Agroforestree connects companies with smallholder farmers for regenerative agroforestry projects, enabling transparent and traceable carbon offsetting through tree planting. The platform ensures direct socio-economic benefits for farming communities while providing companies with verifiable ESG impact data.
Funding
Funding not disclosed
Founders
Product
Problem
Traditional carbon offsetting often lacks transparency and direct socio-environmental impact, failing to adequately support smallholder farmers or provide clear traceability for planted trees. This disconnect hinders effective climate action and equitable benefit distribution.
Solution
Agroforestree connects companies with smallholder farmers practicing regenerative agroforestry, facilitating carbon offsetting through tree planting. The platform provides a transparent and traceable system for all planted trees, ensuring that companies can accurately measure and report their environmental impact. By engaging smallholder farmers, Agroforestree generates income for these communities, fostering socio-economic development alongside ecological restoration. This approach ensures that carbon sequestration efforts are directly linked to tangible benefits for both the environment and the people who cultivate the land.
Target Audience
The primary target audience includes companies seeking to offset their carbon emissions and enhance their ESG (Environmental, Social, and Governance) performance, as well as smallholder farmers engaged in regenerative agroforestry practices.
Features
- Platform for connecting companies with smallholder farmers practicing regenerative agroforestry.
- Facilitates carbon offsetting through tree planting initiatives.
- Provides end-to-end traceability for all planted trees, including species, location, and planting date.
- Generates income for smallholder farmers by compensating them for agroforestry services.
- Offers a CO2 calculator to estimate carbon footprint and required tree planting for compensation.
- Provides a "Selo Agroforestree" (Agroforestree Seal) for companies to showcase their commitment to carbon offsetting and positive socio-environmental impact.
- Utilizes geotechnology and big data for planning and implementing customized agroforestry projects.
- Measures key socio-environmental indicators to enhance ESG reporting and impact.
- Supports food security through the cultivation of regenerative food products.
- Employs a methodology estimating 0.165 tCO2eq sequestered per tree over 20 years, based on scientific studies.