For interested buyers
Eligibility
We believe in our mission and commit ourselves to empowering smallholder farmers and fighting climate change. That also means that we want the organizations who buy our credits to make a real effort, and not just buy a few carbon credits and tick a box. At least one of the following measures should be in place to be eligible to purchase Acorn CRUs:
A committed science-based target (SBTi) aligned to limiting a global temperature increase to 1.5 degrees;
A written strategy in place to reduce your greenhouse gas emissions (publicly available or available to Rabobank);
Proven greenhouse gas reduction (publicly available or available to Rabobank).
Rabobank/Acorn reserves the right to refrain from or discontinue contracting with individual organizations that do not (continue to) meet sustainability requirements.
Furthermore, all buyers need to comply with the Rabobank Sustainability Statement. For organizations without a current relationship with Rabobank, a customer due diligence check, in accordance with Rabobank’s due diligence standards will be part of any purchase process.
CRU details
We believe in our mission and commit ourselves to empowering smallholder farmers and fighting climate change. That also means that we want the organizations who buy our credits to make a real effort, and not just buy a few carbon credits and tick a box. At least one of the following measures should be in place to be eligible to purchase Acorn CRUs:
A committed science-based target (SBTi) aligned to limiting a global temperature increase to 1.5 degrees;
A written strategy in place to reduce your greenhouse gas emissions (publicly available or available to Rabobank);
Proven greenhouse gas reduction (publicly available or available to Rabobank).
Rabobank/Acorn reserves the right to refrain from or discontinue contracting with individual organizations that do not (continue to) meet sustainability requirements.
Furthermore, all buyers need to comply with the Rabobank Sustainability Statement. For organizations without a current relationship with Rabobank, a customer due diligence check, in accordance with Rabobank’s due diligence standards will be part of any purchase process.