Our Affiliates
The Forest Canopy Foundation (FCF) is a partnership of professionals from the forestry industry, formed in response to the climate crisis and focusing on increasing woodland creation at scale across England. By addressing the opportunity to plant trees and alleviate climate change, the work of the FCF supports the government’s target of achieving net zero carbon emissions by 2050. Engaging with policy makers, investors, landowners and the government, the FCF has been designed as a not-for-profit organisation, helping to shape forestry across the UK making it feasible to plant trees. The FCF is made up of a group of certified independent private sector forestry companies who passionately believe that the only way to achieve the goal is for them to work together. To make an impact, collaborative working is vital.
It utilises the skills and professional heritage of all the companies and manages an innovative scheme, combining public and private finance and landowner interest to achieve woodland planting that all can be proud of. As with all carbon initiatives, auditing and traceability is vital and FCF have partnered with an independent body, Grown in Britain (GiB), to enable and ensure the reliable delivery of tree planting.

How it works
FCF has developed a blended finance proposal to enrich the government’s environmental dedication money, based on previous successful mechanisms through the National Forest.
This enrichment involves investment in carbon sequestration from corporate businesses, pension schemes and investment companies. FCF is working with GiB to audit schemes to an exemplary standard at design stage.
The project will be independently monitored by GiB for a minimum of 30 years providing you with a scheme that you can be confident in.
Investors will receive Pending Issuance Units (PIUs). PIUs will be converted to Woodland Carbon Units (WCUs) at verification via the Woodland Carbon Code (WCC), the voluntary standard for UK woodland creation projects where claims can be made to quantify the amount of carbon dioxide sequestered.
WCUs represent measurable amounts of carbon dioxide (CO2) removed from the atmosphere by trees as they grow. One carbon unit is equivalent to 1 tonne of CO2 which has been sequestered in a WCC-verified woodland and removed from the atmosphere.
It is estimated that a woodland in England will capture 450 tonnes of CO2 over 100 years per hectare.
The initial value invested is not returned to the investor at the end of the term.
You can find various of FCF’s carbon schemes in AKA’s directory.