Biodiversity
Stewardship
Credits (IBSC)
Commodities Funding Conservation
Enabling companies to achieve verified conservation impact linked to their supply chain footprint.
High Quality Conservation Projects
Projects are located in threatened High Value Conservation Forests safeguarding endangered species and critical habitats.
Community Benefits
Local communities benefit through conservation-linked employment and diversified income opportunities that strengthen long-term economic resilience.
InvestConservation Biodiversity Stewardship Credits (IBSC)
link commodity production to conservation.
1 IBSC = 1 hectare of HCV tropical forest
Each hectare used for agricultural commodity production is matched with one hectare of protected HCV forest, turning supply chains into a direct funding mechanism for high-impact conservation.
Funding protects critical landscapes with endangered species, supports local communities, and enables companies to achieve verified conservation impact linked to their supply chain footprint. Fully managed, from project selection to reporting.
Stewardship builds on the core principle of preserving the resource that facilitates value creation.
Making commodities a funding source for conservation
1 IBSC = 1 hectare of HCV tropical forest conserved for 25 years.
The IBSC is a verifiable, tradeable credit funding long-term conservation of High Conservation Value (HCV) tropical forests by linking commodity land footprints to equivalent protected forest areas—turning supply chains into a direct funding mechanism for conservation.
Based on stewardship of natural capital underpinning long-term value creation, it shifts companies from compliance-driven sustainability to value-based governance, while landowners and communities are financially rewarded for protecting forests, generating local conservation employment.
High Quality Conservation Projects You can stand proudly behind
IBSCs fund fully managed conservation projects in
High Conservation Value forests.
IBSCs enable buyers access to high-quality conservation without requiring in-house expertise.
Actively managed conservation reserves the most effective strategy to protect biodiversity.
Smart technologies, including satellite monitoring, camera traps, and AI-analysed soundscapes, provide independent, non-intrusive verification alongside in-situ park guard observations.
Annual project reports summarise activities, conservation progress, sightings of threatened species, and overall reserve intactness.
Embed conservation in your
commodity supply chain
Stewardship with Social benefits
Cost & Resource effective
Full project management — ready-to-deploy portfolio, established NGO relationships, and standardized reporting. More transparent and resource-efficient than insourcing conservation projects.
Support local communities
Central to the approach is working with local communities who otherwise may drive encroachment and deforestation. They participate in and directly benefit from employment opportunities, conservation activities scientific research, and strengthened forest rights.
