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Toucan
Zug, CHImpact-drivenPrivate SectorClimate & Environmental ProtectionSustainable Finance
Impact3Sustainability Goals
Employees11 - 50
Founded2020
LocationZug
About Toucan
Toucan is a carbon credit market infrastructure provider dedicated to scaling the Carbon Dioxide Removal (CDR) space. The organization builds digital rails for climate finance, aiming to unlock climate action at scale and transition towards an economy within planetary boundaries. Toucan simplifies the buying, selling, and retiring of carbon credits, addressing market bottlenecks like liquidity and risk assessment. Its infrastructure supports a liquid market for project developers and offers data transparency for buyers. Toucan has supported $4 billion in carbon credit trading volume and represents 85% of all digital carbon credits.
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Sustainability Goals
Climate Action
Scaling Global Climate Action
Toucan builds digital infrastructure for carbon credit markets, accelerating the scaling of carbon dioxide removal projects and advancing climate action globally.
Industry, Innovation & Infrastructure
Infrastructure for Innovative Climate Finance
The organization develops digital infrastructure and innovative tools that simplify carbon credit trading and increase transparency in climate finance markets.
Decent Work & Economic Growth
Fostering Green Growth through Carbon Markets
Toucan supports economic growth by enabling project developers to access capital through efficient carbon markets, facilitating investments in green projects.
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Q1What is Toucan's core mission?+
Toucan is a carbon credit market infrastructure provider whose core mission is to unlock climate action at scale and transition the world towards an economy that thrives within planetary boundaries. The organization builds digital rails for climate finance, aiming to simplify the buying, selling, and retiring of carbon credits and address bottlenecks such as liquidity and risk assessment.
Q2What impact has Toucan achieved so far?+
Since its launch, Toucan has supported $4 billion in carbon credit trading volume and now represents 85% of all digital carbon credits. The organization actively collaborates with significant players in the climate finance ecosystem, including Gold Standard, Puro.earth, the World Economic Forum (WEF), World Bank, and IETA.
Q3What is "CHAR by Toucan"?+
“CHAR by Toucan” is a Biochar Pool developed in collaboration with Neutral and Celo. This platform allows users to convert eligible biochar credits into cash, earn royalties, track prices, and offers the flexibility to switch credits back as needed.
Q4Where is Toucan headquartered and how many people work there?+
Toucan is headquartered in Zug, Switzerland. The organization employs a team of 11 to 50 people.
Q5Which UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) does Toucan primarily support?+
Toucan primarily supports SDG 13 (Climate Action). Secondary relevance exists for SDG 9 (Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure) and tertiary relevance for SDG 8 (Decent Work and Economic Growth).
