Forest insetting, measured and documented.
Syntropica designs the method and quantifies, in tCO2e and with stated uncertainty, the carbon stock of a forest area in the places where your company operates, so that your sustainability function can assess its use in your sustainability report. They are not credits or offsets.
Syntropica measures and documents; you choose the verifier.
What you receive: a reviewable report, with traceability of data, versions and steps; the carbon stock with its uncertainty and the baseline adopted; management data in the company's own books. Verification is carried out by a third-party body chosen and appointed by the company, in its own name.
The benefits
Measured data.
Baseline (the ordinary management required by regional forestry legislation), satellite monitoring and ground sample plots: every value comes with its uncertainty, the baseline adopted and the reference period. The reporting is subject to third-party verification chosen by the company.
A link with your territory.
Interventions in the places where your supply chain, your sites or your people are rooted: place-based insetting, not a generic, distant project.
Data for your reports.
Quantities in tCO2e, with structured, reviewable reports and traceability of data and calculation steps, usable as input for the main reporting frameworks: the ESRS under the CSRD, the voluntary VSME standard for SMEs and the GRI standards. Placing the figure in the inventory is for the company's sustainability managers.
Interventions on the territory.
Land planning, trail maintenance and biodiversity measures can accompany the management of the area, within the limits of the approved forest management plan.
Biodiversity of the places.
We also monitor the biodiversity of the places, and we follow a scenario heading towards the point where biodiversity measures are finally recognised.
Who does what
Insetting is the allocation of a quantity of carbon to interventions within one's own value chain, reported in the client's inventory. The quantities calculated for the project are allocated to the client; Syntropica refers them to the client only. Syntropica is responsible for the correct execution, documentary and on the works, in the terms of the contract and in compliance with the applicable regulations. Owners remain the registered holders of the parcels. Classification of the figure in the inventory (reduction, removal or other) and conformity with the framework adopted are for the client.
Each quantity is allocated by contract to a single client; Syntropica documents its traceability. For the same plot, moreover, regional legislation binds the retained biomass for 30 years. Avoiding double counting in the inventory remains the client's responsibility, under the framework it adopts.
We do not do offsetting.
The owner.
Entrusts the management of the area under a contract of defined duration and remains the registered holder of the parcels.
Syntropica.
Designs the method, measures and calculates the carbon stock with its uncertainty, prepares the technical documentation, supports the company through the insetting process and makes data and documentation available to the verifier chosen by the company. By modelling choice, it does not issue, intermediate or market credits.
The method returns the carbon stock and its changes over time, with stated uncertainty. A change in stock is a measured figure; its classification stays with the company.
Reference period of 10 years for each plot, with interventions every year on new plots; uncertainty on estimated values ±10%; safety buffer for adverse events of 25%; forest tenure bound regionally for 30 years.
The company.
Reports the quantity in its own inventory under the protocols it adopts (GHG Protocol, ESRS E1) and makes its own statements.
The third party.
A body chosen by the company verifies the reporting.
How it works
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Area.
Identifying the area, based on your territory, your objectives and the forest availability of the places. Preparing the contract file with the owners and the forestry companies of the area.
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Measurement.
Baseline and monitoring with remote sensing and ground surveys.
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Reporting.
Documented, reviewable reports, updated over time, with the management data entered in the company's books.
Use of the data in the company's communications remains the company's own responsibility; The company's statements are drafted and approved by the company.