Rottal Estate

Under the Woodland Carbon Code (WCC) a carbon credit is represented in two parts; a Woodland Carbon Unit (WCU) and a Pending Issuance Unit (PIU). A WCU represents a tonne of CO₂e that has been sequestered in a WCC-verified woodland. A PIU is the ‘promise to deliver’ a WCU in the future, issued in full at project implementation to fund the project and land costs. PIUs convert to WCUs as the trees mature and sequester carbon.

This project is a PIU, meaning that planting is new and ongoing. Only when this woodland matures will a WCU be issued and subsequently retired. Because this PIU does not represent an offset happening right now, this project has been further backed by an international Verified Carbon Standard carbon credit, representing current and actual carbon reductions or avoidance. This means that you can confidently say you have offset your carbon emissions while also supporting the creation of woodlands in the UK for future carbon sequestration.

For every tonne of woodland PIU purchased, CarbonClick has subsequently purchased and retired the equivalent amount of credits from a wind farm in India. You can find the details of the project here, and the corresponding retirement certificate here. All WCU’s delivered in the future will also be retired, so we have the upmost confidence in our credits being impactful, additional and helping create forests that we, and our future generations, will enjoy.