CarbonIQ™ / Climate mitigation platform

CarbonIQ™ / Climate mitigation platform

CarbonIQ™ / Climate mitigation platform

Maximizing carbon returns for natural climate solutions

Maximizing carbon returns for natural climate solutions

Maximizing carbon returns for natural climate solutions

CarbonIQ Earth is the first entity that treats CO₂ durability as a dynamic, investable asset class, delivering contracted durability and perpetual liability coverage for nature-based carbon storage.

Nature-based carbon / Connected pathways
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CarbonIQ EarthNatureCarbonmarketsCapital
Portfolio approachDiversified pathways
Buyer outcomeContracted durability

Why we matter

CarbonIQ Earth is the missing risk-taking layer between land stewards, offset buyers, and investors in nature-based assets.

CarbonIQ Earth’s proprietary climate mitigation platform reduces the risk between buyers and sellers by converting carbon stored in nature into industry-compliant, permanent carbon offsets.

01 / Market participants

Who We Work With
and What We Offer

Who We Work With
and What We Offer

Who We Work With
and What We Offer

CarbonIQ Earth works with three groups of clients, land stewards, carbon offset buyers, and institutional investors in NB-CCS projects.

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Nature-based projects

Land Stewards & Project Developers

Land Stewards & Project Developers

Get a better price for carbon

CarbonIQ Earth enables developers and land stewards to maximize carbon revenue, preserve sustainable land management practices, and minimize the impact of delivery and durability risks of carbon storage. These carbon revenues justify the implementation of a viable carbon management program.

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Institutional demand

Carbon Offset Buyers

Carbon Offset Buyers

Get custom contracts that match emissions goals

Institutions need carbon claims that are immunized against reversal risks. CarbonIQ’s solutions achieve contracted durability via CarbonIQ’s proprietary portfolio management and maturity transformation strategies.

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Natural capital

Investors in Natural Assets

Investors in Natural Assets

Get enhanced yields

CarbonIQ’s solutions provide investors in NB-CCS projects with reliable, risk-adjusted yields derived from optimized revenues. This is achieved via CarbonIQ’s platform that integrates multiple revenue sources and maximizes carbon-linked revenues.

02 / The intermediation layer

How We Do It

CarbonIQ Earth creates an intermediation layer for nature-based carbon markets. We sit between stewards and caretakers of nature (e.g., forest owners, local communities, project developers), and the companies and institutions that need high-quality, auditable carbon offsets.

CarbonIQ / Portfolio framework

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CarbonIQ EarthForestsWood productsAgricultureCarbonIQManaged portfolioLong-horizoncarbon claimsMEASUREMENTMeasurement · reserves · diversification

Extended MMRV

We implement industry-leading and compliant Measurement, Monitoring, Reporting, and Validation (MMRV) protocols, dynamic baselines, and stress testing. We quantify nature’s carbon with the precision institutional buyers require, and monitor carbon stock for the full life of the project.

02 / The intermediation layer

How We Do It

CarbonIQ Earth creates an intermediation layer for nature-based carbon markets. We sit between stewards and caretakers of nature (e.g., forest owners, local communities, project developers), and the companies and institutions that need high-quality, auditable carbon offsets.

CarbonIQ / Portfolio framework

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CarbonIQ EarthForestsWood productsAgricultureCarbonIQManaged portfolioLong-horizoncarbon claimsMEASUREMENTMeasurement · reserves · diversification

Extended MMRV

We implement industry-leading and compliant Measurement, Monitoring, Reporting, and Validation (MMRV) protocols, dynamic baselines, and stress testing. We quantify nature’s carbon with the precision institutional buyers require, and monitor carbon stock for the full life of the project.

02 / The intermediation layer

How We Do It

CarbonIQ Earth creates an intermediation layer for nature-based carbon markets. We sit between stewards and caretakers of nature (e.g., forest owners, local communities, project developers), and the companies and institutions that need high-quality, auditable carbon offsets.

CarbonIQ / Portfolio framework

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CarbonIQ EarthForestsWood productsAgricultureCarbonIQManaged portfolioLong-horizoncarbon claimsMEASUREMENTMeasurement · reserves · diversification

Extended MMRV

We implement industry-leading and compliant Measurement, Monitoring, Reporting, and Validation (MMRV) protocols, dynamic baselines, and stress testing. We quantify nature’s carbon with the precision institutional buyers require, and monitor carbon stock for the full life of the project.

We don’t own land. We don’t replace registries or standards. We enable an intermediation layer that increases the value of nature-based carbon offsets: landowners earn more, and buyers access nature-based pathways via permanent offsets.

03 / Perspective

Our Point of View

Our Point of View

Our Point of View

No Single Pathway Wins

No Single Pathway Wins

There is no one way to meet global warming targets by 2050. Not forests alone, not engineered removal alone. Getting there requires a mix of approaches working together. Nature-based pathways already remove CO₂ today, but they are accompanied by uncertainty in measurement, durability, and liability coverage

Engineered removal, from biochar to direct air capture, is more permanent but still early and operating at tiny volumes.

Closing the gap between now and 2050 depends less on hype and more on what can actually be measured, financed, permitted, and operated over the next decade.

Markets as an Intermediary for Risk Transfer

Markets as an Intermediary for Risk Transfer

Carbon markets are the finance mechanism that makes a diversified removal portfolio possible. Without sophisticated market infrastructure, capital cannot flow to NB-CCS projects fast enough to matter.

CarbonIQ Earth enables NB-CCS pathways to carry their share of the load, bridging the gap between today’s discounted credits and the bankable claims that corporate net-zero commitments require.

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Carbon markets only work if risks are properly managed to promote and demonstrate trust, transparency, and standardization of offset arrangements between sellers and buyers.

04 / Why we matter

Closing the
Risk Gap

Closing the
Risk Gap

Closing the
Risk Gap

Durability linked to NB-CCS projects is discounted because of risks of reversal, cancellation, and insufficient liability coverage.

We have a unique solution that immunizes offset buyers and project developers from these risks.

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For project developers

We expand access to capital and improve carbon prices.

02

For carbon buyers

Our platform provides robust carbon claims that match emissions goals for both regulatory and net-zero initiatives.

03

For investors

We offer competitive yields on a relative-value basis.

04

For the environment

We restore confidence in natural climate solutions as a viable means of immediate carbon removal.

01

For project developers

We expand access to capital and improve carbon prices.

02

For carbon buyers

Our platform provides robust carbon claims that match emissions goals for both regulatory and net-zero initiatives.

03

For investors

We offer competitive yields on a relative-value basis.

04

For the environment

We restore confidence in natural climate solutions as a viable means of immediate carbon removal.

About us

About CarbonIQ Earth

About CarbonIQ Earth

About CarbonIQ Earth

CarbonIQ Earth Inc. is founded by a team with roots in carbon markets, capital markets, and on-the-ground project development.

Sanjay Mithal

Sanjay Mithal

Founding Partner and CEO of CarbonIQ Earth

Sanjay Mithal

Sanjay Mithal

Founding Partner and CEO of CarbonIQ Earth

Thierry Bollier

Thierry Bollier

Founding Partner and CIO of CarbonIQ Earth

Thierry Bollier

Thierry Bollier

Founding Partner and CIO of CarbonIQ Earth

Thomas Rischke

Thomas Rischke

Founding Partner of Orange Ridge Capital

Thomas Rischke

Thomas Rischke

Founding Partner of Orange Ridge Capital

Sergey Malinin

Sergey Malinin

Advisor — Quantitative Development & Analytics

Sergey Malinin

Sergey Malinin

Advisor — Quantitative Development & Analytics

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Rebalancing nature’s carbon cycle.

Rebalancing nature’s carbon cycle.

Rebalancing nature’s carbon cycle.