Anew Climate and Aurora Sustainable Lands have begun issuing carbon credits under a next-generation forest carbon accounting framework, marking one of the first uses of the American Carbon Registry’s Improved Forest Management (IFM) 2.1 methodology.
The collaboration delivers credits generated from three Aurora-owned properties located across the southeastern United States—Big Poplar, Little Bear and Cumberland Gap.
The issuance is among the earliest to be verified under IFM 2.1, a protocol recently recognized by the Integrity Council for the Voluntary Carbon Market as meeting its Core Carbon Principles (CCPs).
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Anew Climate, which positions itself as the largest generator of certified, verified carbon removals, is tapping its proprietary Epoch Evaluation Platform to support monitoring and quantification.
The platform uses dynamic, continuously updated measurements incorporating high-resolution remote sensing, satellite carbon tracking, machine learning and ground observations, departing from traditional static baselines and aiming to boost accuracy and transparency in verified climate impact.
“This issuance represents a breakthrough in the evolution of high-integrity forest carbon,” Josh Strauss, president of environmental products at Anew Climate, said in a comment to the announcement made earlier this week.
According to Strauss, the combination of American Carbon Registry’s methodology, Aurora’s land management approach, and Anew’s Epoch framework is helping elevate standards for credibility, transparency, and scalability in forest carbon projects.
Aurora Sustainable Lands, one of the largest private forestland holders in the United States, manages about 1.65 million acres.
Its strategy is to transform previously industrial timberlands into sustained carbon storage and biodiversity assets, seeking both ecological improvements and financial returns.
“This achievement demonstrates how climate-smart forestry practices and science-based land management can work together to generate demonstrable results for investors, ecosystems, and the climate,” said Jamie G. Houston IV, CEO of Aurora Sustainable Lands.
The issuance highlights how emerging technology and improved forestry methodologies are reshaping voluntary carbon markets by delivering verified climate impact at scale and setting higher standards for future forest carbon projects.
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