An end of year message from Diego Saez-Gil — Dear Pachama Community, As we finish 2021, I wanted to send a message to our team and our community at large to share some of our progress this year, reflections on the journey and our aspirations for the next year. The Progress in 2021 2021 was a breakout year for Pachama. We grew the…

In mid-2018, when Tomas Aftalion and I decided to make the jump and join forces to start Pachama — a startup with the mission of restoring nature to solve climate change — we weren’t sure how we were going to fund our nascent idea. We thought that investors were going…

The extensive process behind creating forest carbon credits today and how Pachama is making it more efficient. Demand for forest carbon credits is growing rapidly as organizations around the world strive to meet climate goals in alignment with the IPCC target of net zero emissions by 2050. We need more…

What you need to know about measuring and reducing emissions, setting net-zero targets, and offsetting with carbon credits According to the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, humanity must reduce net greenhouse gas emissions to zero by 2050 in order to limit climate change to 1.5 degrees of warming and prevent…

Customer Story: Glovo–How a courier service partnered with Pachama to protect old growth rainforest on their path to carbon neutrality — About Glovo Glovo is a fast-growing on-demand delivery service that connects people, businesses and couriers to help users acquire what they need and make cities more accessible.

Customer Story: Who Gives a Crap — How a forest-friendly toilet paper company launched their carbon neutral shipping initiative — Who Gives a Crap is no ordinary toilet paper company. Started in 2013 when the founders learned that over 2 billion people don’t have access to a toilet, Who Gives a Crap is on a mission to improve access to clean water and sanitation by selling forest-friendly toilet paper.

Together, the different types of forest projects balance carbon storage, ecosystem services, economic and community development — Forests — made up of trees which naturally pull carbon dioxide (CO2) out of the atmosphere and store it in their wood, leaves, and roots — present one of the most cost-effective and scalable opportunities available today to sequester carbon. …

A note from our founder — When COVID-19 started to expand rapidly around the world causing markets to crash, so many companies to lay-off employees (and of course so much human suffering), I worried about the landscape to get additional funding to continue working on our critical mission of restoring nature to solve climate change. I…

Spotlight on data from one of our partners, Planet — Forests are critical for our sustained life on Earth. They act as the lungs of our planet, providing crucial levels of oxygen and retiring carbon dioxide from the atmosphere. Maintaining and expanding our forests is key to tackling climate change. One way to fund forest projects is through carbon markets…