Wilderway develops investable nature restoration projects across Europe, focusing on peatlands, forests, and diverse habitat mosaics. The company partners with landowners to implement rewilding plans and generates revenue by developing and selling certified carbon and nature credits. This approach finances ecological restoration while providing landowners with shared revenue streams based on verified climate and nature impact.
Funding
Funding not disclosed
Founders
Product
Problem
Landowners with degraded peatlands, forests, or mixed habitats often lack viable financing mechanisms to implement large‑scale rewilding, while corporate buyers struggle to access high‑integrity nature‑based climate credits that meet rigorous standards. This financing gap limits ecosystem restoration and the generation of measurable climate and biodiversity benefits.
Solution
Wilderway bridges the financing gap by co‑designing investable rewilding projects with landowners and converting the resulting ecological outcomes into certified carbon and nature credits. The company develops these credits in‑house, securing validation and verification under internationally recognized standards such as VCS, SD‑VISta, ERS, and the UK Peatland Code. Once certified, the credits are sold to a vetted network of corporate buyers, and a predefined share of the revenue is returned to the landowner, creating a sustainable income stream tied to long‑term ecosystem health. Wilderway also implements a rigorous monitoring, reporting, and verification (MRV) framework that quantifies both climate and biodiversity impacts, providing transparent data to stakeholders and ensuring credit integrity over 30‑40 year contract horizons.
Target Audience
Primary customers are European landowners with ≥100 ha of degraded peatland, forest, or mixed habitats seeking financing for restoration, and corporate sustainability teams looking to purchase high‑integrity carbon and nature credits for climate‑neutrality or biodiversity commitments.
Features
- Collaborative project development model that aligns landowner objectives with investable rewilding plans for peatlands, native forests, and habitat mosaics.
- In‑house credit creation pipeline, including baseline assessment, additionality analysis, and certification under VCS, SD‑VISta, ERS, and UK Peatland Code.
- Revenue‑sharing mechanism that allocates a negotiated percentage of credit sales back to landowners, delivering a recurring cash flow linked to ecological performance.
- End‑to‑end MRV system leveraging remote sensing, field surveys, and data‑science analytics to produce auditable climate‑impact and biodiversity metrics.
- Independent third‑party validation and verification to guarantee credit integrity and meet buyer due‑diligence requirements.
- Flexible engagement options ranging from full‑service project development to selective support of specific project phases.
- Scalable credit supply of 1,000–5,000 units per project per year, priced at €50–€100 per credit depending on volume and geography.