The Nectar Exchange
Bringing communities & data together for sustainable development
The Nectar Exchange innovates, promotes, and demonstrates economic incentives to leverage sustainability through joint partnership initiatives with community partners. We help communities target green investment by utilizing data science to make large problems more solvable
Additionality of Environmental Credits
Curious about how environmental credit markets work? The key concept is additionality, or the extent human investment improves the quality of natural capital relative to a no investment case. This report contrasts how additionality is defined across Voluntary Carbon Markets and regulated markets under the Clean Water Act and Endangered Species Act in the United States. The report highlights how these markets may be integrated to increase the size of protected areas and decrease risks during investment.