Fair Carbon First Inc. helps First Nations realise the carbon value of the lands and waters they steward — at cost, and as part of our corporate climate ambition. This policy sets out how we work: Indigenous ownership of the carbon and the credits, free, prior and informed consent at every step, data sovereignty, and benefit that stays with the community. We are a partner, never a broker.
This policy governs how Fair Carbon First Inc. and every member of our team engages with First Nations, their governments and their enterprises across Canada on carbon and clean-energy opportunities — from improved forest management and soil carbon to renewable energy, bioenergy, biochar and durable carbon removal. It applies to every engagement we undertake.
The Nation owns the land, the carbon rights, the credits and the revenue. We never take ownership of a community’s carbon assets.
We work at cost. We do not take a margin or commission from your carbon revenue. Our fees are open-book and cover only our costs.
Nothing proceeds without your informed consent at each stage. Consent is ongoing and can be withdrawn. You set the pace.
We respect inherent, Treaty and title rights and the right to self-government, and we follow each Nation’s own laws, governance and protocols.
Revenue, jobs, capacity and intellectual property remain with the Nation. We structure benefit-sharing in the community’s favour.
Your data is yours. We follow OCAP® — Ownership, Control, Access and Possession — and never sell or repurpose community data.
We use high-integrity methodologies and honest, independent verification, and we are candid about price, durability, risk and timelines.
We build your team’s capacity so your Nation can lead its own projects over time, and we honour traditional knowledge as expertise.
Every stage proceeds only with the Nation’s informed consent, on the Nation’s timeline, under the Nation’s governance — and our fees are open-book and at cost throughout.
We welcome challenge. Any community, partner or team member can raise a concern about how we are living up to this policy by contacting us directly. We review this policy at least annually and update it in dialogue with the Nations and Indigenous organisations we work with. Where we fall short, we will say so — and we will fix it.
If your Nation is exploring the carbon value of its lands, waters or operations, we would be honoured to help — at cost, on your terms, with you in control. A first conversation costs nothing.