OUR PROGRAM
The Carbon Fund is a transformative force in the Carbon Market, combining regulatory compliance, innovation, and Artificial Intelligence efficiency through its proprietary Carbon Funding Mechanism℠.
THE PLATINUM STANDARD™
“Excellence is never an accident. Like precious metals, its true value is revealed in the byproducts of its refinement.” Aristotle
The Platinum Standard™ is the premier benchmark for high-integrity carbon finance, developed exclusively by the Carbon Fund.
It establishes a new era of credibility, impact, and transparency in the carbon markets, fundamentally improving upon existing standards.
“A weak standard serves only as a shadow of real progress—true transformation demands the highest benchmark, where integrity, impact, and accountability are non-negotiable.” – Inspired by the pursuit of excellence in sustainability.
The Platinum Standard™ is purposefully designed to address the key limitations and structural weaknesses commonly found in traditional voluntary carbon market frameworks. While voluntary market programs have played an important role in the development of global carbon markets, the Platinum Standard™ differentiates itself by operating within the Compliance Carbon Market, offering a more transparent, regulated, and equitable approach to carbon finance.
Where many voluntary market frameworks focus primarily on the issuance and trading of carbon credits without mandatory compliance obligations—often resulting in opaque trading practices, high development costs, limited revenue sharing with Project Owners, and inconsistent enforcement of credit retirement—the Platinum Standard™ is structured around the core principles of:
1. Mandatory retirement of carbon credits for compliance purposes.
2. Transparent, traceable pricing and revenue flows.
3. Equitable revenue sharing directed to Project Owners and local communities.
4. Direct financial commitments to community economic upliftment.
5. Full cost absorption of project development and certification.
6. Strict governance against speculative trading.
See below for a more detailed comparison of various key aspects of the Carbon Market: