The Carbon Co · New Zealand

Turn the carbon your land already holds into a verified asset.

We partner with New Zealand landowners to develop, verify and sell high-integrity nature-based carbon credits, developed under recognised methodologies and held in institutional custody with Northern Trust. You keep your land, and your title.

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Why landowners work with us

The science, the standard and the sale, handled. You keep the land.

Carbon projects are hard: measurement, methodology, verification, registration, custody and finding serious buyers. We do all of it, so your land can earn without leaving your hands.

You keep your land

We secure only the carbon right, by a registered easement, not a sale and not an ETS lock-in. Your title, your farm, your day-to-day decisions stay yours.

We do the hard part

Measurement, methodology, validation, verification, registration and sale, managed end to end with our science and verification partners.

Institutional-grade

Credits are issued under a recognised carbon standard and held in custody through Northern Trust's Carbon Ecosystem, ready for institutional buyers, settled cleanly.

A clean legal chain

One agreement gives an unbroken, lien-free chain of title from your land to the credit, the standard serious buyers and custodians require before they will transact.

How it works

From your paddock to a settled credit, in four steps.

1

Onboard

Enter your details and download your pre-filled agreements to sign. About ten minutes.

2

Verify & register

We measure the sequestration, apply the right methodology and register the project.

3

Issue & custody

Carbon credits are issued and held in Northern Trust custody.

4

Get paid

Credits are sold to institutional buyers, and you share in the proceeds.

Why the credits hold up

Integrity is the asset. Everything is built to survive scrutiny.

Buyers no longer pay for a promise. They pay for a credit that can be measured, verified, custodied and traced back to the land it came from.

Who it's for

New Zealand landowners with land that stores, or could store, carbon.

Farms, stations and blocks with regenerating native, plantable land or improved land management. It works alongside your existing operation, and it doesn't lock you into the Emissions Trading Scheme.

Questions

The things landowners ask first.

Do I lose ownership of my land?

No. You keep your title. We register an easement over the carbon right only, not the land, so your ownership, farming and decisions stay with you.

Is this the Emissions Trading Scheme?

No. Projects run under an independent carbon standard, not the NZ ETS. If part of your land is already registered in the ETS, we carve it out so nothing is counted twice.

What if my land is mortgaged?

Most farms are. We arrange your lender's consent and a priority deed so the carbon arrangement sits cleanly alongside your mortgage. This is a normal part of onboarding.

What do I need to get started?

Your record of title, your entity or ownership documents, and details of any interests over the land. The onboarding form lists everything and prepares your agreements with your details already filled in.

Who buys the credits, and how am I paid?

Institutional buyers, through Northern Trust's Carbon Ecosystem custody platform. Your share of the proceeds is set out in your commercial terms.

See what your land could do.