Explore our approach

At Carbon Floor, we don’t offer generic advice. We build a strategy that earns its budget.

Our approach is designed for decision-makers, including but not limited to founders, CFOs, and sustainability leads who recognize that climate ambition without structure is a liability, and structure without financial coherence is ineffective.

We work with clients who:

• Treat carbon as a lever in business and finance, not a checkbox.
• Require verifiable assumptions, traceable metrics, and audit‑ready models.
• See credits as assets to be structured, not line items to be purchased.
• Expect products, projects, and portfolios to meet investment-grade criteria from the outset.

WHAT WE DO

1) Buyer Strategy & Portfolio Design

Credits that fit your targets, balance sheet, and brand.

• Role of credits vs. abatement (policy, SBTi, claims)
• Portfolio design: type, geography, methodology, vintage, tenure
• Pricing curves, budget envelopes, and procurement ladders
• Spot vs. forward purchases; pre‑pay vs. pay‑on‑issuance
• Registry, retirement, and claims governance

Output: Credit Policy, Portfolio Model, Procurement Plan, Claims Playbook

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2) Quality & Risk: Due Diligence

Our Integrity Screen (seven tests) to keep you out of trouble.

• Additionality | Permanence | Leakage | Baseline & quantification
• Over‑crediting | Double counting / Article 6 CA | Social & biodiversity safeguards
• Delivery risk, counterparty risk, political/regulatory risk, currency risk

Output: Quality Diligence Memo, Red/Amber/Green Scores, Risk Controls & Covenants

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3) ERPA & Transactions

Contract terms built to protect value.

• Term sheets: price (fixed/floor/collar), volume flex, make‑good, buffer pools
• Delivery mechanics, verification milestones, issuance triggers
• Pre‑finance structures, payment schedules, step‑in rights
• Change‑in‑law and Article 6 alignment

Output: ERPA Checklist, Negotiation Support, Modelled Term Scenarios

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4) Developer & Project‑Side Advisory

Make the project bankable.

• Methodology fit, baseline setting, leakage mitigation
• MRV design (digital/IoT optional), auditor readiness
• Offtake strategy and price discovery
• Capital stack: equity, debt, concessional, results‑based finance

Output: Finance‑grade Model (IRR/NPV), Data Room Pack, Offtake Strategy, Investor Materials