Carbon and Nature Strategy for Companies

Updated 2026-11-02 · 3 min read · By the akar.earth specialist team

Carbon and nature strategy for companies in Southeast Asia: choose between credits, insetting and project investment, with claims that stand up to scrutiny.

A carbon and nature strategy tells your company which emissions to cut, which removals to invest in, which credits to buy, and which public claims you can make without greenwashing risk. We build it for companies with land, agricultural supply chains or carbon exposure in Indonesia and Southeast Asia.

Who it is for

• Agribusiness, forestry, mining and energy companies with land assets in Indonesia.
• Food, beverage and commodity companies sourcing palm oil, coffee, cocoa or rubber from the region.
• Corporate sustainability teams with net-zero, SBTi FLAG, CSRD or ISSB commitments and no in-house carbon specialist.
• Investors setting a nature or carbon allocation for land-use assets.

The problem it solves

Companies face many choices that look similar from a distance: retire credits, inset in the supply chain, finance a project, buy forward offtake, or wait for prices to settle. Each has a different risk, cost and claim. Rules also move. Indonesia re-based carbon trading on Perpres 110/2025, and voluntary claims are now judged against frameworks such as the VCMI Claims Code and the ICVCM Core Carbon Principles. A strategy turns this into a sequence of decisions your board can sign off.

What we deliver

• Exposure baseline: land-sector emissions, supply-chain hotspots and nature dependencies, using your existing inventory where it exists.
• Option analysis: credits, insetting versus credits, project investment and offtake, compared on cost, timeline, quality and claim.
• Quality criteria for any credits you buy: methodology, CCP label status, rating, permanence and community safeguards.
• Claims map: which statements each option supports, and which it does not.
• Regulatory view of Indonesian and EU rules that touch the strategy, including EUDR for regulated commodities.
• Roadmap with milestones, budget ranges you set, and decision gates.

How it works

1. Kick-off. We agree scope, decision-makers and constraints.
2. Data review. Emissions inventory, land holdings, sourcing data and existing commitments.
3. Workshops. One or two sessions with sustainability, procurement and finance to test options.
4. Analysis. We model options and check them against standards and regulation.
5. Strategy document and board summary. Written for both technical and executive readers.

What you provide

• Your current GHG inventory and targets, if any.
• Land holdings or sourcing regions, at whatever resolution you have.
• Existing commitments, policies and any credits already purchased.
• Access to the people who will own the decisions.

Typical timeline

A focused strategy typically takes six to twelve weeks. A strategy that includes site screening of company land takes longer.

Tools we use

AKAR Eligibility to screen company land for project potential, the AKAR Carbon Simulator for removal scenarios, and the AKAR Dashboard where a portfolio needs ongoing tracking.

Common mistakes we help avoid

• Buying the cheapest credits first and finding later that they do not support the claim the company wants to make.
• Setting a removal target without checking whether company or supplier land is actually eligible for a project.
• Treating EUDR and carbon as separate programmes when the same plot data could serve both.
• Ignoring Indonesian rules on carbon ownership and recording when financing projects in the country.

Next step

For background, read the climate finance overview and our guide on avoiding greenwashing. If you plan to buy credits, pair this with carbon credit due diligence. Then message us with your sector, regions and the decision you need to make.