Carbon Financing
Structuring & securing funding for high-integrity carbon projects
The development of high-integrity carbon projects faces a fundamental challenge: access to early-stage financing. Before generating any carbon credits, project developers must commit significant upfront investments (development, certification, infrastructure), with no immediate revenue certainty.
Carbon markets still largely rely on ex-post credit purchases, which significantly limit projects’ ability to secure upfront financing. New financial solutions are emerging to address this gap and better distribute risk across stakeholders.
Source: Carbon Finance Masterclass - Crossboundary 2025
Our carbon financing services
We support project developers, industrial players and investors in structuring carbon project financing.
Augur acts as a strategic intermediary between project developers, investors and carbon credit buyers.
Carbon Business Plan
We develop robust and detailed business plans, including carbon credit generation assumptions, pricing scenarios, development costs and associated risks.
This is a critical tool to enhance project bankability and secure investor confidence.
Project Pre-certification
Augur supports the pre-certification of projects under leading carbon standards.
This step validates methodology compliance, expected credit volumes and project additionality, significantly reducing perceived risks related to future credit generation.
Partners' Structured Financing Solutions
Augur has developed sustainable partnerships with financial experts to jointly deliver tailored financing solutions adapted to high-integrity carbon projects, combining flexibility, innovation and alignment of interests.
Carbon Offtake Agreements
We structure long-term carbon credit purchase agreements to secure future demand.
Under certain conditions, these contracts may include partial or full prepayment mechanisms, providing early-stage liquidity.
Carbon Streaming
Inspired by models used in the mining and energy sectors, this innovative mechanism allows investors to finance projects in exchange for a share of future carbon credit production at a preferential price.
It is particularly well-suited for high-potential projects, limiting debt exposure while ensuring access to capital.
Complementary Financing
Through a network of banks, funds and family offices, we also mobilise traditional financing solutions:
Equity and quasi-equity
Essential to absorb early-stage risks and support long-term growth
Debt financing
Structured to reflect carbon market dynamics (delayed revenues, regulatory uncertainty, price variability), often backed by future contracts or expected credit flows
Grants
Access to non-dilutive funding (national and EU programs), helping reduce capital needs and support early-stage development
Our Partners
