High-integrity carbon credits · Removal and avoidance
Finance the ecological transitionwhere it takes root
Arka brings high-integrity carbon projects to the companies that fund them, and advises both sides.
Our flagship partner
First programme in our curated developer portfolio. Gaiago is among the pioneers of regenerative agriculture in France, with 12+ years of expertise and one of the world's largest Gold Standard certified soil carbon credit programmes.
Gaïago
🇫🇷Pioneer of regenerative agriculture in France
France · Founded 2014
Gaïago is a French company founded in 2014, specialising in soil-fertility solutions and regenerative agriculture. Its carbon programme mobilises cohorts of French farmers around a Gold Standard SOC 402.3 methodology, with satellite monitoring via Regrow. The company supports each partner farm from initial enrolment through to annual verification.
12+
Years of expertise
428
Farms
367 281
Credits
Gold Standard
Certification
Practices on the programme farms
- 100 %Nutrigeo
- 90 %cover crops
- 50 %organic inputs
- 89 %crop residues left
Why Gaïago leads
Direct soil carbon measurement
Field sampling per FAO 2020 protocol, verified by accredited Gold Standard third party
+3 tCO₂e/ha/yr removal
Average performance measured across 5,000 ha
A viable transition for the farmer
Carbon revenues of about €100/ha/yr measured on cohort 1, covering the bulk of transition costs. Combined with higher agricultural yields, the bottom line is a net win for the farmer.
Standards and measurement
- Certification
- Gold Standard SOC 402.3
- Methodology
- Soil Organic Carbon from Biostimulants
- MRV
- FAO protocol
- dMRV
- Regrow
"Outstanding agronomic performance: over 3 tCO₂e captured per hectare per year, with proven environmental and social co-benefits. An industry-leading certification standard and a rigorous protocol combining on-site measurement with dMRV via Regrow."
- Arka editorial note
How it works
Arka connects the two sides of the carbon market.
Supply side
Project developers
Develop the project, have it certified and verified, issue the credits.
Arka brings themVisibility · Distribution · Funding
Arka
Selects the projects, presents them to buyers, structures the sale.
Demand side
Buyers
Brokers, carbon advisory firms and corporate buyers commit to a volume and fund the project.
Arka brings themMarket reading · Advisory · Portfolio
Project developers → Arka → Buyers : credits and evidence. Buyers → Arka → Project developers : funding.
428 regenerative farms
428 farms·1 developer·367,281 credits
Understand before you act
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