How it works for merchants
If you wish to offer your clients the opportunity to participate Capturing Carbon, just follow these easy steps:
1.Send us a message so we can agree on a voluntary program that works for you.
2.Select which farmer you wish to capture carbon on your behalf. The standard program will allocate the closest farmer to you.
3.You receive the GarbiGlobe logo decal with the QR code so you can display it and your clients can follow your lead, while you can monitor the progress of the farmer you selected.
4.You become a GarbiGlober, joining a positive environmental movement and your company name will appear next to the farmer you are supporting and in GarbiGlobe social media.
5.Farmers receive 80% of net proceeds, so s/he can continue sustainable farming practices and sequester more carbon for a healthier planet. The other 20% goes to the rest of contributors: lawyers, accountants, IT, banks, R&D, our team and of course, the taxman. GarbiGlobe is not a charity.
Why?
Because carbon credit exchanges were created following the "polluter pays" principle. But pays what? Polluters can easily avoid paying a fair price. Existing carbon markets apparently have an inherent conflict of interest. GarbiGlobe believes that those who suffer the negative consequences from the polluters' actions should have a say in how much they should pay.
Current carbon credit prices are trading well below the real cost of sequestering a ton of carbon, whether this is through nature based solutions, i.e. regenerative farming, or with new technologies.
GarbiGlobe wants to remedy that, empowering the general public to make a powerful
impact that will accelerate the transition towards less polluting production methods while rewarding those in the front line against climate change by increasing the price per ton of carbon.
Why Farmers
Why Businesses
Why Markets
Why Polluters
Why Customers
Why Planet Earth
What is a Carbon Credit?
To understand the carbon credit concept, it's important to remember that every green plot of land, forest or farm has
a natural capacity to absorb from the atmosphere the carbon produced by human activities.
In the case of agricultural activities, the better the agricultural practices, such as stop using chemical pesticides, chemical fertilisers, stop deep tilling, the use of mixed crops, extensive farming, efficient water management, among others, the better for the environment. Those practices allow to regenerate the nutrients of the soil (that's why its name, regenerative agriculture), increase biodiversity and increase the natural capacity to sequester more carbon (CO2). Other practices such as the use of solar panels or more fuel efficient machinery contribute to avoid emitting more carbon that otherwise will enter in the atmosphere.
This carbon, sequestered or not emitted, is then measured by certifying offices and quantified in the form of credits (1 credit = 1 ton CO2) which, once audited, become real assets that farmers can put in the market.
The existing B2B obligatory and voluntary carbon markets price those carbon credits well below the real cost of damage remediation and therefore it does not incentivise polluters to accelerate the transition towards less polluting production methods.
See for yourself: