ERS is now Equitable Earth. Learn more.
Ecosystems sustain life on Earth, and their widespread loss poses an existential threat. Protecting the world’s 4.06 billion hectares of standing forests and restoring the more than 2 billion hectares of degraded land are defining challenges of our time. To achieve global climate and biodiversity targets, the world needs a clear pathway to scale high-integrity conservation and restoration projects. Recognising this urgent need, we have pioneered a standard designed to accelerate their growth.
Our standard outlines strict eligibility criteria, rigorous measurement protocols, and modern verification procedures to ensure projects deliver real, lasting impact. It builds trust and transparency into every stage, supporting confidence in the carbon markets and helping to unlock the investment needed to confront the twin crises threatening our planet.
By directing resources to the right places, restoration and conservation can be powerful tools to support climate stability, protect biodiversity, and strengthen livelihoods across the globe. We have pioneered a standard that accelerates a path forward for high-quality nature-based carbon projects. It sets out clear eligibility requirements, rigorous monitoring protocols, and modern verification processes to ensure projects deliver real, lasting impact. By building confidence in carbon markets, we’re helping to unlock the investment needed to scale action and tackle the twin crises of climate and biodiversity.
Equitable Earth evaluates projects across three pillars: ecological condition, carbon, and livelihoods.
This holistic set of criteria reinforces ecosystem resilience, ensures carbon durability, and secures long-term benefits for Indigenous peoples and local communities.
Our fully digital platform streamlines certification, guiding projects from feasibility to validation in just 3-12 months.
We use remote sensing and automated processes to estimate emission removals and reductions with lower monitoring costs.
Equitable Earth was built to overcome the barriers holding the carbon market back. We've reimagined certification with:
- Centralised carbon accounting
- Independent VVB contracts
- A per-hectare fee structure
