Enable climate action through reliable carbon credits, with at least 70% of revenues flowing directly back to smallholders.
Smallholder farmers are at the heart of our agroforestry initiatives. Every Acorn carbon credit purchase supports the environmental stewardship of smallholder farmers, turning their climate action into income that improves their livelihoods.
With agroforestry, farmers also have access to additional food and revenue from the trees’ produce – all the while building the resiliency of their land to the effects of climate change.
Farmers receive 70% of carbon credit revenue
Acorn carbon credits are ex-post and traceable
Certified by Verra and Plan Vivo standards
Quality data starts on the ground. Our local partners and field technicians collect data directly in the field, which is then uploaded to and quality-checked within the Acorn platform. Using satellite data and remote sensing, we monitor tree growth and carbon capture at scale.
Our partners are integral to the success of our agroforestry projects. From our local project partners to our remote sensing and certification partners, our Acorn projects are able to maintain its quality and integrity because of these strong partnerships.
Our projects are certified by globally recognized standards, like Verra and Plan Vivo, and have received endorsements from leading VCM buyers. Today, our work is supported by Rabobank, a global financial institution with a 125-year heritage supporting farmers and agricultural initiatives.
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Acorn ensures the integrity of its carbon credits through rigorous methodologies and adherence to established standards. This includes regular monitoring, verification, and reporting of carbon sequestration activities, as well as alignment with CCP's criteria for transparency and accuracy.
We believe in our mission and commit ourselves to empowering smallholder farmers and fighting climate change. That also means that we want the organizations who buy our credits to make a real effort and not just buy a few carbon credits and tick a box.
To be eligible to purchase Acorn credits organizations must meet the following criteria:
Organizations should qualify as a business user and not a consumer.
Organizations must not be active in any of the following sectors:
oil and gas;
aviation;
mining, or;
other fossil fuels industries (this does not include power generation utilities who use fossil fuels to generate electricity for consumption).
At least one of the following measures should be in place:
a committed science-based target (SBTi) aligned to limiting a global temperature increase to 1.5 degrees;
is part of the Net Zero Banking Alliance;
a written strategy in place to reduce greenhouse gas emissions (publicly available or available to Acorn); reductions should be in line with the industry target of the SBTi standard;
proven greenhouse gas reduction (publicly available or available to Acorn), in line with the industry targets of the SBTi standard.
For each carbon credit sold as part of the Acorn program, at least 70% of the revenue flows back to the farmers, 15% goes to the local partner, and the remaining 15% goes to Acorn for administration and operational costs.
