Forest Carbon Works operates a membership-based service that delivers premium, immediate payments to landowners for conservation outcomes on properties as small as forty acres. The platform uses proprietary technology (first featured in the New York Times in 2016) and a rigorous quantification methodology approved by the State of California. Payments are tied to carbon credits eligible for California’s compliance cap-and-trade program, which commands prices three to four times typical voluntary market levels; some members already receive more than $50,000 annually. The service requires no enrollment fees and issues checks to landowners upon signing up, positioning the company as a low‑risk revenue source for small forest owners. Forest Carbon Works is a public benefit corporation spun off from EP Carbon, whose technical experts have developed 36 projects protecting 13 million acres and avoiding more than 250 million tons of CO2 to date.

Total raised

$5M

Funding rounds

1

Latest round

Equity

Latest activity

Oct 2020