There’s been a lot of chatter in the media about the carbon industry recently, so we thought it was a great time to remind you why CFF exists and how we support landholders to maintain control of their own projects.
What makes us different?
- We’re a not-for-profit organisation and a registered charity.
- We operate on a fee-for-service basis, so clients have the freedom to pick from our menu of services that are best suited to their project requirements, budget and expertise.
- Our clients get to keep 100% of the credits their project receives. They’re the project owner and always have full project control.
- We don’t lock clients into contracts, you can exit at any time.
- We don’t have shareholders. We’re philanthropically funded with no vested interests from large emitters.
Our origin story
When we started out back in 2020, we realised that smaller landholders could get left behind in the complex world of carbon farming. We wanted to make it easier for farming businesses and landowners to tap into the opportunity.
Our mission was to identify key barriers to participation in carbon farming so we could understand how to support landholders in overcoming them. We co-designed solutions to these barriers with our clients so that our services fulfil landowner needs while being flexible enough to allow for individual preferences.
We understand that entering the carbon market can be daunting. There’s a lot of complex information to digest, and a lot of organisations ready to sell you a solution. That’s why transparent education has always been a cornerstone of our approach.
We believe informed landowners are empowered landowners. Through webinars, guides and blogs, we equip participants with the knowledge to navigate the carbon opportunity confidently, while understanding the associated risks.
CFF has deliberately stayed away from brokering carbon credits. We don’t take a cut of the credits, so we don’t stand to benefit from these transactions. This allows us to act as an impartial advisor to clients during the carbon credit sales process. Whilst we like to ensure our clients know the pathways their credits may take (hold, retire or sell), ultimately, this is up to them. Our view is that if it’s your project, they’re your credits.
Market integrity is key
We operate all our projects under the umbrella of the ACCU Scheme, and welcome scrutiny and continuous improvement of the organisations that regulate and engage with it. ACCU integrity is critical as it gives surety to buyers and sellers and ensures effective carbon sequestration – which ultimately encourages greater participation.
We provide feedback to consultations on behalf of our landholders to make sure their voice is heard. Our consultation responses are published so that our position is open for all to see.
We have developed processes that meet the compliance requirements of the ACCU Scheme legislation and methodologies whilst ensuring these are as user-friendly as possible for our clients. We have robust processes and continue to improve these constantly.
We believe in carbon markets as a key mechanism for carbon sequestration across the land sector. We want to see landholders incentivised to take the critical steps to a safe climate future for us all. We believe our business model supports this but, as always, we encourage feedback on our approach from landowners – after all, that’s who we set out to represent.
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