Carbon and Climate News, Projects and Insights
The latest from Ekos on carbon offsetting, climate action and biodiversity conservation in Aotearoa New Zealand and the Pacific. Here you’ll find updates from our native forest carbon projects, interviews with the organisations leading the way on climate positive business, practical guides to carbon credits and climate certification, and insights on the voluntary carbon market. Whether you’re measuring your footprint for the first time or already investing in nature-based solutions, this is where we share what’s working.
International Recognition of Ekos BioCredita
Ekos’s BioCredita programme has passed a world-first verification against new global integrity standards for biodiversity credits, developed with support from the UNDP - a milestone CEO Sean Weaver says will boost buyer confidence and funding for conservation.
Webinar podcast on Ekos Forever Forests Launch
Ekos launches Forever Forests, a new way to grow your own carbon forest. Listen to the webinar podcast to hear the full story behind the launch and how it supports climate action built on integrity and collaboration.
2025 Year in Review
Ekos’s Sustainability Consulting and Nature-Based Solutions teams look back on a year of launching BioCredita and Ekos Forever Forests, advancing climate risk practice, and deepening partnerships across Aotearoa’s carbon and nature sectors.
COP30 by Daniela Ramirez
Daniela Ramirez, NCC Senior Climate Advisor and Technical Advisor on the Ekos Kamahi board, reports from COP30 in Belém, Brazil.
Building a Future-Ready Business: Introducing the Climate Resilience Report
Introducing the Climate Resilience Report from Ekos: a concise tool to help organisations understand their climate risks and opportunities and inform leadership decisions and strategic planning for a low-carbon future.
Introducing Ekos Forever Forests Limited
Ekos is proud to introduce Ekos Forever Forests Limited, a new joint venture helping build high-integrity, long-term carbon removal projects in Aotearoa New Zealand.
Boots on the Ground: Experiencing the Full Circle of Carbon Projects
From footprints to forests: our team shares what it’s really like on the ground at Ekos carbon projects, experiencing the full circle of high-integrity carbon removal in action.
Gorse As a Nurse Crop for Native Regeneration
Gorse can act as a nurse crop for native regeneration under the ETS. Ekos explains how to identify and ground-truth native seedlings growing up through gorse canopy on your property.
Media Release - 12 June 2025
Sanctuary Mountain Maungatautari and Ekos have been named key participants in the government’s biodiversity credits pilot programme, marking a major step for New Zealand’s Nature Credits Market.
Nature-Based Solutions Team Insights
Meet the Ekos Nature-Based Solutions team and learn about the hands-on fieldwork behind our carbon projects, the tools they rely on, and how their work contributes to high-integrity outcomes.
Climate, Community, Biodiversity
Ekos works with organisations across three core pillars: climate, community, and biodiversity, helping them measure and reduce emissions, support community-led forest carbon projects, and protect Aotearoa’s biodiversity.
McHugh & Shaw - Our Auditors
Ekos highlights the outstanding work of McHugh & Shaw, a B Corp certified auditor that independently verifies and certifies clients’ carbon emissions to ensure credible, trustworthy climate action.
2024 Reflection
Ekos looks back on 2024: registering 316 hectares into the NZ ETS, advancing biodiversity markets and Plan Vivo investment readiness, and presenting at international forestry and carbon conferences.
Thankyou Payroll: Case Study
Thankyou Payroll shares how working with Ekos since 2017 has sharpened its carbon emissions calculations, helping it become New Zealand’s only climate positive payroll intermediary.
Hinewai Reserve - Example of Reverting Native
Hinewai Reserve is a striking example of native forest reverting naturally on former farmland in Banks Peninsula, showing what’s possible when land is left to regenerate over time.
Registering Natural Regeneration in the ETS
Learn what it takes to successfully register reverting native forest land into the ETS, with expert guidance from Ekos Carbon Forestry Consultant Narendra Chand.
Carbon Reduction Tool
Ekos’ Carbon Reduction Tool helps organisations track emissions in detail, set science-aligned reduction targets, and build actionable plans to cut their carbon footprint.
NZ Seeds’ Native Seed Drill Forest
Meridian Energy partnered with Seed NZ Natives to direct-seed 15 hectares of native forest at Ruatapu on the West Coast, achieving 6,800 healthy seedlings per hectare within six months.
Nepal’s Community-Based Forestry
Carbon Forestry Consultant Narendra Chand explores Nepal’s community-based forest management models, which have helped nearly double the country’s forest cover since 1992.