The Ecosystem Restoration Standard (ERS), a carbon standard focused on nature-based solutions, announced that it has rebranded to Equitable Earth.
This update comes approximately a month after the ERS acquired the Equitable Earth forest carbon standard, focused on preventing deforestation and preserving the world’s forests in alignment with the needs and well-being of people that take care of them.
The rebranding will result in a global carbon markets standard for both forest conservation and restoration, marking the organization’s expansion into other nature-based methodologies.
By uniting forest restoration and conservation under one umbrella, Equitable Earth intends to set new standards for integrity, inclusivity, and innovation in forest carbon certification, providing support to initiatives that deliver measurable value for both people and the environment.
Equitable Earth (formerly ERS) is approved by the ICVCM as eligible under the Core Carbon Principles.
Going forward, the program plans to introduce a new methodology for forest conservation towards the end of 2025, while maintaining rigor in digital Monitoring, Reporting, and Verification (dMRV) and safeguards for environmental and social performance, with a focus on the inclusion of indigenous people and local populations.
While the name of the organization is changing, its team, governing principles, and methodological approach will remain the same as until now.
The credits certified under the ERS brand will also remain valid and will now be issued under the Equitable Earth name.
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Commenting on this next chapter, Equitable Earth CEO Thibault Sorret stated, “ERS is the brand under which we developed our program and launched our first methodology focused on restoration, and we’re immensely proud of everything it has accomplished.”
According to him, this is the right time to evolve the organization’s brand by venturing into other nature-based methodologies like conservation.
He goes on to add, “We’re honored to take on a new name that reflects the full scope of our mission and reaffirms our commitment to community-led projects, grounded in the same rigor, transparency, and care that have always defined our work.”
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