The Patagonian grasslands, covering 219 million acres of land across Argentina and parts of Chile and the Falkland Islands, are home to an array of native plants and wildlife including guanaco, maned wolf, and Darwin’s rhea (a flightless bird that can run up to 35 miles per hour!). Ranching on these grasslands – mainly […]

Terry Chiplin is a longtime endurance runner and trail running coach who is passionate about taking climate action. As the Director of the US Trail Running Conference, Terry has cast the burgeoning trail running industry’s eye towards its climate and environmental impacts and opportunities for change. I met Terry at the 2021 US Trail Running […]

By Jonny BearCub Stiffarm and Claire Lafave    In 1991, the Intertribal Buffalo Council, representing 76 federally recognized Tribes in the U.S., was founded to facilitate the transfer of wild bison to Native American tribal lands. A new paper in Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution, co-authored by our Director of Business Development, Jonny BearCub Stiffarm, […]

The summer of 2021 was a big win for our New Renewables Portfolio. Two new solar projects completed installation in Black River Falls, Wisconsin. Combined, these two projects will produce around 8,000 MWh of solar energy annually, equivalent to the energy required to power 730 American households each year.    Blue Prairie Installation The Blue […]

By the Northwest Permanent Corporate Social Responsibility Team    The link between climate change and health is undeniable. With climate change comes increased threats of wildfires, infectious disease outbreaks, flooding, and other extreme-weather-related events. These events will result in increased adverse health impacts as well as threaten our health care infrastructure. Vulnerable populations will be […]

In 2019, four ranchers helped form the Northern Great Plains Regenerative Grazing project, trailblazing the path to where we are today: with the first North American regenerative grazing project validated to the Verified Carbon Standard. We are so grateful to these ranchers who jumped in, the companies who provided catalytic capital, Western Sustainability Exchange, who […]

By Claire Lafave and Nell Achtemeyer   This past November, Jeff (our CEO), Nell (our VP of Project Development), and Kevin (our Director of Client Strategy) made a visit to the sites of our Northern Great Plains Regenerative Grazing project.  The trip began with an in-person meeting with the project’s first four enrolled ranchers and […]

By Jennifer Cooper, Claire Lafave, and Tom Stoddard   The mitigation hierarchy and civil society dictate that a company implementing a climate mitigation strategy should first prioritize measuring its climate footprint. Second, implement an ambitious emissions reduction plan, continually investing to lower emissions. And third, take responsibility for residual emissions. While this is the order […]

We are always grateful to be part of an exceptional network of change makers and we were reminded of that once more this week. Thank you to Sandra Brandt, our colleague and friend at the International Platform for Insetting, where we have been serving on the Board for several years. Sandra highlighted for us this inspiring […]

We here at Native are always working to learn about and lend our voice to rule frameworks for robust climate action, and we would like to encourage you to do the same! We invite you to make your voice heard by participating in the open public consultation on the SBTi’s draft target setting guidance for Forest, Land and […]

Our company partner Dirigo Collective has their own podcast, Responsibly Different™ – how cool is that!? We were so pleased and flattered that they dedicated an episode to interviewing us. Tune in to hear about our carbon offset project types, recommendations around claims, and B Corp certification process. Tune in here