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Forest Carbon

67Credible Contributor· Provisional
0 followersNature-based solutions·Edinburgh, United Kingdom·Founded 2006
www.forestcarbon.co.uk/

UK's leading developer of Woodland Carbon Code and Peatland Code projects, having funded 13M+ trees planted and 2,000 hectares of peatland restored; became employee-owned in 2023.

67/100
Credible Contributor· Provisional

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Greenwashing risk: lowData confidence: medium

Why it's on ClimateTicker

Forest Carbon is the UK's longest-standing developer of Woodland Carbon Code and Peatland Code projects, with a core business built around genuine carbon removal and avoided emissions through native woodland creation and peatland restoration. Its projects operate under UK government-backed standards with mandatory third-party verification, giving them materially stronger integrity than typical voluntary carbon market offerings. The principal investor caveat is that Forest Carbon is a small employee-owned firm with limited standalone corporate ESG disclosure, no SBTi targets, and no CDP filing — so project-level credibility is strong but entity-level transparency is thin.

mitigationForest Carbon earns revenue by developing, certifying, and brokering carbon credits (Woodland Carbon Units and Peatland Carbon Units) under the Woodland Carbon Code and Peatland Code, acting as a consultant and marketplace intermediary connecting land managers seeking income with corporate buyers seeking verified UK-based carbon offsets; it also operates a 'Nature+' sponsorship product for smaller, non-certifiable sites.

Commitments & Certifications

other: Projects validated and verified under UK Government-backed standard ↗other: Projects validated and verified under UK Government / IUCN-backed standard ↗other: Winner ↗PublicBenefit: Employee Ownership Trust ↗

Controversy & Greenwashing Watch

lowSector-level carbon credit integrity concerns (not company-specific)

Broader voluntary carbon market scrutiny — particularly of REDD+ credits globally — creates reputational headwinds for all carbon credit developers, though Forest Carbon's UK government-backed WCC/Peatland Code model is structurally more robust than the tropical REDD+ credits at the centre of 2023 greenwashing investigations.source ↗

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