Objectives of the service
Today, forest carbon is hard to quantify. Carbon dioxide removal (CDR) project developers relied on ground data for their projects until recently. Getting ground data is a costly, labour-intensive and error-prone process. Therefore, earth observation (EO) data is increasingly used to inform decisions in forest CDR project development. However, these solutions are often inaccurate as they neglect ground truths and are solely based on EO data. FBET aims to fuse ground and EO data to increase the reliability of above-ground forest biomass quantification.
Today, forest CDR credits have a high risk of reversal. That is the risk of re-emission during or after the project period. The status quo mechanism to mitigate reversal risk is a buffer pool. However, buffer pools are severely undercapitalized. Buffer pools are not fit for purpose. That’s why OXO Earth reimagines forestry CDR completely, pioneering the horizontal stacking model to eliminate reversal risks. This is OXO’s USP: forestry CDR without reversal risk.
Users and their needs
Forest Owners
OXO Earth enables forest owners to increase revenues by temporarily deferring harvests while leveraging their forests’ climate benefits. The solution provides quick access to alternative income, cost-free certification, and financial flexibility in volatile timber markets. Short contract durations ensure agility, while resilience-enhancing measures support long-term forest health.
Forest owners can see revenue increases of up to 16%, earning an additional €7.33 per cubic meter of timber. OXO Earth services include project planning, short-term harvest deferral, satellite-based Monitoring, Reporting, and Verification (MRV), and the marketing of negative emissions. The purpose is to ensure transparency, sustainability, and financial stability for forest owners.
Businesses
OXO Earth helps businesses achieve climate goals with cost-effective, annually renewed negative emissions from improved forestry in Germany. The solution offers affordability, flexibility, and transparency through local projects and external certification.
OXO Earth provides low-cost carbon removal for a defined period, ensuring credibility with annual ex-post certification. Businesses benefit from enhanced brand reputation, sustainability strategy support, and marketing opportunities.
Our services include temporary, externally certified negative emissions, competitive pricing, and transparent MRV. By partnering with us, businesses can take meaningful climate action while strengthening their environmental impact and corporate responsibility.
Service/ system concept
OXO Earth is a project developer providing immediately available carbon dioxide removal (CDR) from German forests. Through short-term usage restrictions with forest owners, additional CO₂ is stored in biomass. All removals are transparently verified ex-post and offered via a subscription model that ensures continuous storage. OXO supports companies in meeting climate goals and advises forest owners on ecosystem services and carbon commercialization.
Its unique carbon innovation, Horizontal Stacking, guarantees carbon storage without reversal risk. Unlike traditional models relying on underfunded buffer pools, OXO issues credits only after verified storage. If CO₂ is re-emitted (e.g., due to harvest), it is replaced in the next reporting period. This self-correcting, subscription-based model ensures credible, long-term CDR through ongoing, verified credit renewal.
The core technological innovation lies in the ability to generate regularly updated carbon storage estimates, enabling continuous annual monitoring as opposed to relying solely on infrequent, long-term assessments. By leveraging satellite imagery, our approach aims to deliver these estimates in a more timely, scalable, and cost-effective manner, significantly enhancing the responsiveness and efficiency of carbon accounting practices.
Space Added Value
Earth Observation (EO) data is a core component of our business model, enabling a robust measurement, reporting, and verification (MRV) framework for forestry-based carbon dioxide removal (CDR). Transparent and accurate quantification builds trust with regulators, auditors, and buyers, ensuring the credibility of our carbon credits.
The voluntary carbon market (VCM) is still emerging and lacks strong regulation, making a reliable MRV framework a key quality criterion. Traditional ground-based measurements are slow, error-prone, and resource-intensive. EO data enhances scalability by enabling a digital MRV system that can be replicated across geographies. It also improves data accuracy by complementing field measurements, increasing the quality and quantity of biomass assessments.
By integrating EO data with on-the-ground monitoring, we provide a scalable and transparent solution to measure above-ground biomass (AGB) and ensure the integrity of our carbon credits.
Current Status
The feasibility study was concluded successfully and the commercial and technical viability has been proven. The new improved forest management method was successfully certified with the Control Union Certifications GmbH based on the ISO standard 14064-2. The first carbon removal project was certified in May 2025 and roughly 10.000 tons of carbon were removed. The consortium plans to implement and scale the successfully piloted solution through a demonstration project.
The study successfully validated key hypotheses and confirmed market demand through stakeholder interviews and early sales efforts. A viable business model has been defined, and the marketing strategy has been conceptually developed. OXO was presented at industry events, including the HDI Thinx Sustainability Forum for the German Mittelstand. First customers are currently being onboarded. The team is currently negotiating the first commercial partnerships and is structuring a new fundraising round including a strategic investor and key buyer.
