Terrasos

Does the core business genuinely avoid or reduce emissions, or build climate resilience? Share of revenue that is actually 'green'. Fossil-dependent models score low.

Terrasos has placed over 2,500 hectares of Habitat Banks under 30-year active management across four Colombian departments and developed environmental offsets covering 30,000+ hectares, delivering measurable biodiversity protection in one of the world's most biodiverse countries; however, the primary impact is biodiversity preservation and resilience rather than direct GHG mitigation, and additionality verification against a counterfactual remains an inherent challenge of offset-based models.

Credible, science-based targets (SBTi), a real net-zero plan with progress to date, and CDP disclosure — not just a dated press release.

No evidence of SBTi-validated targets, CDP disclosure, or a formal net-zero plan was found; the company has articulated portfolio goals (5,000 ha in Habitat Banks, $50M private-sector leverage) but these are business growth targets, not science-based emissions reduction commitments, and no independent progress reporting against those goals is publicly available.

Operational footprint, labour and social practices, and governance quality across the company's own operations and supply chain.

Terrasos holds B Corp certification, integrates local communities into its conservation financing model, and frames its work around economic-social-environmental balance in rural Colombia; labour, governance, and supply-chain disclosures are not independently published in a structured ESG report, limiting external verification of social and governance practices.

Quality of disclosure, independent third-party verification, and how much hard data backs the company's claims.

Terrasos publishes project-level information and claims 100% traceability and verifiability for its voluntary credits, and its mandatory-offset work operates under Colombia's regulatory framework; however, the voluntary credit protocol is proprietary and self-developed, no annual sustainability or impact report with audited metrics was located, and independent third-party verification of credit integrity beyond regulatory compliance is not publicly documented.

Controversies, litigation, pollution, fossil-fuel lobbying, conflict-zone involvement and governance scandals. Higher means cleaner.

No material controversies, litigation, fossil-fuel lobbying, governance scandals, or conflict-zone involvement were found; Terrasos is backed by credible institutions including IDB Lab and the UK government's Partnership for Forests programme, and its CEO is a Yale-trained conservation professional with a decade-long track record in Colombia.