The Balance Briefing
Balance in the News
Read all about it. Here you’ll find our news, media coverage and moments where Balance appears out in the wider world. REUTERS: Can a return to their roots rescue carbon markets? By Terry Slavin Mongabay: Can a new methodology save the carbon market? by Abhishyant Kidangoor Trellis: How ‘Balance Units’ consider nature and local communities […]
Case study – KID-A + BALANCE®
Kid-A + Balance: building a better model Kid-A believes that leadership in telecommunications means more than providing expert consultancy. It means taking responsibility for its own impact, its supply chain and the role the industry can play in restoring nature. As the first company in its sector to achieve B Corp status, Kid-A has built […]
Biodiversity
Balance places a strong emphasis on enhancing and preserving biodiversity through sustainable practices. Species-rich ecosystems are more resilient because different species respond differently to environmental stressors, thereby buffering the system as a whole. The promotion of native tree species in environments that meet their climatic and abiotic requirements fosters genetic diversity, enhancing prospects for climate […]
Co-Benefits
The Balance Methodology generates a wide range of co-benefits that extend beyond environmental impacts, designed to create alternative income streams to monoculture crop plantations. These include: Permaculture: A design philosophy inspired by natural ecosystems, permaculture creates self-sufficient and sustainable landscapes, minimizing waste, optimizing resource use, and contributing to the local market with marketable products. Apiary: Cultivates bee […]
Human Rights
The Balance Methodology not only focuses on environmental sustainability but also significantly enhances human rights through various co-benefits. Agroforestry, permaculture, and apiary (beekeeping) initiatives create sustainable livelihoods, promoting food security and economic resilience for local communities. Water catchment enhancement improves water quality and availability, supporting fisheries that provide both nutrition and income. Sustainable firewood management […]
The Balance Unit
The Balance Unit is a unique metric developed to combine carbon absorption with biodiversity creation and socio-economic well-being, creating a more comprehensive and reliable measure of environmental impact and direct benefits for local people. This approach transforms the traditional carbon finance model by requiring long-term ecosystem and community benefits, ensuring that projects support principles across […]
Regenerative Agriculture & Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS)
In addition to our primary focus areas, Balance is involved in two important by-products of the Balance Methodology: promoting regenerative agriculture and carbon capture and storage (CCS). For participating project developers, this can result in a long-term economic benefit to the developer, creating a sustained relationship for decades to come, generating capital, sequestering carbon, and […]
Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs)
Balance aligns projects with the nationally determined contributions (NDCs) under the Paris Agreement. This alignment ensures that the projects contribute to national and international goals for reducing greenhouse gas emissions and promoting sustainable development. By integrating NDCs into the Balance Methodology, we support countries in meeting their climate commitments,and create a new income stream by […]
United Nations HQ New York
Balance at the UN HQ, NYC Climate Week, Sep.24 The Chant with Balance Artwork app presented by Daniel Morrell at the Headquarters of the United Nations in New York in September 2024.
Biochar – Black Gold
HOW BIOCHAR CAN DELIVER A LONG-TERM INCOME STREAM FOR BALANCE PLANTING PARTNERS The production of BIOCHAR generates “carbon credits”. We purchase the biochar credits, convert these into balance units, and sell them on for you. Your BIOCHAR you use yourself for soil enhancement or sell to farmers. What is BIOCHAR? BIOCHAR is a form of […]
Campfire presents … The Climate in Crisis
Please see a discussion on the beginnings of the carbon neutral movement. Great to have guests such as James Cameron, Craig Sams and Jessica Rasmussen involved in this discussion.
How to Fix the Climate by 2030
Global leaders recently agreed to triple renewables capacity by 2030 while doubling energy efficiency. That'll solve all our problems, they tell us. And it will ensure the world gets to the apparent Holy Grail of 'Net Zero' by 2050. But is any of what they say really achievable?
Why COP28 is likely to be controversial
World leaders just gathered at the UN in New York to discuss the climate, ahead of the main COP 28 climate conference coming up in November 2023. The president of that event is also the CEO of one of the world's largest oil and gas producers. So how, in the name of all things holy, can we possibly expect to make any progress there? This video has a couple of suggestions.
Taking the ‘fossil fuels’ out of fuel cells. Revolutionary new technology.
PFAS, or 'Forever Chemicals', are found in all sorts of everyday products, from non-stick pans to stain resistant carpets and fire fighting foams. They're also used to make separator membranes in billions of fuel cells, batteries and other devices. But scientists have discovered that PFAS chemicals can be extremely hazardous to human health, so the race is on to find alternatives. Now a Swedish start-up has perfected a commercial product that could go a long way to achieving that goal.
Toyota CEO: Water Engine
Get ready to dive into the future of Toyota as it's developing a new Water powered engine to destroy its competition. in today's video, we will explore the concept of Water Engines and its plan to dominate the entire automotive industry with its help.
Efficiency and Reduction
Efficiency and Reduction come before Balance Of course, we believe that Balance is the best way for an organisation to balance their emissions. But there’s a step before that, which is to reduce those emissions as much as possible. Having read this far, you’ll probably know this already, and the chances are that you’re already […]