Biosphere at
Isometric

Rigorous science, simplified

Fast, accurate certification

Isometric doesn’t make suppliers choose between rigor and speed.

Our Biosphere Protocols are developed by the largest in-house Science Team of any certifier, with automated data checks and AI-augmented verification for fast, accurate certification.

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Designed for the
real world

Living ecosystems are complex. Isometric’s protocols are built to manage that complexity, so that every certificate issued represents a tonne of carbon dioxide removed from the atmosphere and real climate impact.

What’s in the protocols

Tech-first quantification

Isometric's protocols are designed to integrate with remote sensing technologies, grounded in real-world measurements—making certification faster, more accurate, and cheaper.

Other registries still rely on field techniques that slow down issuance and drive up costs.

Dynamic baselines

Accurate carbon accounting requires baselines that adapt to changing conditions.

Isometric builds and maintains dynamic baselines in-house for every supplier, using multiple control plots for regular, reliable comparisons.

Static baseline models—the industry norm—go out of date quickly and rely on assumptions that erode accuracy over time.

Adaptive buffer Pools

Buffer pool contributions shouldn't be fixed from day one.

Isometric's dynamic approach reflects actual reversal risk. As you actively mitigate that risk, your contributions can decrease.

Most registries use a set-and-forget calculation that never changes, regardless of the realities on the ground.

Community benefits

High-quality biosphere projects are rooted in local communities.

Isometric's protocols are designed to ensure the communities at the heart of every project share in its success—through local employment, benefit-sharing arrangements, and protections that hold up over the long term.

Built for suppliers

Quantifying carbon removal from living ecosystems is complex. Certify is built to handle that complexity, so you can focus on removing carbon.

Free eligibility
assessments

Isometric provides free eligibility assessments so you can confirm protocol compliance in one week—not months—and start generating certificates fast.

Streamlined project expansion

As your project grows, adding new parcels of land is straightforward with Isometric's API—certification designed to scale with you.

Fast, accurate
certification

AI-augmented verification means Isometric can issue certificates within a month of receiving new project data—get paid faster, with full confidence.

Instantly check project suitability

Isometric's Area Suitability Check provides instant feedback on whether your project area is eligible under our Agroforestry and Reforestation Protocols.

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Nature-based service providers

Isometric's partners that provide technical consultation, Earth-observation data, and carbon quantification services to support projects issuing certificates under our Biosphere Protocols.