As we reflect on 2024, it’s clear that meaningful progress in the fight against climate change begins with innovation, collaboration, and action. At ALLCOT IO, our transformative “Ground to Ledger” approach has been at the heart of everything we do—bridging on-ground environmental efforts to deliver actionable, transparent, and auditable results.
From global stages like COP29 in Baku and Climate Week NYC to groundbreaking partnerships, innovative tech solutions, and impactful real-world projects, this year has solidified our role as leaders in digital sustainability.
Here’s how we’re turning data into action and driving climate impact at scale:
A year of global action: Events that mattered
This year, we proudly participated in COP29, the world’s leading climate summit, and Climate Week NYC, where global leaders gathered to discuss the future of sustainability.
At COP29 in Baku, ALLCOT IO took center stage as a thought leader in climate innovation. Our Co-Founder and CEO, Raphaël De Ry, delivered impactful sessions, showcasing the role of digital tools and blockchain technology in enhancing transparency and scalability in carbon markets.
Key Highlights at COP29:
- Digital Carbon Finance Trends: In the Digital Innovation Pavilion, Raphaël explored how dMRV (Digital Monitoring, Reporting, Verification) and blockchain are accelerating the carbon project lifecycle—delivering faster approvals, greater traceability, and real-time decision-making.
- Hedera Regenerative Finance Forum: Alongside global leaders, we discussed how blockchain-powered solutions can revolutionize carbon finance, aligning digital tools with international climate goals.
Our presence at COP29 underscored ALLCOT IO’s role in driving trust, transparency, and tangible outcomes in sustainability.
During Climate Week NYC 2024, ALLCOT IO presented “From Ground to Ledger”, showcasing how digital solutions validate, enhance, and scale climate action globally.
Key Sessions and Insights:
- Digital Tools for Carbon Markets: Our COO, Francisca Garay Massardo, highlighted how our dMRV systems digitize carbon project data, ensuring accuracy, compliance, and impact validation.
- Leaders of Regeneration Panel: Raphaël De Ry joined global stakeholders at the Harvard Club to emphasize the power of data cooperatives—creating decentralized, transparent systems that integrate indigenous knowledge for inclusive climate action.
These events demonstrated how Ground to Ledger bridges the gap between real-world projects and global sustainability goals.
Strengthening the Chain: Strategic Partnerships in 2024
Our collaborations this year exemplified the Ground to Ledger philosophy by ensuring that every touchpoint, from data collection to impact measurement, was robust and reliable:
SimplexDNA:
Our partnership with SimplexDNA integrates environmental DNA (eDNA) monitoring into carbon projects, enabling accurate biodiversity tracking. Projects like the ABC Mangrove Senegal initiative leverage SimplexDNA’s Proof of Life protocol to:
- Assess baseline biodiversity and monitor progress in restoring ecosystems.
- Generate transparent, verifiable data to guide conservation strategies.
Together, we’re proving that biodiversity data is key to unlocking nature-based solutions in carbon markets.
Kanop
Our collaboration with Kanop focused on the ABC Senegal Mangrove project, particularly on precisely implementing the Verra VM0033 methodology’s Sea Level Rise Calculation. This critical component ensures accurate estimations of carbon permanence throughout the project’s lifecycle.
Looking ahead, we’re excited to explore opportunities for deeper integration, enhancing the robustness of carbon accounting and strengthening the foundation for long-term sustainability.
Ecoregistry and Tolam:
In collaboration with EcoRegistry, Tolam Earth, and powered by Hedera Guardian, we took a major step forward in carbon credit transparency. Leveraging blockchain, we’re addressing challenges like double-counting, improving real-time monitoring, and ensuring data integrity. Also, we hosted our first webinar exploring:
- How digital registries improve carbon credit traceability and prevent double counting.
- The role of smart contracts in automating benefit-sharing and increasing stakeholder trust.
Evercity
This year, ALLCOT IO partnered with Evercity to enhance our methodology engine approach, by integrating our operational expertise with Evercity’s innovative tools. Evercity’s platform, powered by blockchain and digital MRV, addresses barriers to global carbon markets by promoting transparency, efficiency, and trust.
Through integrating Evercity’s Project Design Document (PDD) builder into our processes, we have streamlined the design and implementation of carbon projects and created pathways for new initiatives on carbon forward runways.
HBAR Foundation
Alongside these advancements, our collaboration with the HBAR Foundation and the Envision team continues to push the boundaries of innovation in carbon markets. By harnessing Hedera’s decentralized technology, we are setting new benchmarks for transparency, trust, and efficiency.
This initiative reflects our commitment to sustainability by redefining carbon credits as climate assets and ensuring their value is tied to measurable impacts, paving the way for meaningful and impactful climate action.
Local Roots, Global Impact: Projects That Define Ground to Ledger
Jujuy Forest Inventory (Argentina)
The Government of the Province of Jujuy, through its Ministry of Environment and Climate Change, has partnered with the international developer ALLCOT to promote carbon market projects and finance the protection of Jujuy’s native forests as part of the Carbon Neutral Green Jujuy 2050 strategy.
This collaboration aimed to develop, validate, and verify a project using VERRA’s methodology, focusing on conserving and restoring forest ecosystems in Jujuy, enhancing carbon storage, and generating verified carbon credits for marketing.
Our Solution: Implementing a Financial Transparency ledger ensures that all stakeholders can access detailed information about the project’s operational expenses, which are deducted from the carbon credits before distribution. This ensures transparency and trust.
The Process:
- Carbon credit revenue streams and project expenses are tracked, redistributing 60% of net credits to local communities.
- Land plots are mapped and analyzed for forest attributes
- Data is digitized and validated for integrity and accountability
The Impact:
- Builds trust in the carbon market by ensuring transparent and auditable processes.
- Empowers local communities with financial and environmental benefits.
- Establishes a replicable model for leveraging technology in ecosystem restoration.
This project demonstrated how local environmental initiatives can achieve lasting success when backed by transparent financial frameworks and cutting-edge technology. From Ground to Ledger embodies this transformation by seamlessly linking precise, on-the-ground data collection with the unmatched transparency and trust of blockchain technology.
ABC Mangrove Restoration Project in Senegal
The ABC Mangrove Project is a grouped initiative designed to restore and conserve 7,000 hectares of mangroves across Senegal’sSaloum Delta and Casamance estuary. This collaboration, powered by ALLCOT IO and its Ground to Ledger approach, aims to combine local community empowerment, environmental restoration, and innovative technology to address climate, economic, and social challenges.
Our Solution: By leveraging blockchain-based financial transparency ledgers and advanced biodiversity monitoring tools like eDNA (SimplexDNA), the project ensures that all data—social, environmental, and financial—is verifiable, traceable, and actionable. This approach delivers trust across stakeholders while driving measurable impact.
The Process:
- On-Ground Data Collection: Mangrove conditions are analyzed through relay-based systems and eDNA technology to monitor biodiversity in real-time.
- Transparent Carbon Tracking: The project follows VERRA’s methodologies to quantify carbon sequestration and generate verified carbon credits.
- Financial Distribution: Revenue from carbon credits is tracked and redistributed through a blockchain-enabled ledger, ensuring equitable benefit-sharing.
The ABC Mangrove Project demonstrates how Ground to Ledger transforms environmental restoration:
- On-ground precision: Real-time data ensures accurate monitoring and biodiversity impact tracking.
- Financial transparency: Blockchain secures auditable revenue flows, empowering communities.
- Scalable models: The project sets a replicable standard for leveraging technology in nature-based solutions.
By uniting technology, local action, and climate finance, this project has become a benchmark for community-driven restoration. ALLCOT IO’s Ground to Ledger framework ensures that every action counts, every outcome is measurable, and every stakeholder can trust the process.
Technology as the Driving Force of Ground to Ledger
The cornerstone of our 2024 achievements was the development and application of innovative technologies that redefined how carbon projects are managed and scaled:
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Digitalized Methodologies
- Transitions from traditional, static formats like PDFs to machine-readable systems that automate calculations and data analysis.
- Enables real-time data access, reducing validation times and improving decision-making for stakeholders.
- Revolutionizes how methodologies are consumed, enables the data to be machine readable and improving efficiency for all stakehodlers..
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Digital Ledger Integration
- Registering projects on the Hedera Guardian, we ensure secure, auditable and tamper-proof data storage.
- Digital ledger technology provide full traceability of carbon credits, from generation to issuance and with a view to make benefit sharing mechanisms discoverable, fostering trust and integrity among all stakeholders.
- This system set new standards for transparency and accountability for the carbon market.
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Active Offsetting
- Developed tools to make climate action and automated carbon retirements automated and answering the need of businesses Aligned with Net Zero strategies/
- Connected stakeholders to verified carbon projects, ensuring that their contributions directly supported measurable, transparent outcomes.
Internal Milestone: A New Digital Hub
This year, we also launched our revamped ALLCOT IO webpage, creating a more interactive and informative platform for stakeholders. The new site showcases our projects, partnerships, and tech innovations while making it easier for users to engage with our solutions.
2024: Proving the Power of Ground to Ledger
This year wasn’t just about achieving milestones; it was about proving the potential of Ground to Ledger. From the mangroves of Senegal to the forests of Jujuy, from COP29 to strategic partnerships, every touchpoint demonstrated how transparency, technology, and collaboration can drive meaningful sustainability.
As we look ahead to 2025, we’re doubling down on our commitment to innovation and collaboration. With technology as our backbone and partnerships as our catalyst, the future of sustainability is brighter than ever.
Join us on this journey as we continue to lead the way from Ground to Ledger.
