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We are growing. 🌳 Do you have the accounting skills to be a leader on our finance team? Are you interested in working collaboratively and cross-functionally to support an impact driven organization? Are you looking to put your accounting skills to use in helping enable a fair and equitable transition to a net-zero future. 👋 If so, our team could use an accounting manager just like you. 🫵 Apply today.👇 https://lnkd.in/gM7U-Myw Catona Climate is an Equal Opportunity employer. The Company maintains policies and practices that are designed to prevent discrimination or harassment against any qualified applicant or employee to the extent prohibited by federal, state and local laws and regulations. By way of example, discrimination on the basis of race (actual or perceived), ethnicity, color, religion, ancestry, national origin, citizenship, sex, age, marital status, sexual orientation, physical or mental disability, medical condition, genetic information, military or veteran status, gender identity, gender expression, or any other characteristic protected by applicable law is prohibited. If you are an individual with a disability and require a reasonable accommodation to complete any part of the application process, or need an alternative method for applying, you may contact Jobs@Catona.com for assistance. Catona Climate participates in E-Verify and will provide the federal government with your I-9 Form information to confirm that you are authorized to work in the U.S.

To understand what’s happening on the ground, we often look to space. 🛰 🌐 That’s because geospatial data is a critical component of our project monitoring. And it’s why our own Jasmine Hansen, PhD will be spending the week at ESRI 2024 – the world’s largest GIS conference – discovering the newest geospatial technologies and tools. https://lnkd.in/g7fErB5 🤝 The conference is an important summit for the brightest minds in GIS to connect and collaborate around new ways to leverage this vital technology. And Jasmine will be on hand to find new ways to incorporate even more of these ideas into our already robust project monitoring strategy. 🌱 It’s part of what gives us confidence we’re providing clients with the highest-quality carbon credits, with wide-ranging benefits in addition to CO2 removal and reduction. 👇 Learn more: https://lnkd.in/gX-xX6BW ☕ If you’re in San Diego for the conference, connect with Jasmine over coffee and some truly fascinating conversation around the latest in satellite project monitoring. Or simply, contact us: 👋 https://lnkd.in/ghib2GCq

How do we check that our projects deliver real impact? We go and see for ourselves. 🌍 🔎 We conduct regular on-the-ground site visits to projects in our investment portfolio as part of our commitment to monitoring and engagement. They’re a crucial way to evaluate project management and implementation — and monitor climate, environmental and community impact. 🌱 Plus, as Catona’s VP Monitoring & Engagement Tracy Bain writes in our third and final installment on our monitoring strategy, project visits allow us to strengthen relationships and forge deeper connections with key stakeholders — developers, local implementation partners, suppliers, and local community members — giving us insights no Zoom call could ever capture. ♥️ 👇 Learn more: https://lnkd.in/dqJEY4c2

A great carbon project must measurably remove or avoid GHG emissions — but we also need to influence the driving factors behind climate change: ecosystem health and resilience, and people’s ability to live and thrive sustainably off the land. That's why we work hand-in-hand with partners to design and implement projects that holistically integrate climate, environmental, and community benefits. 🌍 🌱 💚 In the second installment on our project monitoring strategy, Catona’s Director of Monitoring & Engagement Megan Bomba explains how we collaborate closely with our partners — project developers, on-the-ground implementing organizations, and the communities and participants directly involved in and impacted by the project — to gather all the data required to measure and demonstrate impact across all three of these core pillars. 👇 Learn more: https://lnkd.in/g7DaYAd9

Didn’t get to catch our own Robert Lee at S&P Global’s Carbon Management Americas Conference? We got you covered. Here are all the highlights from the “Assessing removals vs. avoidance carbon credits” panel: ⚠️ Credit quality and ‘charismatic marketability’ are not always aligned. • Some projects may legitimately deliver highly marketable co-benefits – biodiversity, ecological, social impact – yet suffer from dubious carbon claims…and vice versa. • Every claim – be it carbon, SDG or co-benefit – needs to be assessed for the credibility of that claim. 📝 Do your homework, ignore the noise.🔈 • Buyers should scrutinize and consider the merits of every project on their own. • While the media takes swipes at the industry, there are highly transformative projects delivering real impact in need of support now. • These climate critical projects won’t survive without carbon finance. 🤝 Embrace the “Yes, and” approach to climate action. • It’s now clear we’ll need every tool in the toolbox – all solutions need support. • Drop the zero-sum game mentality: solutions don’t need to compete against each other, they should complement each other. • Concrete, credible action is what matters most . 🫡 Decide & Commit… but also… Learn & Evolve. 🌱 • Companies need to make a plan, have a clear explanation of why they are choosing a path, and start taking action immediately. • Acting now will help them iterate, improve and strengthen their climate programs as they progress. ⏱️ The best time to start is now. • Companies making bold moves toward climate action will be able to take advantage of favorable market conditions, and buy-in to the best projects with the best pricing. • Those who wait, will perpetually lag behind. Want to learn more on this topic from Rob or the experts on the Catona Climate team? Let's connect.

🔊 ICYMI: Experts across the industry descended upon Denver last week for S&P Global’s Carbon Management Americas Conference. What was the buzz? Here are 5 key takeaways from our own Destin Whitehurst and Lulu LaViolette: 🧾 Buyers’ Preferences Are evolving… For the Better… • “Buyers want a story” – carbon is a non-standardized product, the specifics around the unique impacts of a given project matter. • Buyers that have the resources and expertise are striking now to establish a foundation for future growth, knowing they’ll be strategically well-positioned versus those who are on the sidelines. • AI and geospatial developments around live monitoring and measuring of carbon are bolstering buyer confidence. 💵 Financing: All Eyes on Offtake • Forward offtake contracts are vital to unlocking finance, which will help enable the market to scale and enhance the liquidity of credits. 👥 New Entrants Are Getting in Early • We’re witnessing an influx of new players, in particular subsidiaries of large organizations. • These groups are interested in getting a foothold in the market and are willing to collaborate / co-invest to do so. 🤝 Project Best Practices • It’s critical to empower local leaders and communities to co-design and co-implement the project so that it best suits their needs; this builds support for the project across the landscape and bolsters the likelihood of project success. • There must be constant contact and on-the-ground presence to best collaborate with project stakeholders; this allows project teams to better identify opportunities, anticipate challenges, and adjust to real-world dynamics. 📉 Reaching Net Zero • It always starts with tackling emissions, funding low carbon and renewable energy infrastructure, and in some cases, point of source capture at manufacturing facilities… but investing in carbon removal through participation in the VCM is essential to a good decarbonization strategy.

📣 Reminder: if you’re going to Denver for S&P Global’s Carbon Management Americas Conference, don’t miss this panel on Thursday at 12:15pm. 🚨 “Assessing removals versus avoidance carbon credits'' will feature Catona’s Chief Carbon Officer Robert Lee and other eminent carbon experts discussing pros and cons of both approaches — removing carbon emissions or avoiding them in the first place — and what role each has to play in the larger battle against climate change. 🌱 Whether or not you can make the panel, Rob and other Catona team members who'll be on hand are ready to meet with you and discuss your organization’s climate goals — simply get in touch and we’ll set that up. ☕ https://lnkd.in/ghib2GCq #carbonmarkets #climatesolutions

🏔 Headed to the S&P carbon conference next week? So are we! Let’s meet up. ☕ If you’ll be in Denver June 25-27 for the S&P Global’s Carbon Management Americas Conference, we’d love to chat about the role carbon markets can play in the transition to a sustainable economy. 🌱 Keep an eye out for these Catona Climate team members — or better, yet reach out now: Robert Lee, Chief Carbon Officer Dan Shurey, Senior VP, Carbon Business Development We’re eager to meet and discuss your company’s projects and climate goals. Interested? Let us know. https://lnkd.in/ghib2GCq #carbonmarkets #climatesolutions

🤔 Remove carbon from the atmosphere? Avoid putting it there in the first place? Both. 🤝 Don’t miss “Assessing removals versus avoidance carbon credits,” a panel featuring Catona’s Chief Carbon Officer Robert Lee — part of S&P Global’s Carbon Management Americas Conference kicking off next week in Denver. The panel will tackle many salient issues through the ‘removals vs. avoidance’ lens — assessing and comparing credit quality, policy support, measurability of impact, and more. 🗓️ If you’ll be in Denver, add it to your calendar: Thursday, June 27th at 12:15pm. And if you’d like to meet with Rob or other members of the Catona team to chat about your organization’s projects and climate ambitions, don’t hesitate to contact us and we’ll be happy to set something up. https://lnkd.in/ghib2GCq 🏔 Hope to see you in Denver! #carbonmarkets #climatesolutions