Advisory

Advice is only valuable if it can be executed. We work with companies, project developers, governments and market institutions to solve complex carbon-market challenges and turn strategic decisions into practical action.

Rene Velasquez advising a client on what to do to in the carbon markets

Advisory

Advice is only valuable if it can be executed. We work with companies, project developers, governments and market institutions to solve complex carbon-market challenges and turn strategic decisions into practical action.

Rene Velasquez advising a client on what to do to in the carbon markets

Real Impact, Measurable Changes

Real Impact, Measurable Changes

Carbon Strategy Strategy

We help clients align carbon markets with commercial, climate and investment goals, and define the path forward.

Carbon Strategy Strategy

We help clients align carbon markets with commercial, climate and investment goals, and define the path forward.

Market entry and growth

We help companies, developers and institutions assess new markets, define their position and build practical routes to participation and growth.

Market entry and growth

We help companies, developers and institutions assess new markets, define their position and build practical routes to participation and growth.

Procurement and portfolio strategy

We help buyers define quality, risk and commercial requirements, assess projects and build robust, defensible carbon-credit portfolios.

Procurement and portfolio strategy

We help buyers define quality, risk and commercial requirements, assess projects and build robust, defensible carbon-credit portfolios.

Primary markets & project strategy

We advise developers, investors and governments on project positioning, market access and structures that attract credible buyers and capital.

Primary markets & project strategy

We advise developers, investors and governments on project positioning, market access and structures that attract credible buyers and capital.

Policy & regulatory analysis

We assess how changing rules, markets and policy affect strategy, projects and transactions, and turn them into clear decisions.

Policy & regulatory analysis

We assess how changing rules, markets and policy affect strategy, projects and transactions, and turn them into clear decisions.

Transaction strategy & structuring

We help clients structure spot, forward, option and other commercial arrangements, working with Trading and Structured Finance on execution.

Transaction strategy & structuring

We help clients structure spot, forward, option and other commercial arrangements, working with Trading and Structured Finance on execution.

Carbon markets are complex, fast-moving, and consequential. Getting your strategy right — whether you're entering the market for the first time or rebuilding an existing programme — requires embedded expertise and genuine accountability.

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Rene Velasquez

Co-founder & Managing Partner

Carbon markets are complex, fast-moving, and consequential. Getting your strategy right — whether you're entering the market for the first time or rebuilding an existing programme — requires embedded expertise and genuine accountability.

Headshot of Rene Velasquez

Rene Velasquez

Co-founder & Managing Partner

Good advice starts with understanding what will work in the market, not just what looks convincing in a presentation. Our team has operated trading desks, built registry and exchange infrastructure, structured transactions and worked with participants across voluntary and compliance markets. That experience informs every mandate. We help clients understand their options, make difficult decisions and stay involved through implementation and execution.

Good advice starts with understanding what will work in the market, not just what looks convincing in a presentation. Our team has operated trading desks, built registry and exchange infrastructure, structured transactions and worked with participants across voluntary and compliance markets. That experience informs every mandate. We help clients understand their options, make difficult decisions and stay involved through implementation and execution.

Road leading to the end of a rainbow methaphorically showing that the path to net zero is the right choice

Strategy grounded in market reality

Carbon-market decisions carry commercial, regulatory and reputational consequences. We begin with the client’s actual objective — entering a market, developing a project, sourcing credits, attracting capital or executing a transaction.

We then test the available options against live market conditions: supply, demand, pricing, project quality, applicable rules and the practical constraints of execution. The result is a clear course of action, defined next steps and support through implementation.

Strategy grounded in market reality

Carbon-market decisions carry commercial, regulatory and reputational consequences. We begin with the client’s actual objective — entering a market, developing a project, sourcing credits, attracting capital or executing a transaction.

We then test the available options against live market conditions: supply, demand, pricing, project quality, applicable rules and the practical constraints of execution. The result is a clear course of action, defined next steps and support through implementation.

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Lion footprints found in Kenya symbolizing the carbon footprint we leave behind
A happy Kenyan Ranger sitting in his car with a big smile on his face.
Lion footprints found in Kenya symbolizing the carbon footprint we leave behind

Advice that leads to action

We do not hand over a presentation and disappear. Our advisors work with clients through the decisions, diligence, counterparties and commercial structures required to put a strategy into practice.

When a mandate requires market access, transaction execution or capital, we bring in Valitera’s Trading, Structured Finance and Fund Management capabilities. Clients get one coordinated team from the initial question through to the outcome.

Advice that leads to action

We do not hand over a presentation and disappear. Our advisors work with clients through the decisions, diligence, counterparties and commercial structures required to put a strategy into practice.

When a mandate requires market access, transaction execution or capital, we bring in Valitera’s Trading, Structured Finance and Fund Management capabilities. Clients get one coordinated team from the initial question through to the outcome.

Let’s chart your path to Net Zero

Whether you are defining a carbon strategy, sourcing high-quality credits, financing a project or building market infrastructure, bring us in early. We connect strategy, capital, market access and execution to help you move with confidence.

Have something specific in mind? Tell us what you’re working on.

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Julia

Chief of Staff

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Let’s chart your path to Net Zero

Whether you are defining a carbon strategy, sourcing high-quality credits, financing a project or building market infrastructure, bring us in early. We connect strategy, capital, market access and execution to help you move with confidence.

Have something specific in mind? Tell us what you’re working on.

Headshot of Julia-Caroline Rizos

Julia

Chief of Staff

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Contact us

Let’s chart your path to Net Zero

Whether you are defining a carbon strategy, sourcing high-quality credits, financing a project or building market infrastructure, bring us in early. We connect strategy, capital, market access and execution to help you move with confidence.

Have something specific in mind? Tell us what you’re working on.

Headshot of Julia-Caroline Rizos

Julia

Chief of Staff

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Contact us

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