Investing to restore nature and create verified carbon credits

Ardian’s Nature-Based Solutions is an Article 9 impact fund launched by Ardian’s infrastructure team and aDryada, a specialist developer and manager of large-scale ecosystem restoration projects to restore large-scale depleted ecosytems. By investing in forests, wetlands and coastal restoration globally, our strategy enables these rejuvenated ecosystems to sequester large volumes of carbon while also providing co-benefits such as enhancing biodiversity and addressing socio-economic challenges for local communities. These high-quality carbon credits, independently certified to the highest standards are then sold to companies to accelerate their decarbonization efforts.

The team

  • 250,000 hectares

    reforestation target

  • 75%

    investment in non-OECD countries

  • c.140 MT CO2

    to be sequestered over 40 years

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Measurable carbon sequestration

Ardian’s Nature-Based Solutions invests globally in afforestation and reforestation projects as well as wetlands and mangrove restoration. The fund’s aim is to develop around 15 large natural carbon sinks in tropical and temperate regions, covering 10,000ha to 50,000ha each.

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Project revenues

Following a 3–4-year development period, our sequestration projects will produce large volumes of carbon credits that will be certified and audited by independent organizations such as Gold Standard and VERRA. Value will be realized by selling high integrity carbon credits via long-term offtake contracts and the spot market to restore and maintain ecosystems.

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Co-benefits for biodiversity and local economies

As well as sequestering carbon, our projects will contribute to climate mitigation by preserving water resources and improving soil and air quality. It will protect biodiversity through richer ecosystems, and bring sustainable income and investments in social infrastructures to local economies.

The Team

Ardian Nature-Based Solutions comprises 9 members of the Ardian Infrastructure and aDryada teams based in Paris.

By leveraging the voluntary carbon market, the Averrhoa Fund aims to contribute to the restoration of biodiversity on 250,000 hectares. The success of these projects relies on strong partnerships with local communities.

Damien Braud Head of NBS & Senior Managing Director
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Mathias Burghardt

Executive Vice-President, Vice-Chairman of the Executive Committee, CEO of Ardian France and Head of Infrastructure

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Laurent Fayollas

Member of the Executive Committee, Deputy Head of Infrastructure, Hy24 President

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Damien Braud

Head of NBS & Senior Managing Director

Raphaëlle Muhlmann-Eytan

Raphaëlle Eytan

Managing Director – Business development

René Hauzeur

René Hauzeur

Director

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aDryada

aDryada is a specialist in developing and managing large-scale nature-based projects.

Ardian aims to be a world leading investor in nature restoration projects. In line with the Paris Agreement’s objective to limit temperature rises to 1.5°C by 2050, our projects will play a key role in the overall target of capturing around 5Gt per year.

Mathias Burghardt Executive Vice-President, Vice-Chairman of the Executive Committee, CEO of Ardian France and Head of Infrastructure
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Ardian Infrastructure

Ardian Infrastructure is an international leader in essential infrastructures. Innovation is key to increase the operational efficiency of the infrastructure itself, but it also enables to improve its environmental and societal impact.

Business enquiries

Contact the Nature-Based Solutions Team