Legally recognizing community forest rights
Our Charter
Our Charter
Our Ethical and Environmental Charter
The Black River Charter reflects our commitment to transparency, scientific integrity, and climate justice. Each tonne of CO₂ sequestered delivers measurable environmental, social, and economic co-benefits for communities across the Congo Basin.
Download the Charter to learn more about our governance standards, certification frameworks, and alignment with the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
Community Governance & Inclusion
Black River recognizes CFCLs as the foundation of local climate governance. We commit to:
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Ensuring active participation of local populations in project design, management, and monitoring
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Respecting the FPIC process for all interventions
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Maintaining full transparency and fair benefit sharing at every level
Scientific & Environmental Integrity
Our projects are developed under the highest international standards (Verra, Article 6, MRV, SDG Impact). Each tonne of CO₂ sequestered is:
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Verified, georeferenced, and traceable
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Delivering measurable co-benefits (forest restoration, peatland protection, species preservation)
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Contributing to the climate and hydrological stability of the Congo Basin
Social & Economic Impact
Black River promotes a regenerative economy that values people and nature:
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Local job creation and traditional knowledge valorization
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Equitable access to carbon revenues
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Empowerment of women and youth
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Support for education, healthcare, and community infrastructure
Transparency, Accountability, and Traceability
We ensure:
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End-to-end traceability of carbon credits via blockchain and certified registries
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Annual reporting on verified environmental and social impacts
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Independent auditing and inclusive multi-stakeholder governance
Global Alignment
Black River operates in full alignment with:
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TheUN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs),
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Articles 6.2 and 6.4 of the Paris Agreement,
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The Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs)
Each Black River carbon credit represents more than a tonne of CO₂ sequestered: it is a commitment to climate justice, scientific integrity, and equitable benefit-sharing between people and nature.
Our Role in the Environmental Commodity Market
Black River operates at the intersection of finance, sustainability, and technology, acting as both asset manager, project structurer, and market facilitator within the global environmental commodities ecosystem, connecting:
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Developers – who create verified environmental impact
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Investors & Sovereigns – seeking measurable sustainability outcomes
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Markets & Exchanges – such as the Luxembourg Green Exchange (LGX) and voluntary carbon platforms
Through this approach, we transform environmental performance into investable, transparent, and high-integrity commodities, ensuring that every tonne, megawatt, or restored hectare generates both climate and financial value.
Together, these investments form a circular, transparent, and measurable pathway to climate resilience and community empowerment.
Financing & Market Access
We provide early-stage funding and structure multi-year offtake agreements to secure predictable revenues for project developers and communities.
Through our experienced trading and finance teams, we enable the monetization of environmental assets through bilateral and structured credit transactions, including sovereign and project-based credits, linking high-integrity projects to institutional buyers across regulated compliance and voluntary carbon markets, including CORSIA, the EU ETS, and the Luxembourg Green Exchange (LGX).
Purpose
Together with local partners, we transform nature-based and technology-based potential into verified climate assets, generating measurable social, environmental, and economic impact across the Congo Basin and beyond.
