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Market Participants

CO2 TRUST serves a diverse range of participants who want to support verified impact projects. Understanding these roles helps you navigate our platform and find the best way to engage with impact projects. Here, we detail the main types of participants: Impact Partners, Business Supporters, and Individual Supporters.

Impact Partners​

Impact Partners are verified farms, businesses, non-profits, and community organizations that are creating measurable environmental and social change. They implement proven practices like regenerative agriculture, biodiversity conservation, sustainable community development, and innovative climate solutions.

Responsibilities:​

  • Project Implementation: Impact partners implement verified methodologies and practices that create measurable outcomes
  • Impact Reporting: They provide transparent impact metrics, verified data, and project updates
  • Transparency: Impact partners share detailed information about their projects, practices, and outcomes
  • Verification: They maintain third-party verification, certifications, and SDG alignment

Types of Impact Partners:​

  • Regenerative Agriculture Farms: Restoring soil health, sequestering carbon, implementing sustainable practices
  • Biodiversity Conservation Projects: Protecting ecosystems, restoring habitats, preserving species
  • Sustainable Community Development: Supporting communities through sustainable practices
  • Innovative Climate Solutions: Implementing cutting-edge technologies and practices

Business Supporters​

Business Supporters are companies and organizations that want to align their sustainability goals with verified impact projects. They use CO2 TRUST to discover, learn about, and support projects that match their values and sustainability objectives.

How Businesses Engage:​

  • Discover Impact Projects: Browse verified impact partners by category, location, and impact type
  • Review Impact Metrics: See transparent data on environmental and social outcomes
  • Choose Projects: Select projects that align with sustainability goals and values
  • Support Directly: Provide support with full visibility into where it goes and what it achieves
  • Track Impact: Monitor verified metrics and project updates
  • Report Outcomes: Use verified impact data for sustainability reporting

Benefits for Businesses:​

  • Transparency: See exactly where support goes and what it achieves
  • Verified Impact: Third-party verified metrics for sustainability reporting
  • Alignment: Match support with specific sustainability goals and values
  • Storytelling: Real impact stories and testimonials for communication

Individual Supporters​

Individual Supporters are people who want to support verified impact projects that create real change. They use CO2 TRUST to discover projects they care about and support them directly.

How Individuals Engage:​

  • Explore Projects: Discover impact partners creating change in areas you care about
  • Learn About Impact: Read detailed project profiles, impact metrics, and stories
  • Support Projects: Choose projects that match your values and interests
  • See Results: Track verified impact metrics and project updates

Benefits for Individuals:​

  • Direct Connection: Connect directly with projects on the ground
  • Transparency: See exactly where your support goes and what it achieves
  • Measurable Impact: Track real outcomes through verified metrics
  • Real Stories: Read impact stories and testimonials from project sites

Impact Project Categories​

Impact projects on CO2 TRUST span multiple categories:

  • Sustainable Agriculture: Regenerative farming, soil health, sustainable practices
  • Carbon Reduction: Innovative solutions reducing carbon emissions
  • Waste Reduction: Circular economy and waste diversion programs
  • Biodiversity: Ecosystem protection and species conservation
  • Research: Climate science and innovation
  • Innovation: Cutting-edge environmental technologies
  • Community Development: Sustainable community initiatives
  • Water Conservation: Water protection and restoration

Verification and Transparency​

All impact partners on CO2 TRUST provide:

  • Verified Impact Metrics: Third-party verified data on outcomes
  • Methodology Documentation: Clear explanation of practices and approaches
  • SDG Alignment: Alignment with UN Sustainable Development Goals
  • Certifications: Relevant environmental and social certifications
  • Location Information: Geographic details and community context
  • Impact Stories: Real stories and testimonials from project sites

Conclusion​

Understanding the different types of market participants helps you navigate CO2 TRUST effectively. Whether you're an impact partner creating change, a business aligning sustainability goals, or an individual supporting projects you care about, CO2 TRUST provides transparent, verified access to impact projects where you can see exactly where your support goes and track the measurable impact.