Invest In Local
Climate Projects
With Immediate Impact.

Our project partners commit to increasing carbon storage in their forests and promoting biodiversity for a minimum of ten years. The project can be extended beyond this period. To ensure a lasting impact for a minimum of 30 years, only the additional carbon stored in wood, that is subsequently converted into timber products with a minimum shelf life of 30 years, is eligible for certification. According to calculations by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), the combination of increased carbon storage and subsequent sequestration in durable wood products means that each ton of carbon removed from the atmosphere in this way will take more than 100 years to fully decay. Additionally, the use of sustainably produced wood-based materials (e.g., in construction) significantly reduces the consumption of CO2-intensive raw materials (e.g., cement). This substitution performance is not credited to the project. Nonetheless, it represents an important climate benefit, being a valuable side effect of healthy and sustainably managed forests.

Our climate projects undergo continuous monitoring. To achieve this, we document all forest activities and regularly collect aerial photographs which are analyzed using AI. Additionally, we employ state-of-the-art measurement technology (LIDAR) to regularly track the increase in the forest's CO2 storage capacity. These measurements are checked and verified by independent auditors to ensure accuracy and credibility.

By publishing all project information, including aerial photos and measurement data, on our platform, we ensure maximum transparency for our customers. They can view project progress and success at any time. Furthermore, we actively engage rating agencies in our projects. Working collaboratively with our project partners and customers, our ultimate aim is to preserve forests and protect our climate. Precise and transparent data are indispensable for achieving this goal.

Our project partners commit to increasing carbon storage in their forests and promoting biodiversity for a minimum of ten years. The project can be extended beyond this period. To ensure a lasting impact for a minimum of 30 years, only the additional carbon stored in wood, that is subsequently converted into timber products with a minimum shelf life of 30 years, is eligible for certification. According to calculations by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), the combination of increased carbon storage and subsequent sequestration in durable wood products means that each ton of carbon removed from the atmosphere in this way will take more than 100 years to fully decay. Additionally, the use of sustainably produced wood-based materials (e.g., in construction) significantly reduces the consumption of CO2-intensive raw materials (e.g., cement). This substitution performance is not credited to the project. Nonetheless, it represents an important climate benefit, being a valuable side effect of healthy and sustainably managed forests.

Our climate projects undergo continuous monitoring. To achieve this, we document all forest activities and regularly collect aerial photographs which are analyzed using AI. Additionally, we employ state-of-the-art measurement technology (LIDAR) to regularly track the increase in the forest's CO2 storage capacity. These measurements are checked and verified by independent auditors to ensure accuracy and credibility.

By publishing all project information, including aerial photos and measurement data, on our platform, we ensure maximum transparency for our customers. They can view project progress and success at any time. Furthermore, we actively engage rating agencies in our projects. Working collaboratively with our project partners and customers, our ultimate aim is to preserve forests and protect our climate. Precise and transparent data are indispensable for achieving this goal.

The forests are located throughout Germany. If you are interested in a project in your area, please get in touch with us.

Primarily, OCELL offers Removal Credits which remove carbon from the atmosphere and store it in the forests. For this purpose, Improved Forest Management activities are implemented, extending the rotation periods in our project forests. This way, forests store more carbon over a longer period of time.

Avoidance Credits refer to emission reduction activities to prevent or reduce emissions. These are compared to the so-called baseline scenario which would most likely occur if no climate protection project were implemented. In the context of professionally managed forests, this could mean deforestation. Instead, we maintain forests and their biomass - two essential carbon sinks.

Double counting occurs when the carbon sink capacity is counted twice, once in a country's national carbon balance and again in a company's sustainability report. Since many nations deduct the carbon sink capacity of all forests within their territory from their emissions as a whole, an additional sink capacity through a carbon project cannot be claimed as compensation for a single company.

The Paris Agreement calls for "Corresponding Adjustments" to be implemented to remove these efforts for additional sink capacity from the National Inventory to avoid double counting. However, the implementation of Corresponding Adjustments is still uncertain, which has led to the concept of "Contribution Claims". This means that a company contributes to the additional carbon sink capacity to achieve national climate goals, and there are no double counting issues.

In Germany, leaving forests untouched in many areas would not result in a healthy and climate-resilient mixed forest but rather lead to unstable (beech) monocultures. Additionally, a tree stops absorbing CO2 from the atmosphere after a certain age and begins to decay. Therefore, it is better to harvest the tree in a timely manner and replant new trees.