem that captures CO₂ and sequesters it over time, absorbing more than it releases, much like the human body that inhales oxygen from the air and retains more than it releases, using it to grow and develop.

Here's everything you need to know about carbon credits.