What is Pelorus Foundation?
Our mission is to champion innovation and act as a catalyst, empowering individuals and local communities to preserve and protect the world’s wildlife and wild places for future generations.
“A meaningful way to address travel emissions responsibly”
The Climate Investment Fund is a bespoke portfolio comprised of some of the world’s leading carbon removal solutions: technology driven blue carbon, forestation, enhanced rock weathering and soil carbon sequestration. Working with nomadic herders in Mongolia, subsistence farmers in Indonesia and Timor-Leste, coastal communities in Iceland and the US, as well as British farmers, the fund supports those on the front line of the climate crisis, whilst investing in pioneering carbon removal markets.
By their nature, all carbon credit projects have strengths and weaknesses, which is why the Climate Investment Fund invests in both nature and hybrid technology projects. The portfolio approach enables a strong and adaptable approach to climate action, as well as encouraging the transition to more permanent carbon storage at a price that’s affordable. Guided by The Oxford Offsetting Principles, we are working to turn the tide on traditional offsets. The terms “carbon offset” and “carbon removal” are often confused. But carbon offsets don’t traditionally remove carbon dioxide from the atmosphere, rather they focus on avoiding emissions elsewhere, for example by preventing deforestation. That’s the crux of why our Climate Investment Fund is different. By investing in the minority of carbon credits that actually remove carbon dioxide from the atmosphere, we are driving the development of pioneering methods needed to reverse climate change. Of equal importance are nature-based solutions, specifically those which offer socioeconomic development for local populations. This is why we’ve chosen to support several Plan Vivo Standard certified projects which place the local population at the heart of restoration projects.
By capitalising on the power of nature, empowering the communities on the front line, and investing in novel technology urgently needed to reverse climate change, Pelorus Foundation are on a mission to turn travel into a truly powerful driver of positive action.
The portfolio projects, located all over the world, combine nature and technology-based solutions to remove carbon from the atmosphere.
“The immense restorative power of nature itself is one of the most cost-effective ways to tackle climate change, yet there is also an urgent need to invest in novel technology pioneering new methods needed to reverse climate change. Our new Climate Investment Portfolio enables both. Through the Fund we are able to powerfully promote some of the world’s leading carbon removal projects to individuals with the capacity to make significant change to the future of our planet. And whilst we recognise that our Climate Investment Fund will not end climate change, it is a measure we take to reduce our impact on the environment, and ensure travel is a force of good.”
