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A carbon financing playbook for impact organisations

Equipping impact organisations access Voluntary Carbon Markets (VCM)

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Sculpt Partners helped WE4F (Water and Energy for Food) develop a carbon financing guide-book for its cohort of innovators
A carbon financing playbook for impact organisations
Challenge
  • WE4F challenge - a joint international initiative of the European Union (EU) and the development agencies of Germany, Netherlands, Norway, Sweden and United States
  • Provides financial support, technical assistance, and investment facilitation to stimulate innovations in energy and water efficiency in the agricultural sector
  • Innovators supported by various WE4F regional hubs expressed keen interest in accessing carbon finance opportunities to secure additional funding and reduce cost of services to farmers
  • However, limited awareness within the hub and across
    innovators to navigate the Voluntary Carbon Markets
Our Approach
Compiled a comprehensive guidebook to help innovators keen to explore Voluntary Carbon Markets (VCM) highlighting:
  • Relevance of carbon financing for WE4F innovators
  • Decarbonisation opportunities in the water-energy-food nexus
  • Key steps for project developers to register and sell carbon credits
  • Best practices for project developers while navigating the carbon credit life-cycle
Impact
A step-by-step play-book for agriculture and farming sector players to secure carbon financing
Illustrative Deliverables
Decarbonisation opportunities in the agricultural value chain
Lifecycle of carbon credits – from development to retirement
Best practices for carbon credit project developers
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