Risk assessment

Our due diligence approach

When purchasing projects, we use a comprehensive rubric (assessment matrix) to carefully and objectively evaluate each project. This rubric includes more than four hundred data points, including financial health, operational capacity, technical feasibility, legal compliance, market risks, and strategic fit. All data points are given a separate score, which together form a total score.

Total scores and benchmarks

Based on the total score, we apply a minimum benchmark. We apply this as follows:

projects that score well above the benchmark are approved immediately;
projects that score below the benchmark are automatically rejected;
projects that score around the benchmark are subject to additional investigation, after which we make a well-founded, final decision.

In this way, we ensure that only projects with the right quality and potential are selected.

Critical data points and red flags

In addition to the overall scores, we also apply critical data points with minimum quality requirements. If a project fails to meet one of these critical points, it is immediately rejected. These ‘red flags’ ensure that important risks are identified at an early stage and that we do not purchase carbon credits from that project.

Specialized purchasing team

All projects are assessed by a specialized procurement team with diverse areas of expertise. The final approval to purchase carbon credits from a project is made jointly during team meetings, ensuring that decisions are always made carefully and by consensus. This approach combines our knowledge of various disciplines and ensures a thorough and objective assessment.

Integrated risk system and workflow

Our entire risk system is integrated into our software, enabling the entire due diligence procedure to be carried out systematically, transparently, and comprehensively. Key features:

automatic task assignment: employees with specific expertise are automatically assigned tasks within the due diligence process;
central storage: all documents and data are stored centrally, ensuring that everything is traceable;
checklists and process monitoring: from the initial assessment to final approval, no steps are ever skipped.

This system ensures that our due diligence is consistent, fully documented, and always audit-ready.

Full risk assessment

Complete assessment of risks

Our approach allows us to fully identify financial, operational, legal, technical, and strategic risks. This means that our purchasing decisions are not based on intuition, but on hard data, structured analyses, and collective expertise. This offers certainty to our customers and partners: only projects that meet our strict criteria are purchased, with complete transparency about the assessment process.

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