Respira International

Respira is an impact-driven carbon finance company that mobilises private capital to scale natural and technological climate solutions through high-quality carbon credits. It works with corporates, project developers and investors, connecting buyers and suppliers with projects that reduce emissions, protect ecosystems and support communities, particularly in the Global South. For businesses, Respira offers access to carbon credit projects that can help advance climate goals; for developers, it provides partnerships and financing intended to bring projects to life with transparency and financial certainty; and for investors, it offers opportunities to fund climate solutions with risk-adjusted returns.

Its portfolio includes agroforestry and reforestation, forest protection, regenerative agriculture, blue carbon and clean cookstove initiatives. Respira reports that its projects conserve more than 1.75 million hectares and restore a further two million hectares, while preventing an estimated five million tonnes of greenhouse gas emissions annually. The company also cites benefits including more than 5,000 jobs, improved lives for over 10 million people and protection for over 30 high-conservation-value species.