No Turning Back

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We at Rubicon Carbon are redesigning how we communicate with our newsletters. Today, you’re receiving our monthly newsletter, "No Turning Back,” which focuses on new developments at Rubicon Carbon. Soon, you’ll see our Weekly Carbon Market Round-Up. Take a look.

Recent Highlights at Rubicon Carbon

Two New Features to Support VCM 2.0

Reaching a new, high-integrity “Voluntary Carbon Market 2.0” means quickly adopting new technologies and best practices to solve the imperfections of the past. At Rubicon Carbon, we are combining the best science as well as tools from finance to accelerate this evolution through innovation, confidence, and scale.

To that end, we recently announced two new features we’re excited to tell you about.

Feature #1: Carbon Removal Rubicon Carbon Tonne (RCT)?

First, we announced a new Carbon Removal ?RCT?. Our new RCT uses the same active management and risk-adjustment features as our Nature-Based and Industrial Emissions Reductions RCTs while offering credits from high-integrity carbon removal projects.?

Featuring initial project types that include blue carbon, biochar, afforestation, reforestation, and revegetation, as well as enhanced rock weathering and bioenergy with carbon capture and storage, our new carbon removal RCT is the ideal means by which to diversify your portfolio and ensure your environmental impact.

Feature #2: Build Your Own Rubicon Carbon Tonne?

Until now, our clients have had the option to choose between our curated portfolios of carbon credits. Now, we’re launching the ability for clients to build their own portfolios from our vast selection of on-hand credits sourced from diverse projects.

Every business is different, and many seek to tell unique stories about how they achieve their sustainability goals. With the ability to curate their own portfolios, our clients can now select the project types, geographies, and technologies that help them meet their objectives. ?To find out more, be sure to ask your Rubicon Carbon Account Executive.

What’s in and What’s Out VCM 2.0

So, what exactly do we mean when we talk about VCM 2.0?

At Rubicon Carbon, we see a series of shifts in the Voluntary Carbon Market that will bring about an era of increased transparency, integrity, and accountability. In a recent blog post, Dr. Brian Clough walks us through the changes that will lead us to VCM 2.0. Read the article here.

Rubicon Carbon and Chooose Announce Partnership

We’re excited to announce that Rubicon Carbon and Chooose have formed a partnership to offer high-integrity carbon credits to the travel industry. The collaboration will leverage CHOOOSE's specialization in the aviation sector and its tailored software platform alongside Rubicon Carbon's provision of specially curated portfolios of carbon removal credits. Collectively, this partnership will provide clients with a broad spectrum of alternatives for addressing their carbon footprints.

Tom's Thoughts

Our CEO, Tom Montag, recently shared his thoughts on the state of the VCM through a LinkedIn post. In it, Tom talks about the steps Rubicon Carbon is taking to improve the Voluntary Carbon Market, including using dynamic baselines to measure the environmental impact of forest carbon projects and through risk-adjusted and actively managed portfolios. Read and respond to the post here.