BEF Carbon Credit Portfolio

Supporting Alaskan Tribal Nations through carbon credit revenue

From beaches to high elevation terrain, the Kootznoowoo Native Community Forestry Project protects 19,856 acres across Prince of Wales Island, Alaska, including 8,000 acres of rare, old-growth forest.

The native Haida and Tlingit people own this project and manage it in partnership with the U.S. Forest Service. Revenue from credit sales support the native population of about 500 people living in the village of Andoon through job and scholarship opportunities.

Many types of wildlife and plantlife live in the protected project area, including Sitka black-tailed deer, black bear, mountain goat, moose, beaver, weasel, land otter, red fox, and more than twelve fish-bearing streams that are home to several species of salmon as well as steelhead trout.

Registry ID: ACR499     Vintage: 2022

Removal Credits Supporting the Northern Cheyenne Tribe in Montana

This Improved Forest Management project covers 106,706 acres of commercial working forest on the Northern Cheyenne Indian reservation in Eastern Montana.

The Reservation’s forestland is predominantly stocked with ponderosa pine, a native species adapted to the region’s dry conditions. The project is a critical source of timber-replacing revenue, which allows the Tribe to preserve large amounts of its mature timber and also wait for wildfire impacted areas to recover. The tribe is committing to maintaining and increasing carbon stocks while sustainably managing for wildlife and wildfire management.

In addition to supporting a sustainable economy, a more diverse forest better serves the Tribe’s way of life, which values wildlife, fisheries, recreation, aesthetics, and cultural uses of the forest.

ACR745, Vintage 2023

Perpetual protection of sustainable working forests in valuable hardwoods forests of Minnesota

Using Smart Forestry practices, the Blandin Forestry project helps mitigate climate change and maintains the diversity of natural forest communities by reducing harvest impacts. These Improved Forest Management (IFM) practices promote ecologically sustainable production in a manner that is compatible with managing water quality and natural habitats for fish, wildlife and plantlife to ensure the vitality of the forests.

Registry ID: ACR212     Vintage: 2019-2020

Removal Credits from Improved Forest Management & Conservation

Having earned the Forest Stewardship Council Forest Management certification by the Rainforest Alliance’s SmartWood program, this project demonstrates high quality sustainable management that maintains and enhances local biodiversity.

Project activities include the delineation of White-tailed Deer management areas strategically connected by riparian corridors, the development of eight marten habitats averaging 1,250 acres, providing stable acreage of grouse and woodcock habitat by mimicking natural cycles, creating habitat for a robust bear population with improved summer and fall food sources where reasonable, and protecting mature northern hardwoods for animals that prefer older conifer stands, including black-throated blue warbler and snowshoe hare.

ACR422, Vintage 2023

Embracing the beauty of the Pacific Northwest while capturing carbon, protecting watersheds and threatened species

Nestled in the conifer forests of SW Washington, this 13,393 acre project brings together a diverse group of stakeholders committed to maintaining forest CO2 stocks through sustainable management. This commitment ensures the project will provide significant climate benefits through carbon sequestration.

Additionally, the project also improves the health of the forest, increases fire and climate resilience, provides opportunities for jobs and economic growth, and preserves exceptional wildlife habitat.

Project ID: ACR616     Vintage: 2021

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Preserving the vast Eastern Oregon grasslands

BNW Ranch is an Avoided Grassland Conversion project covering an estimated 4,098 acres owned by The Nature Conservancy. Identified as a priority for conservation because of its habitat value and threat of conversion to crop production, a variety of plant, aquatic, and wildlife species (including elk, mule deer, pronghorn sheep, and sharp-tailed grouse) depend on these intact grassland habitats.

Protecting rangeland and prairie ecosystems allows for native vegetation and nutrient rich soils to filter contaminants, reduce topsoil erosion and improve freshwater resources. Avoiding conversion to cropland also reduces nitrogen and phosphorus fertilizer use that often leads to excess nutrient runoff and downstream eutrophication.

CAR1284, Vintage 2024

Bringing economic development to a poverty-stricken region

The construction and ongoing operations of this large-scale wind power plant created more than 200 jobs, which helps spur economic development and alleviate poverty in Ningxia, one of the poorest regions in China. The construction of a road for the project also benefits the local community by allowing farmers to transport goods more easily from the rural, mountainous area into the city.

Registry ID: VCS1867     Vintage: 2021

Helping Argentina reach its wind energy potential

Despite Argentina’s great wind potential, wind power generation projects so far represent only a small share of the country’s electricity portfolio, making the 99MW Manantiales Behr wind farm an important renewable and clean alternative for electricity generation and a valuable contribution to the diversification of the Argentine energy matrix.

The project reduces GHG and local air pollutants (SO2, NOx and PM) emissions, stimulates the local economy by providing job opportunities, and improves the local infrastructure via new roads and electricity lines.

Registry ID: VCS1820     Vintage: 2021

Accelerate the adoption of electric vehicles through this award-winning project

Transportation has been highly resistant to decarbonization but represents the single largest source of US GHG emissions. EV Charging credits empower companies to accelarate the pace of EV adoption market-wide by providing long term capital that ensure charging networks continue to grow regardless of whether state or federal incentives exist. The project developer estimates that the purchase of 33 tons of credits provides the capital to install one complete charging system, in addition to other benefits including; Reduced fossil fuel consumption and emissions, and enhanced smart-grid integration.

Credits from this project are generated in several US states and Canadian provinces. For specific project location details or to place an order, contact our Environmental Partnerships team. 

VCS2073, Vintage 2021-2022

Taking out the greenhouse gas trash with landfill combustion

Methane has more than 80 times the climate warming impacts over carbon dioxide. By collecting and combusting methane, the Rio Grande Valley landfill gas project reduces greenhouse gases and improves local air quality.

This project meets the criteria for the Core Carbon Principles and has been approved by the Integrity Council for the Voluntary Carbon Market.

Registry ID: CAR512     Vintage: 2023

Taking out the greenhouse gas trash with landfill combustion

Methane has more than 80 times the climate warming impacts over carbon dioxide. By collecting and combusting methane, this Oklahoma landfill gas project reduces greenhouse gases and improves local air quality.

This project meets the criteria for the Core Carbon Principles and has been approved by the Integrity Council for the Voluntary Carbon Market.

Registry ID: CAR515     Vintage: 2023

Taking out the greenhouse gas trash with landfill combustion

Methane is a greenhouse gas that is 25 to 86 times more potent than carbon dioxide and is also considered a short-lived climate pollutant. The collection and combustion of landfill gas improves local air quality and is an effective method for decreasing the GHG emissions from landfills that would have otherwise been vented to the atmosphere.

This project meets the criteria for the Core Carbon Principles and has been approved by the Integrity Council for the Voluntary Carbon Market.

Registry ID: VCS4138     Vintage: 2022-2023

Building a more sustainable future through the circular economy approach to the lifecycle management of refrigerant gases

Refrigerants have transformed our society by providing ways to store and preserve food, medicine and other vital products. However, HFCs (hydrofluorocarbons) are some of the most potent greenhouse gases on the planet – hundreds of times more powerful than carbon dioxide. The recovery and reuse of these HFC’s reduces the production of and release of virgin refrigerant gases into the atmosphere. And, the greenhouse gas reductions are permanent.

Registry ID: ACR869     Vintage: 2022

Critical Restoration for People and Nature

This fund will be strategically leveraged to catalyze funding for Tribes and underserved communities to reduce flood risk and bring back salmon in the Pacific Northwest. As climate change accelerates, it leaves these communities more vulnerable to flooding which also destroys wildlife and plantlife habitats, and precious salmon breeding grounds. Restoration of these areas will benefit both people and nature.

Building community energy, affordability, resilience, and energy sovereignty on Indigenous lands

Support Tribal renewable energy project development and construction through your stacked carbon offset purchase. Tribal renewable energy programs advance energy sovereignty, strengthen community resilience and internal capacity, and reduce energy costs for Tribal Nations. Many projects also incorporate hands-on workforce development and local STEM education opportunities.

Providing funding for tree planting partners up and down the West Coast

BEF has many partners along the West Coast of the USA planting trees for habitat restoration, fire resilience and recovery.  Especially, as wildfire events are likely to increase in pace and intensity, there is a growing and pressing need to support recovery efforts. You can get involved by leveraging your carbon offset purchase to support work such as the planting of trees and shrubs that will rebuild and replenish wildfire-affected and other landscapes and communities that need support.

Save the orcas we all love

The Southern Resident orcas living along the West Coast are down to just 74 individuals. Restoring streams that feed into the Pacific, planting trees that benefit regional habitat, and engaging the next generation of orca caretakers will help these pods have the food and clean water they need to thrive.