Integrity is becoming the way forward. We walk this path with you.
The voluntary carbon market is consolidating around new expectations: verified integrity, full traceability, solid documentation. Arka helps you navigate this transition, translating a sector that's maturing fast. We start by listening to your context, then move forward together at your pace.
Where you are on the journey
Every organization comes with its own questions. Here are three situations we often meet.
You're building your first carbon contribution
CSRD is asking you to document your climate strategy, or your leadership wants a tangible commitment. It's new territory for you and your teams. We walk alongside you step by step, taking the time to explain each choice and its implications.
You're consolidating an existing practice
You've already made purchases but sense your approach could gain structure: portfolio diversification, multi-year offtake, documentation that holds up under audit. We help your practice evolve toward greater robustness.
You're integrating carbon into your sector accounting
Banks, insurers, asset managers: SBTi Financial Institutions guidelines set a specific framework. We co-build an approach suited to your financed emissions and regulatory reporting challenges.
Why integrity is becoming the way forward
The bar is rising, and that's good news
The ICVCM published the Core Carbon Principles, the VCMI shaped its Claims Code, the SBTi framed BVCM. Standards are converging toward greater integrity, more transparency, more evidence. Buyers who take this turn now are building lasting climate credibility.
A market that's clarifying
After years of fragmentation, the market is converging on a few recognised references: Gold Standard, Verra VCS, ISO 14064-2 for certification; CCP for integrity assessment; VCMI for claims. What looks complex today becomes tomorrow's common baseline.
CSRD raises the stakes
ESRS E1-7 now requires detailed documentation of carbon credit use: breakdown by type, standard, geography, permanence. Transparency is becoming a legal requirement. Being prepared makes all the difference.
A partnership, not a transaction
Carbon contribution is no longer a one-off purchase: it's a multi-year path tied to your climate strategy. Choosing guidance means continuity of advice, coherence of decisions, and strength of documentation over time.
How we move forward together
Our work starts with listening. Every climate journey is unique, every organization has its own constraints and ambitions.
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We listen to your context
Where are you in your climate journey? What are your obligations (CSRD, SBTi, voluntary)? What are your timing and budget constraints? A first 30-minute conversation to understand your situation, no commitment.
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We propose a considered selection
We present projects aligned with your criteria, each with a detailed analysis sheet: standard, methodology, co-benefits, caution points. You see each option's strengths and limits, without sales filter.
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You decide, we orchestrate
Spot purchase or multi-year offtake, your call based on your strategy. We handle contracting, credit retirement in public registries, and documentation of every transaction. Standardised contracts, serial numbers, and retirement proofs provided.
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Your reporting is ready
You leave with a complete documentation pack for your sustainability report: breakdown by standard, project type, geography, retirement proofs, VCMI claims wording for your communication. Everything is audit-ready.
What connects us to you
Independence
Arka owns no projects, holds no inventory, manages no fund. Our only interest is that your contribution is as right as it can be. Our independence is your guarantee of aligned advice.
Rigorous analysis
Every project is assessed against recognised criteria: additionality, permanence, quantification, co-benefits, governance. We share your integrity standards, and the same transparency on strengths as on limits.
Traceability
Every tonne is traced, from project to public registry, from retirement to your balance sheet. Serial numbers, retirement proofs, registry screenshots: everything is documented and shared systematically.
European anchoring
Our sourcing focuses on France and Europe, where proximity enables on-the-ground verification, regulatory coherence, and tangible co-benefits for the territories.
The reference frameworks
BVCM | Beyond Value Chain Mitigation
Science Based Targets initiative
SBTi's BVCM framework recognizes that credible climate leadership goes beyond internal reduction. It encourages companies to fund, today, climate projects outside their value chain, complementing, never replacing, their SBTi pathway.
Core Carbon Principles
Integrity Council for the Voluntary Carbon Market
The 10 ICVCM Core Carbon Principles set the minimum integrity threshold expected of a carbon credit: additionality, permanence, robust quantification, no double counting, co-benefits. We structure our selection around this framework and prioritise methodologies already CCP-approved or currently under ICVCM assessment.
Claims Code of Practice
Voluntary Carbon Markets Integrity Initiative
The VCMI Claims Code defines how to communicate credibly on the use of carbon credits. We document every contribution so you can make defensible claims (Silver, Gold, or Platinum) without greenwashing risk.
Go further
Three resources from our guide to dive deeper into the fundamentals of credible carbon contribution.
Frequently asked questions
Let's talk about your journey
A 30-minute conversation to understand your context and clarify next steps. No commitment, no pitch.