frequently asked questions

Restoration Climate is an environmental markets company built to scale. We develop and operate the infrastructure, systems, technology, and structured market access necessary to source, execute, and scale exposure to high-value environmental assets. Our position in the environmental markets allows us to support essential environmental work across the planet and the communities directly impacted, while providing corporates and governments with access to some of the highest-quality environmental projects available.

Restoration Climate partners with project developers as a trusted offtaker, supporting early-stage funding and project development. For government and corporate buyers, Restoration provides a reliable source of high-quality carbon credits tailored to diverse offsetting needs. Serving as the lynchpin in the carbon capital stack, Restoration will opportunistically bring together other investors to support further financing and project development.

Carbon credits mitigate climate change by placing a financial value on reducing or avoiding greenhouse gas emissions. Each credit represents one metric ton of CO2 or equivalent GHG emissions that have been reduced, removed, or avoided through projects such as reforestation, renewable energy, or methane capture. While other sustainable practices and innovations are slower to develop and implement, carbon projects serve as a bridge to a low-carbon economy, keeping the planet on track to meet its reduction goals while other technologies catch up. Companies and governments’ ability to purchase these credits to offset their emissions creates a market-based incentive for funding tangible, effective climate solutions that might not have otherwise attracted investment. By channelling capital into emissions-reducing activities, carbon credits help accelerate the global transition to a sustainable world that values its communities, biodiversity, and ecosystems.Answer text goes here.

Restoration employs a multi-step integrity and environmental due diligence process. First, we evaluate a project using ICO₂S, our proprietary system, which identifies projects with co-benefits beyond carbon while highlighting the strictness, integrity, and environmental guidelines of its registry and developer. Next, we conduct a thorough review of the Project Design Documents and identify any material integrity and environmental risks. In particular, we assess the specific tools used by the project to quantify its impacts. Taking into consideration the project’s claimed Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) being met, we administer a tailored integrity and environmental questionnaire to the developer. Finally, this data is compiled on both a project-by-project and annual company-wide basis for detailed record-keeping and impact reporting.Answer text goes here.

No, Restoration currently does not take an equity stake in projects. Rather, Restoration Climate invests in the carbon credits generated by these projects via an offtake agreement. A carbon offtake agreement is a contractual arrangement in which a buyer commits to purchasing a specified volume of carbon credits from a project developer, often before the credits are issued. This forward commitment provides developers with revenue certainty, making it easier to secure financing, unlock further investment opportunities, and scale their climate projects. Offtake agreements are a key tool for derisking projects and accelerating the supply of high-quality carbon credits.

No, Restoration will seek to achieve diversification across all regions, types, and project proponents with the aim to capitalize on market opportunities globally. However, special consideration will be given to projects that meet company strategies, support local communities in developing nations, deliver co-benefits beyond carbon, and align with requirements for compliance use cases.

Restoration’s executive team created several environmental markets (SO₂, NOx, weather derivatives), structured the first Kyoto Protocol deal for Assigned Amount Units (AAUs) and the first European carbon allowance transaction (EUAs), and has transacted over $1 billion in project-based carbon credits. With decades of knowledge and relationships accumulated from founding the environmental markets, Restoration’s leadership is positioned to execute.Item description