by Equipe Tero | Jun 16, 2025 | Announcement, Methodology, Programs
Tero Carbon is proud to announce the publication of version 2.1 of its Certification, Methodologies, and Assets Programs, along with an updated and robust set of methodologies for the AFOLU (Agriculture, Forestry, and Other Land Use) sector. This is not just an update but a strategic milestone that raises the bar for carbon market integrity and places our partners at the forefront of the sector’s transformations.
This advancement is the direct result of a collaborative public consultation process, reinforcing our commitment to transparency and building an ecosystem of trust. The new versions are now publicly available on our website.
A Milestone for the Carbon Market: Ready for the SBCE
The main highlight of version 2.1 is its strategic alignment with Law nº 15.042/2024, which establishes the Brazilian Emissions Trading System (SBCE). Tero Carbon thus becomes the only Brazilian certifier with a framework already prepared for the requirements of the regulated market.
Isso significa que os projetos certificados sob nossas novas metodologias e programas estarão um passo à frente, com maior segurança e potencial para integrar o futuro mercado regulado de carbono no Brasil, garantindo um diferencial competitivo decisivo.
Alignment with Global Integrity Standards
In addition to our national pioneering, version 2.1 consolidates our alignment with the most demanding international benchmarks for quality and integrity, including:
- ICROA (International Carbon Reduction and Offsetting Alliance): Our principles comply with the Code of Best Practice, assuring buyers that Tero Carbon credits represent real and verified climate mitigations.
- CORSIA (Carbon Offsetting and Reduction Scheme for International Aviation): The framework was developed with an eye toward future eligibility for the global aviation market, one of the most stringent in the world.
Key Enhancements in Version 2.1
The new versions bring greater clarity, robustness, and legal and technical security to the entire carbon project lifecycle:
- Structured Governance: Dedicated documents for the Certification Program, Methodologies Program, and Assets Program, which organize the rules in a clear and auditable manner.
- High-Integrity AFOLU Methodologies: Updates to the REDD+, APD (Avoided Planned Deforestation), ARR (Afforestation, Reforestation, and Revegetation), and Carbon Stock methodologies, with enhanced mechanisms for additionality, permanence, and leakage.
- Clear Distinction of Assets: We reinforce the fundamental difference between VCUs (Verified Carbon Units), intended for offsetting, and VCSUs (Verified Carbon Stock Units), focused on recognizing environmental assets, thereby promoting transparency and preventing greenwashing.
- Built on Feedback: All improvements were built upon the valuable contributions received during the public consultation period for version 2.0.
Access the New Documents
We invite the entire carbon market community—developers, consultants, investors, companies, and academia—to explore the new era of Tero Carbon certification in detail.
The complete documents are available for viewing and download:
- Access the Tero Carbon v2.1 Programs (link).
- Access the AFOLU Methodologies:
- TERO.001 – REDD+ (link)
- TERO.002 – APD (link)
- TERO.003 – Carbon Stock in Forests (link)
- TERO.004 – Carbon Removal in Agricultural Crops (link)
- TERO.006 – ARR (link)
Tero Carbon reaffirms its commitment to fostering a carbon market that is integral, efficient, and generates real value for the climate, biodiversity, and society.
About Tero Carbon
Tero Carbon is the only Brazilian certification body included in the international mapping of Standards and listed as a registry provider in CAD Trust. It stands out for its flexible and adaptive approach to certifying environmental assets. The focus is on promoting sustainability and including projects of various scales in the global carbon market. Its technical team has over 15 years of experience in forest carbon projects in the Amazon. This expertise combines deep knowledge of regional logistics and socio-environmental aspects of traditional communities with Blockchain technology, ensuring security, reliability, and traceability in its records.
Additionally, the company is supported by renowned institutions such as the National Institute for Amazonian Research (INPA) and its business incubator (IE-INPA), linked to the Ministry of Science, Technology, and Innovation, the National Federation of Industries of the State of Amazonas (FIEAM), the Amazonas Commercial Association (ACA), and the venture builder VB92 Launch Hub. With this foundation, Tero Carbon is prepared to lead the certification of Brazilian environmental assets for the global carbon market.
by Equipe Tero | May 5, 2025 | Announcement
At Tero Carbon, we believe that collaboration and transparency are fundamental to advancing the voluntary carbon market. As a Brazilian certification body and registry for environmental assets, our mission is to facilitate access to high-integrity verified carbon units (VCUs), especially from small-scale projects, connecting them to the global market.
In this spirit, we are excited to announce the launch of the Public Consultation for our new Tero Carbon Integration API. This API has been carefully developed to enable marketplaces, tokenization platforms, and other technology partners to connect their systems directly with our registry. The goal is to simplify access to verified project and VCU data, as well as establish an efficient channel for these platforms to notify Tero Carbon about relevant operations conducted internally with the VCUs under their custody.
Why is your participation important?
The carbon market is constantly evolving, and technology plays a crucial role in this transformation. We want to ensure that our Tero Carbon Integration API not only meets current technical needs but is also robust, secure, and aligned with the expectations and operational workflows of our partners. To achieve this, your feedback is essential.
We invite developers, product managers, market analysts, marketplace operators, and everyone interested in the digital environmental asset ecosystem to review the preliminary technical documentation and share their insights, suggestions, and constructive criticism. Your vision will help us refine the API, ensuring a solution that adds real value and drives efficiency and transparency in the market.
How to Participate:
The public consultation will open on May 5, 2025, and will accept contributions for 30 days, closing on June 4, 2025.
- Review the Documentation: Access the detailed technical specification and conceptual documentation for the API at:
https://terocarbon.apidog.io
- Share Your Feedback: Fill out our online form with your responses and suggestions:
https://forms.gle/qhnVTyUPhZKGZCyu5
Questions?
If you have any questions about the public consultation or the Tero Carbon Integration API, please contact us at: consultas@terocarbon.com.
We thank you in advance for your valuable contribution. Together, we can build a more connected, transparent, and impactful carbon market.
About Tero Carbon
Tero Carbon is the only Brazilian certification body included in the international mapping of Standards and listed as a registry provider in CAD Trust. It stands out for its flexible and adaptive approach to certifying environmental assets. The focus is on promoting sustainability and including projects of various scales in the global carbon market. Its technical team has over 15 years of experience in forest carbon projects in the Amazon. This expertise combines deep knowledge of regional logistics and socio-environmental aspects of traditional communities with Blockchain technology, ensuring security, reliability, and traceability in its records.
Additionally, the company is supported by renowned institutions such as the National Institute for Amazonian Research (INPA) and its business incubator (IE-INPA), linked to the Ministry of Science, Technology, and Innovation, the National Federation of Industries of the State of Amazonas (FIEAM), the Amazonas Commercial Association (ACA), and the venture builder VB92 Launch Hub. With this foundation, Tero Carbon is prepared to lead the certification of Brazilian environmental assets for the global carbon market.
by Equipe Tero | Apr 14, 2025 | Announcement
Tero Carbon is pleased to announce the certification and successful first verification of the CM Serras da Mantiqueira project, located in Carmo de Minas (MG), in the heart of the Atlantic Forest. The project was developed by E2 Carbon Consultoria e Gestão Ltda, using the methodology TERO.004 – Carbon Stock in Agrosilvopastoral System, Version 1.0.
Este é um marco importante para o mercado voluntário de carbono no Brasil, demonstrando como projetos de pequena This represents an important milestone for the voluntary carbon market in Brazil, demonstrating how small-scale projects and Nature-Based Solutions (NBS) can generate real and measurable impacts in mitigating climate change.
✅ Verification Highlights:
- Verified Carbon Units (VCUs): 6,415 tCO₂e (Removals)
- Crop Type: Coffee
- Biome: Atlantic Forest
- Monitoring Period: 01/01/2003 to 08/20/2024
- Verification Date: 04/14/2025
- Credit Vintage: 2025
- Validation and Verification Body (VVB): Priscila Mendes Barbosa de Oliveira
The agroforestry and silvopastoral approach applied in the project showcases how sustainable farming practices can significantly contribute to carbon sequestration, while also enhancing soil resilience, biodiversity, and local socio-environmental benefits.
“This project reinforces our mission to drive Brazilian initiatives with high socio-environmental value and methodologies tailored to our local reality. We congratulate the E2 Carbon team for their technical rigor and commitment to sustainability,” says Francisco Gasparetto Higuchi, CEO of Tero Carbon.
Traceability with Full Transparency
In line with our commitment to transparency, traceability, and digital innovation, the credit issuance was registered through the Tero Carbon Environmental Assets Program, and published across the following platforms:
- 📦 Polygon Public Blockchain
Issuance Record:
View transaction on Polygonscan
- 🌐 OpenSea (Certification NFT)
Digital Verification Certificate:
View asset on OpenSea
- 🛡️ CAD Trust – Climate Action Data Trust
Integrated with the global environmental credit traceability infrastructure.
CM Serras da Mantiqueira Project
Tero Carbon remains committed to the certification of environmental assets with integrity and quality, strengthening Brazil’s role in the global climate agenda. We invite project developers, buyers, and partners to learn more about the CM Serras da Mantiqueira Project.
About Tero Carbon
Tero Carbon is the only Brazilian certification body included in the international mapping of Standards and listed as a registry provider in CAD Trust. It stands out for its flexible and adaptive approach to certifying environmental assets. The focus is on promoting sustainability and including projects of various scales in the global carbon market. Its technical team has over 15 years of experience in forest carbon projects in the Amazon. This expertise combines deep knowledge of regional logistics and socio-environmental aspects of traditional communities with Blockchain technology, ensuring security, reliability, and traceability in its records.
Additionally, the company is supported by renowned institutions such as the National Institute for Amazonian Research (INPA) and its business incubator (IE-INPA), linked to the Ministry of Science, Technology, and Innovation, the National Federation of Industries of the State of Amazonas (FIEAM), the Amazonas Commercial Association (ACA), and the venture builder VB92 Launch Hub. With this foundation, Tero Carbon is prepared to lead the certification of Brazilian environmental assets for the global carbon market.
by Equipe Tero | Apr 11, 2025 | Announcement
Tero Carbon has just published the Fee Schedule – Version 2.0 (APRIL/2025), which comes into effect starting today.
This update reflects our ongoing commitment to transparency, quality, and accessibility in the certification of environmental projects in the voluntary carbon market.
Our focus remains clear: to promote the participation of small-scale projects using locally developed methodologies, always guided by integrity, respect, and commitment to the developers, experts, and buyers building this market alongside us.
The new fee schedule is available on our website.
We are available to answer any questions and support your journey toward certification.
About Tero Carbon
Tero Carbon is the only Brazilian certification body included in the international mapping of Standards and listed as a registry provider in CAD Trust. It stands out for its flexible and adaptive approach to certifying environmental assets. The focus is on promoting sustainability and including projects of various scales in the global carbon market. Its technical team has over 15 years of experience in forest carbon projects in the Amazon. This expertise combines deep knowledge of regional logistics and socio-environmental aspects of traditional communities with Blockchain technology, ensuring security, reliability, and traceability in its records.
Additionally, the company is supported by renowned institutions such as the National Institute for Amazonian Research (INPA) and its business incubator (IE-INPA), linked to the Ministry of Science, Technology, and Innovation, the National Federation of Industries of the State of Amazonas (FIEAM), the Amazonas Commercial Association (ACA), and the venture builder VB92 Launch Hub. With this foundation, Tero Carbon is prepared to lead the certification of Brazilian environmental assets for the global carbon market.
by Equipe Tero | Apr 2, 2025 | Methodology
Tero Carbon, a Brazilian environmental asset certifier, is pleased to announce the opening of the public consultation for the update of its AFOLU Methodologies. These updates align methodologies with international best practices, ensuring greater transparency, integrity, and applicability in the voluntary carbon market.
The public consultation is open from April 2, 2025, to May 1, 2025, inviting project developers, carbon market specialists, and key stakeholders to submit feedback and suggestions.
Key Updates
Integration with Tero Carbon Programs – Methodologies are now fully aligned with Tero Carbon Programs and supporting documents.
- Enhanced risk safeguards – The tonne-per-year approach has been adopted for Avoided Planned Deforestation (APD), while the buffer reserve is now applied to Degraded Area Restoration (RAD) and ARR activities.
- Strengthened socio-environmental safeguards – Reinforcing best practices for all carbon credit-generating projects.
- Carbon Credit Generation in APP and ARL in the ARR Methodology – Based on Article 46 of Law No. 15.042/2024, Afforestation, Reforestation, and Revegetation (ARR) projects can now generate carbon credits in Permanent Preservation Areas (APP) and Legal Reserves (ARL).
- Focus on the CPR Verde market – The TERO.003 – Forest Carbon Stock v2.0 methodology has been refined to meet financial market requirements, including its use for CPR Verde issuance in Brazil.
Methodologies Available for Consultation
- TERO.001 – REDD+ v2.0 – link
- TERO.002 – APD v2.0 – link
- TERO.003 – Forest Carbon Stock v2.0 (tailored for the CPR Verde market) – link
- TERO.004 – Carbon Removal in Agricultural Crops v2.0 – link
- TERO.006 – ARR v1.0 (new methodology for Afforestation, Reforestation, and Revegetation) – link
This is a unique opportunity to contribute to the evolution of AFOLU methodologies and ensure they meet market demands. Your participation is essential to enhancing the credibility and transparency of Brazilian carbon credits.
About Tero Carbon
Tero Carbon is the only Brazilian certification body included in the international mapping of Standards and listed as a registry provider in CAD Trust. It stands out for its flexible and adaptive approach to certifying environmental assets. The focus is on promoting sustainability and including projects of various scales in the global carbon market. Its technical team has over 15 years of experience in forest carbon projects in the Amazon. This expertise combines deep knowledge of regional logistics and socio-environmental aspects of traditional communities with Blockchain technology, ensuring security, reliability, and traceability in its records.
Additionally, the company is supported by renowned institutions such as the National Institute for Amazonian Research (INPA) and its business incubator (IE-INPA), linked to the Ministry of Science, Technology, and Innovation, the National Federation of Industries of the State of Amazonas (FIEAM), the Amazonas Commercial Association (ACA), and the venture builder VB92 Launch Hub. With this foundation, Tero Carbon is prepared to lead the certification of Brazilian environmental assets for the global carbon market.
