Quality First in Carbon Removal
We deliver real, honest and transparent projects.
We’re the only developer working to unlock quality at massive scale. Our nature-based solutions start with good project design, for the benefit of all: communities, ecosystems and the environment.
41 Projects
6.1 Million Hectares Protected
395.6 MMT CO2e Emissions Reduced
Trusted Partners
We bring sixteen years of operational excellence to project development.
Our Solutions, Grounded in Experience
AFFORESTATION, REFORESTATION & REVEGETATION
Drawn Carbon ARR Foundations
Powered by our online digital platform, the Drawn Carbon ARR Foundations Project (VCS 5500) is designed to accelerate access to the carbon market and to promote quality carbon removal. Once registered on the platform, vegetative enhancement and planting activities are automatically added to the project registered with Verra, enabling speed and scalability. The project employs VM0047, a methodology endorsed by the ICVCM and eligible for the CCP label.
AVOIDED DEFORESTATION
Drawn Carbon REDD+ Foundations
The Drawn Carbon REDD+ Foundations Project (VCS 5501) employs a modern crediting methodology to enhance environmental integrity, VM0048. Approved by Verra and endorsed by the ICVCM, credits are eligible for CCP labeling. Participant producers simply register on the Drawn Carbon platform where activities are automatically added to the project. EP Carbon handles the analysis of baseline activity data, documentation, validation and verification services.
BESPOKE PROJECT SOLUTIONS
Services for ARR and REDD+
We have a long history of supporting nature-based carbon projects: feasibility assessment, project design, planning, implementation, documentation and audit support. For new engagements, we typically work in three phases: Initial Scope, followed by a Work Plan and then Continued Services. While the Initial Scope involves an opportunity and gap analysis, the Work Plan phase is focused on closing gaps. Continued Services represents the final push to validation or verification.
Quality Starts with Good Design
“Having founded Chestnut Carbon on the principle of good project design, I bring the same fundamental approach to all that we do at EP Carbon. It’s what buyers demand, and stakeholders deserve.” -Dr. Kyle Holland
Our founder leads the charge on quality in nature-based solutions. He crafted the largest afforestation project in the United States, commanding a twenty-five-year purchase by Microsoft.
Good Design Begets Success
“Successful projects understand exactly what they are doing, and why they are doing it. But most importantly, they are grounded in a clear purpose and have a deep understanding of potential risks to proactively address root causes.” -Bianca Moreno, Technical Manager
We promote the use of theory-of-change models to perfect our understanding of how projects expect to deliver outcomes while also illuminating potential pitfalls in execution. Then, we ascribe measurement indicators to these models and continuously track data to confirm performance and flag emergent risk, before it’s too late.
Project success and quality are one in the same. We prove quality through the production of indicator-based evidence, measuring the effects of execution in good project design as encoded by the theory-of-change model.
Honesty in Carbon Claims
We prove realistic carbon effects, measured against conservative baselines.
Effective Stakeholder Engagement
We prove stakeholder engagement, measured by recording stakeholder interactions.
Assurances of Durability
We prove carbon permanence by tracking and measuring long-term activity outputs.
Conclusive Additionality
We prove activities are designed to alleviate barriers and we prove the occurrence of these activities with indicator data.
Transparency and Disclosure
We deliver transparency in action by making indicator data and information available to the public.
Delivery of Benefits
We prove the delivery of benefits to people and place by measuring benefit production and changes in indicator status over time.