Imperative Receives Strong First Ex Ante Rating from BeZero Carbon for its South African Restoration Project

External ratings independently confirm the quality of Imperative’s projects

Key Facts

1) Imperative has obtained its first ex ante carbon credit rating
2) The company’s large-scale native species restoration project in South Africa has obtained an ex ante BeZero Carbon Standalone Carbon Rating of ‘aa’ and a BeZero Carbon ex ante Rating of ‘Ae’
3) These ratings, on the back of the recent sanctioning of the project, are a strong external endorsement of Imperative’s commitment to delivering on high-quality carbon projects.

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Imperative is a mission-driven, next-gen carbon project development company focused on producing ultra-high-quality carbon credits. Our mission is to design, develop, own and operate, at scale, the best carbon credit projects in the world and to optimise those projects using technology.

Imperative brings together multi-decade experience in carbon and conservation projects, carbon markets, major project execution and emerging market, cross-border structuring and finance. In order to drive the largest and best possible climate, sustainable development and biodiversity outcomes per dollar deployed, Imperative is focused on the Global South. Our project pipeline spans Africa, Asia, and Latin America, with a focus on native-species reforestation, mangrove restoration, large-scale agroforestry, and high-quality conservation projects.

Imperative firmly believes in the use of the voluntary carbon market to drive a just climate transition, with projects designed to create not only large-scale climate and biodiversity impacts, but transformative benefit sharing outcomes for local communities.