A carbon financing playbook for impact organisations

Sculpt Partners helped WE4F (Water and Energy for Food) develop a carbon financing guide-book for its cohort of innovators

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 WE4F expressed keen interest in  accessing carbon finance 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

Decarbonisation opportunities in the agricultural value chain

Lifecycle of carbon credits – from development to retirement

Best practices for carbon credit project developers