About the role

Freelancers for Carbon Nature Based Solutions

Location: Global/Worldwide

Contract type: Independent contractor / Freelance consultancy agreement.

Daily rate to be discussed based on experience and expertise.

Travels : TBD

Beginning: TBD

PUR Description

PUR is a global, impact-focused B-Corp specializing in supply chain sustainability. We design, develop, and implement nature-based solutions projects to help our corporate partners reduce their environmental footprint and meet their ESG targets. Many of PUR's projects fall within the categories of insetting, regenerative agriculture, agroforestry, forest conservation, and landscape restoration.

These projects aim to introduce more sustainable agricultural practices, regenerate and preserve ecosystems, and socially and economically empower local communities. Today, we employ 200 staff across 16 countries, with key offices in Paris (HQ) and Toronto.

Industry Description

PUR operates within the dynamic and rapidly evolving sector of environmental consultancy services and nature-based solutions (NbS) markets. The NbS market has recently gained traction as society recognizes the invaluable services provided by nature and the need to preserve, restore and harness these services to mitigate and adapt to environmental challenges. To be considered a nature-based solution, projects must address real societal challenges and offer strong environmental, economic and social benefits for local communities.

Market KPIs:

If combined with deep decarbonisation efforts, NbS projects could provide up to 30% of the mitigation needed to limit global warming to 1.5ºC above pre-industrial levels by 2030 (World Economic Forum, 2023)

NbS project credits make up the largest volumes of carbon credits available in the VCM (voluntary carbon markets ) with $9bn invested between 2020 and 2022 (Sylvera, 2023)

5,307 companies have set science-based targets - a 4.2x increase since 2022 – and a significant driver of demand within the NbS and VCM markets (SBTi, 2024)

PUR is building its rooster of freelancers who can support on an as needed basis, to deliver on specific tasks related to the development of the PDD or Monitoring Report across different standards and project types (agroforestry, mangroves). Below is a list of some of the activities where support may be needed. This is not exhaustive.

Support carbon certification:

Drafting sections of the PDD or Monitoring Reports, aligned with Verra, Gold Standard, Isometric, etc.

Lead the non-permanence risk assessment for Verra/ Isometric

Develop the ex-ante model inputs

Conduct technical reviews of the PDD and Monitoring Reports aligned with Verra; Gold Standard and VCI.

Training field team on data collection for biomass inventories.

Reviewing literature and building a library of allometric equations and growth parameters to be used in carbon quantification for agroforestry systems.