Below, please find brief descriptions of carbon projects that adhere to internationally recognised Standards.
These projects are "additional". This means the projects could not have been realized without the pay back via the revenue generated through the sale of carbon credits. Each project entails a series of valuable socio-economic benefits that go beyond greenhouse gas emission reductions. This can range from increasing living standards, allowing access to education, creating jobs, improving health conditions or infrastructure and further more.
We will be happy to assist you in selecting projects eligible to your business.
For further information please contact claudia.rosmanith@eecaustria.at
Voluntary carbon credits from selected projects can be directly purchased via our smart carbon footprint calculator and carbon offset webshop.
GOLD STANDARD
Ibanda Makera Projekt
Improving the cooking infrastructure: In most rural communities, it is the women's and girls' responsibility to take care of family meals. Collecting firewood is part of this task. If they can't find nearby and safely accessible natural resources, women and girls will walk long distances to find sufficient firewood to cook for their families. By reducing the time needed to collect firewood, children can dedicate more time to learn for school and women to produce woven handicraft. These productes are then sold at local markets and generate income for their family.
Ibanda Makera natural forests: Overall, more than 110,000 indigenous trees species, like the Acasia sieberiana, the Dracaena afromontana or the Markhamia lutea, have been planted by LIKANO and its local partner REDO to extend the forest area and create new wildlife habitat. Several awareness and trainings programs allow to further consolidate the afforestation activities.
The School: The Ibanda Primary school welcomes over 1,200 pupils from the age of 6 to 13. Many schools in Rwanda have no or only few funds for new equipment. The new chairtable-combination sponsored by Likano and manufactured by local carpenters enables the teaching of more students at the same time, enhancing the comfort for the children and the teachers. A new playground will also allow the children to play volleyball and basketball.
GOLD STANDARD
Siam Solar
The Siam Solar Energy 1 Project bundles 10 solar photovoltaic (PV) power plants across Kanchanaburi and Suphanburi Provinces in central Thailand. The solar PV systems are a cutting-edge, environmentally-sound technology with a capacity of approximately 10 MW per plant and deliver generated electricity to the grid.
GOLD STANDARD
Rwanda Cookstoves
By distributing innovative cookstove technology to communities in Rwanda, this project benefits the environment by significantly reducing fuel consumption. Health conditions inside homes are improved due to the presence of less indoor smoke, and families can spend less time collecting wood fuel and more time with their families.
GOLD STANDARD
Safe Community Water Supply Rwanda
Lack of safe water, along with poor sanitation and hygiene, is among the greatest causes of poverty in Africa. Without access to clean drinking water, breaking the poverty cycle is incredibly difficult. The Rwanda Borehole Project both provides local communities with clean water and reduces CO2 emissions.
VCS, CCB Standard
Isangi Forest Conservation, Dem. Rep. of Congo
At the confluence of the Congo and Lomami Rivers towards the north of the Democratic Republic of Congo, the Isangi project protects over 187,000 hectares of one of Earth’s most biodiverse rainforests from deforestation. As carbon sinks, forests play an important role in climate change mitigation, deforestation, however, releases the carbon stored and damages ecosystem biodiversity. The project helps to alleviate local poverty by promoting sustainable economic opportunities and developing educational initiatives to bring a brighter future to remote communities.
VCS
Forest Restoration with Teak, Mexico
The project converts land cleared for agriculture and livestock back into forest, improving biodiversity and increasing carbon sequestration, which helps to mitigate global warming. Local development is boosted by the creation of a sustainable supply chain of teak with local employees provided with job security and skills in forest management.
GOLD STANDARD
Wind Farm in New Caledonia
Small island nations like New Caledonia are often described as ‘the canary in the coal mine’ of climate change, with many already experiencing the impact of rising tides and damaging storms. These wind farms use world class technology to provide New Caledonia with sustainable energy to combat climate change whilst also addressing various social issues.
GOLD STANDARD
Wind Farms in Taiwan
Wind parks with total installed capacity of 92.4 MW are contributing to the further development of renewable energy generation in Taiwan, a country that still depends on fossil fuels for the large part. In addition to their positive impact on the global climate, the project generates jobs and is engaged in bene
VCS, CCB Standard
Kariba avoided Deforestation in Zimbabwe
This forest conservation project is aimed at providing sustainable livelihood opportunities for poor communities in Northern Zimbabwe, a region now suffering heavily from deforestation, poverty, and drought.
GOLD STANDARD
Landfill Gas Capture in China
This project captures the methane emissions from a landfill and uses it for clean power generation, improves the lives of locals and contributes to sustainable development in China.
VCS
Gunung Salak Geothermal Energy in Indonesia
This project upgrades the capacity of an existing geothermal plant, significantly increasing its efficiency. The power plant – the first of its kind in Indonesia – now generates even more clean, renewable energy, while improving the livelihoods of surrounding local communities.
VCS, CCB Standard
Cerrado Savannah Regeneration, Brazil
By introducing hardy tree species, a sustainable forest is created on previously degraded farmland in the region of Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil. This encourages renewed vitality to an area of the Cerrado Savannah that is internationally recognised as a biodiversity hotspot, home many endangered and threatened species including the puma, ocelot and anteater.
VCS
Kornburi Waste Water Treatment, Thailand
The Kornburi Wastewater Treatment Project is located at a tapioca starch processing plant in Kornburi District in Northern Thailand. Biogas from wastewater is captured and burned to generate electricity and heat that powers the factory, preventing approximately 39,000 tonnes of greenhouse gases each year.
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