For buyers

Forest carbon projects in Europe

10 developers, active in 11 EU countries, 1 of them with units issued in a public registry. Every entry has at least one piece of evidence that does not come from the developer. Most recent check 2026-10-14.

What it is

New forest is planted on land that was not forest, forest is re-established after it was lost, or existing forest is managed so that it stores more carbon over time.

For buyers, in short

CRCF unit	Carbon farming sequestration
CRCF methodology	Adopted Afforestation: Delegated Regulation C(2026)4666, adopted 10 Jul 2026. Scrutiny by Parliament and Council, then Official Journal, then in force 20 days later. In development Improved forest management: Not in the first package, in progress 2026.
Certified CRCF units today	None. No certification scheme has been recognised yet, so no project can carry a CRCF unit today.
SBTi net-zero	Removals are the only credit type the SBTi Corporate Net-Zero Standard V2.0 accepts for neutralising residual emissions (criterion C46).
CSRD reporting	Under ESRS E1-7 (Delegated Regulation (EU) 2023/2772), removals and credits are disclosed separately. Gross Scope 1 to 3 stays unadjusted, credits are not netted against it. A simplified version of the ESRS is in progress.
Price range	€20 to €70 per tonne for forest credits (Label Bas-Carbone, France only). The report notes that these prices follow the cost of the practices rather than international market prices. Source: I4CE, Six years of carbon certification in France: an assessment of the Label Bas-Carbone, June 2025. Indicative, not an offer. Prices depend on contract length, volume, delivery date, whether units are already issued or sold ahead, the registry and scarcity. No CRCF unit has been issued yet, so no CRCF price exists.

The developers

Developer	Country	Activity	Status	Registry	Evidence
Ecobase	DK / EE / FI / LT / LV / SE	Afforestation and forest management	Registry-verified	Verra VCS 3677, 5315	Source
Arbonics	EE / SE / FI / LV / LT	Afforestation and forest management	Developer-stated	Verra VCS (VM0047)	Open, see profile
CarbonStack	DE	Afforestation and reforestation	Developer-stated	eva Wald-Klimastandard (ARR01)	Source
Carborea	IT	Afforestation and reforestation	Developer-stated	ISO 14064-2	Source
EcoTree	FR	Afforestation and reforestation	Developer-stated	Label Bas Carbone (Boisement, Reboisement)	Source
OCELL	DE	Improved forest management	Developer-stated	eva Wald-Klimastandard (IFM03)	Source
Oldershausen HOFOS	DE	Afforestation and reforestation	Developer-stated	eva Wald-Klimastandard (ARR01)	Source
Pina Earth	DE / AT / IT / CZ	Improved forest management	Developer-stated	eva Wald-Klimastandard (IFM02), own registry	Source
Reforest'Action	FR	Afforestation and reforestation	Developer-stated	Afforestation	Source
Waldkonzepte	DE	Afforestation and reforestation	Developer-stated	eva Wald-Klimastandard (ARR01)	Source

Status is our own three-step scale, not EU terminology. Developer-stated means the developer says it; Registry-verified means we found issued units in a public registry. How this list is compiled

Before you buy

Does the project build stock or protect it? Planting and growing forest produces removals. Avoided deforestation and avoided harvest are outside the CRCF. Some developers sell both, so check which part you are buying.
Is the methodology in force? Afforestation was adopted in July 2026 but is not yet in force. Improved forest management is still in development.
Are the units issued after growth has been measured or in advance? The CRCF issues units only after a certification audit has confirmed the result.

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