A market-based mechanism for delivering the UN Sustainable Development Goals
Supply: For projects seeking market-based financing for delivering any of the UN Sustainable Development Goals.
Demand: For organisations pursuing ESG, TNFD, or other sustainability reporting can buy SDUs and thereby help to cause the beneficial project deliverables.
Ekos SD Programmes
Ekos SD has a range of sub-programmes across the UN SDGs.
Water quality and water security
Biodiversity conservation
Climate Resilience
Sustainability Education
Sustainable Community Energy
Reduced Inequalities
Gender Equality
Peace, Justice and Good Governance
Good Health & Wellbeing
Zero Hunger
No Poverty, Decent Work & Fair Pay
Circular Economy
Ekos SD Programmes
Ekos SD has a range of sub-programmes across the UN SDGs.
The Ekos SD Programme supports the financing of projects delivering any of the UN Sustainable Development Goals. It does this through the issuance of Sustainable Development Units (SDUs) on the Ekos SD Registry.
SDUs are tradable units representing measured, reported, and verified delivery of outputs and/or outcomes related to sustainable development.
Organisations pursuing ESG, TNFD, or other sustainability reporting can buy SDUs and thereby help to cause the beneficial project deliverables. Philanthropists and grant funders can disburse their funds through purchasing SDUs from target projects.
Buying Biodiversity Credits
Biodiversity credits can be purchased to support Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) strategies, nature-positive commitments, or bundled with carbon credits for carbon-related claims.
Carbon and Biodiversity Bundles (NZD)
Bundle 1
$50
Includes:
Biodiversity
Credit x 2
+
Carbon
Credit x 1
$75
Bundle 2
Includes:
Biodiversity
Credit x 4
+
Carbon
Credit x 1
Each carbon and biodiversity bundle combines a certified carbon credit from an international renewable energy project with biodiversity credits from a locally verified BioCredita project.
Develop a Project
These five steps outline the process we follow to issue biodiversity credits to your project:
Step 1: Project Idea Note (PIN)
Prepare a short-form proposal using the Ekos SD PIN Template & submit to the BioCredita Programme for preliminary registration.
Step 2: Project Description (PD)
Use the Ekos SD PD Template to prepare a detailed project plan to fulfil all requirements of the Ekos SD Standard.
Step 3: Validation
Submit your PD to an approved 3rd-party validator / verifier (V&V) for validation to the Ekos SD Standard.
Step 4: Implementation & Monitoring
Use the Ekos SD Monitoring Report Template to prepare monitoring reports during the project period.
Step 5: Verification & Issuance
Submit your monitoring reports to an approved 3rd-party V&V for verification. Once verified, the project will be issued with biodiversity credits in an ongoing cycle for the duration of the project period (e.g., 30 years).
Note that biodiversity credits are only issued when the project has proven that it has secured demand for its biodiversity credits. For this reason, projects must include a biodiversity credit monetisation plan in project planning.
The Ekos BioCredita programme is not a source of money for your biodiversity conservation project (i.e., Ekos does not buy your biodiversity credits).
The source of money for your project is the potential buyers of your biodiversity credits. BioCredita is designed to help you win those buyers.
Biodiversity markets are still in their infancy. For this reason projects need to put lots of effort into finding buyers.
Ekos provides technical, management, financing & marketing / sales support for project developers.
Alignment with good practice Guidelines
The Ekos BioCredita programme aligns to the following good practice guidelines and standards:
- PAS2050 and ISO14068
- ISO 14065:2020
- ISEAL Impacts Code
- Biodiversity Credit Alliance
- International Advisory Panel on Biodiversity Credits
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