Our approach
Fair Environmental Markets Initiative aims
Fairness
Promote fair environmental market opportunities for developing high-quality, sustainable projects that benefit grassroots communities.
Transparency
Ensure traceability and access to information on projects and transactions of environmental assets.
Environmental Integrity
Conduct all projects and initiatives transparently and ethically, ensuring environmental integrity.
Holistic Approach
Integrate multiple perspectives and disciplines to tackle the global environmental crisis, promoting fairness and effectiveness.
EU Sets Nature Credit Framework
An opportunity to restore trust and generate real value through integrity
At the Environmental Markets Fairness Foundation (EMFF), we welcome the publication of the European Union’s “Roadmap towards Nature Credits,” a key step toward building an ecosystem-based market with integrity and robust methodologies. The document sets out four strategic pillars: cross-sector collaboration, sound and adaptable methodologies with safeguards, stimulating both supply and demand, and catalyzing public-private finance.
We particularly value the recognition of ecosystem stewards—farmers, fishers, and local communities—as key players. In the current context of shaken trust in environmental markets, this roadmap represents a timely opportunity to rebuild. Based on our in-depth analysis of biodiversity credit methodologies in Latin America, we identify both strengths and critical gaps to address.
Environmental Markets — A strategic opportunity to address inequities in European Agriculture
The European Commission has recently unveiled a strategic roadmap to transform the continent’s agri-food system. With a long-term vision focused […]
The European Union unveils its Roadmap Toward Nature Credits – an opportunity to restore trust and generate real value through integrity
From the Environmental Markets Fairness Foundation (EMFF), we welcome the publication of the European Union’s document “Roadmap towards Nature Credits.” […]
EMFF participated as an official partner at the Madrid Energy Conference 2025
May 6–8, 2025 | Madrid | Madrid Energy Conference 2025 From May 6 to 8, we took part in the […]
We signed a strategic alliance with ORU Fogar to strengthen climate justice in the Global South
Joining Forces for a Fairer Climate Future At the Environmental Markets Fairness Foundation (EMFF), we signed a Memorandum of Understanding […]
The initiative
How was the initiative born?
The Fair Environmental Markets Initiative aims for the emergence of a scheme of Fairness and Transparency that encourages active engagement of local communities, environmental integrity and equitable distribution of benefits of sustainability projects.
It is a strategic partnership forged between regions, governments, private sector, organizations (NGO/IGO) mostly from West Africa and Latin America, strengthened as the trustees of the planet’s major remnants of primary forests and biodiversity, these regions have the opportunity to position themselves as environmental creditors and pioneer a holistic approach towards environmental markets.
❝ Major international consulting firms and multilateral banks estimate that half of the global GDP depends on nature. I ask them, what does the other half depend on? It’s unimaginable that in the 21st century we still don’t understand that all human activity, directly or indirectly, relies on some service provided by nature. ❞
Patricio Lombardi
Executive Director
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