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Engineered Wood Carbon Removals
A new investable climate service is emerging.
What are Carbon Removals?
Carbon Removals actively extract CO2 from the atmosphere and store it permanently. They are central to net-zero strategies – especially to compensate for unavoidable residual emissions.
Carbon can be stored biologically, geologically, or technically. Key criteria include: measurability, durability, and transparency.
Timber Finance is developing an ICROA-compliant methodology for a previously unaddressed area: carbon storage in the structural timber of buildings. This climate benefit is now quantifiable, certifiable, and market-ready – practical in application, scalable, and scientifically robust.
Timber construction combines nature with innovative technology
Today, carbon removal investors choose between nature-based and technology-based solutions.
Carbon Removals through Engineered Wood bring both together:
They leverage natural carbon sequestration in forests and lock it into long-lived, certifiable storage by using timber in building structures. This makes the approach both economically viable and highly relevant for achieving net-zero targets.
IPCC-recognized carbon removal technologies. Based on Swiss Clean Tech (2024), aligned with the IPCC taxonomy (2023).
Engineered Wood Carbon Removals create Impact for:
Forest owners implementing climate-smart measures to ensure healthy forests
Real estate developers turning their buildings into carbon storage assets
Carbon Removal Credit buyers securing credible climate strategies
Those who pursue their own climate targets and build with timber integrate Engineered Wood Carbon Removals directly into their core business and forgo external compensation.
Carbon Credit Typology Overview
Two types of credits are available to carbon credit buyers from the Timber Finance project portfolio:
Carbon Removal Credits
Long-term carbon storage in timber for construction.
Emission Reduction Credits
Carbon savings through material substitution.
Quality and Integrity
Die Engineered Wood Carbon Removals von Timber Finance zeichnen sich durch geprüfte Qualität, robuste Methodologie und hohe ökologische Integrität aus – formal, materiell und durch Co-Benefits.
Formal Quality
ICROA-compliant certificates
Verified by independent Verification Bodies (VVBs)
Broad stakeholder acceptance through public consultation
Conservative calculation approach
Annual certificate issuance only as long as the building exists
Material Quality
Only load-bearing timber components are certified
Proven timber origin
No timber from primary forests or high-risk areas
Efficient material use with no incentive for timber waste
No “greenwashing” – a high carbon price does not replace a sufficiency strategy
Promotes long-term timber use
Benefits & Co-Benefits
Dual benefit: combines carbon storage and substitution impact
High maturity level & easily scalable
Ideal for urban carbon targets (small footprint, high impact)
Strengthens sustainable forest management
The only scalable removal solution in the building sector
Promotes circular economy
