London, UK – May 28, 2025

The Social Carbon Foundation releases today Nature³,  the next chapter in high-integrity certification for nature-based solutions. This new version of the SOCIALCARBON Standard integrates offsetting, insetting and nature stewardship under one integrated system. It is designed to meet the complex needs of today’s environmental markets and to provide flexibility for projects to transition between certification frameworks and environmental assets to ensure the permanence of their impact. Now open for public consultation, it allows the global community of stakeholders interested in Nature-based Solutions to provide their input into the next version of the Standard.

The SOCIALCARBON Standard has been the global leader in holistic climate action and the delivery of sustainable livelihoods for over 20 years.

Demand for credible environmental claims continues to grow, and scrutiny intensifies across voluntary and compliance carbon markets. Nature³ therefore introduces a modular and integrated framework that unifies the certification of offsetting, insetting, and nature stewardship. This offers a comprehensive solution for project developers, supply chain actors, and environmental buyers seeking to deliver and support genuine, multidimensional impact both within and beyond their value chains.

“Nature does not operate in silos—and neither should our projects or standards,” said Mike Davies, CEO at the Social Carbon Foundation. “Nature³ reflects years of market insight and technical evolution. It offers a trusted platform for certifying not just carbon, but the social and ecological value that makes nature-based solutions truly effective.”

Key Features of Nature³:

✅ The Standard for Nature - Offsetting, Insetting and Nature Stewardship - now fully integrated into one standard. Projects no longer need to choose or fit into predefined categories. Nature³ supports all nature-based approaches under a unified system, enabling better alignment across supply chains and funding streams.

✅The most rigorous and usable framework for nature. Fully aligned with leading industry frameworks to ensure consistency, credibility and market acceptance
Nature³ incorporates the latest best practices across carbon, biodiversity and social safeguards—making it easier for projects to meet buyer expectations and policy requirements.

✅Flexible by design, permanent in impact. Its modular structure allows projects to adapt over time, transitioning between certification frameworks and environmental assets to ensure the permanence of their impact.

Public Consultation Now Open

The consultation invites input from stakeholders across the environmental markets ecosystem, including project developers, community organisations, technical experts, sustainability officers, corporates, buyers and investors. These inputs will help enhance and shape the Standard before going live.

The public consultation period runs from 30 May to 15 July 2025. Participants can download the draft Standard and submit feedback via the SOCIALCARBON Portal.

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About Social Carbon Foundation

The Social Carbon Foundation is a not-for-profit organisation committed to advancing high-integrity certification for nature-based solutions. Through its SOCIALCARBON Standard and digital infrastructure, the Foundation supports climate action, ecological resilience, and community empowerment globally.

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