🗓 Will you be at the Bloomberg BNEF Summit tomorrow? Kita's CEO and Co-Founder, Natalia Dorfman, will be speaking on a panel entitled "Introducing VCM 2.0: The Offset Market Gets a Makeover". The voluntary carbon market (VCM) has seen a shift in sentiment in 2024, as efforts to standardise the market begin to take effect. The market has the attention of governments such as the US and Brazil, and work from integrity initiatives is being put into practice. This is driving demand and sets the VCM on a pathway to a market with the potential to reach $1 trillion in 2050. But this growth relies on legitimising the use of carbon credits via new standards, government intervention and mechanisms such as insurance. Natalia will be joined by Michael Curran, Head of Carbon & Environmental Products at Vitol and Doris Honold, Board Member of The Integrity Council for the Voluntary Carbon Market (ICVCM) for what promises to be a fascinating discussion, moderated by Layla Khanfar, Corporate Sustainability Analyst at Bloomberg. 🔎 Find out more about the event: https://lnkd.in/d8faR4n #carboninsurance #carbonmarkets #BNEFSummit
About us
Kita | We Insure Carbon. Kita is the carbon insurance specialist. Our mission is to enable high-quality carbon projects to scale by offering a portfolio of insurance products that reduce carbon risk. Reduced risk in carbon credit transactions leads to greater flows of upfront capital and accelerates the pace of positive climate impact. Kita is a coverholder at Lloyd’s of London - the world’s leading specialist insurance and reinsurance marketplace. Kita Earth Limited is authorised and regulated by the Financial Conduct Authority. The company is entered on the FCA register (www.fca.org.uk/register). Our Firm Reference Number is 998549.
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http://www.kita.earth
External link for Kita
- Industry
- Insurance
- Company size
- 11-50 employees
- Headquarters
- London
- Type
- Privately Held
- Founded
- 2021
- Specialties
- carbon insurance, carbon removal, nature-based solutions, carbon markets, insurtech, biochar, dac, enhanced rock weathering, vcm, climatetech, carbon markets, and risk management
Locations
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London, GB
Employees at Kita
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Paul Young
CTO and Co-Founder at Kita | We Insure Carbon
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James Kench, CFA
Head of Insurance at Kita | We Insure Carbon
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Henri Pieper
Examinator CvTE Staatsexamens
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Natalia Dorfman
CEO and Co-Founder at Kita | We Insure Carbon | Meaningful Business 100 2023 | Telegraph NatWest 100 Female Entrepreneurs to Watch
Updates
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🏆 Kita team recognised at the Women in Green Business Awards 🏆 On a daily basis, we could not be prouder of our team here at Kita. And at last night's Women in Green Business Awards event, the skill, experience and passion represented in our workforce was celebrated by the wider industry. We are delighted to share that Eilís O’Keefe was the winner of the Rising Star of the Year (SME) category, recognised for her contribution to advancing carbon market developments, promoting deeper understanding of the sector through market education and thought leadership, and supporting women in the field via her involvement in Women In Carbon. Furthermore, Racheal Notto, was a finalist in two categories: Carbon Markets Professional of the Year and Mentor of the Year. And Natalia Dorfman was a finalist in the Entrepreneur of the Year category. Together with Renuka Shenoy, Mansi A. and Melanie Martin, the women who work at Kita showcase expertise and drive across underwriting, research, data science, legal and a host of other areas. It is so gratifying to have the work we do and the commitment we bring to the field recognised by experts and by our peers. #carboninsurance #carbonmarkets #WGBA BusinessGreen
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➡ The open carbon protocol partners with Kita to elevate trust in carbon credit issuance New York Climate Week highlighted the need for greater collaboration and the pooling of expertise across the VCM in the service of swifter, more impactful progress. Kita's announcement with OCP directly reflects this need and represents a step in the direction of a more transparent, trustworthy and efficient carbon market. 📕 Read the full press release here: https://lnkd.in/dRsP7iFK #carboninsurance #carbonmarkets #vcm oneshot.earth
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🗝 Unlocking sustainability as a strategic opportunity 🗝 Next week, James Kench, CFA, Kita's Head of Insurance, will be taking part in 'Accelerate Sustainability', presented by Better Insurance Network. The event seeks to explore the ways in which innovation in the insurance sector can support sustainability. James will be providing an overview of the carbon markets and highlighting the ways in which insurance can protect carbon credit transactions in order to catalyse investment. The event is sold out but there will be the opportunity for members of the network to access the recordings after the event. More details here: https://lnkd.in/eQi63vAZ #carboninsurance #carbonmarkets Antony Ireland
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🍎 🌍 Kita is at NYCW! 🌎 🍎 Natalia Dorfman and James Kench, CFA are in New York this week to get involved in many of the dynamic, thought-provoking events that are taking place across the city. The overall agenda of NYCW offers an opportunity to engage with the innovative developments and ambitious technologies in the sector with a spirit of optimism and positivity. It is truly uplifting to be amongst so many people who are all equally devoted to doing something meaningful to address the impacts of climate change. Here's a quick look at just a few of the events where Kita will be highlighting how carbon insurance can help protect and scale carbon solutions: 🗓 MONDAY: James will be at Flowcarbon's CarbonSmart day, discussing the financial instruments that are financing the transition to a low-carbon economy. 🗓 TUESDAY: Join Natalia at IETA's North America Climate Summit. James is going to be at Puro.earth's CDR Summit, where the focus is on fostering collaboration, innovation, and investment in carbon removal technologies. 🗓 WEDNESDAY: At 'Accelerating Climate Action: Delivering High-Integrity Carbon Markets', hosted by The Integrity Council for the Voluntary Carbon Market (ICVCM), Global Carbon Market Utility and VCMI, Natalia and James will be amongst the high-level leaders outlining strategies to help scale the pace of climate action. 🗓 THURSDAY: James will be heading to the ICE day at the NYSE and, later, offering carbon insurance insights at the Carbon Newbie Summit, hosted by clever carbon, BeZero Carbon and CEEZER. We look forward to seeing lots of familiar faces and meeting some new contacts over the coming week! #carboninsurance #carbonmarkets #nycw
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IETA recently released its Letter of Authorisation (LoA) Directory; an extremely useful tool for easily searching the LoAs that are available publicly and understanding how they are structured. This tool is an excellent resource for organisations to learn from the experiences of other market participants as they seek to craft their own LoAs. At Kita, we will be using the directory to further bolster our LoA knowledge, while the market works to shape a preeminent LoA template. If you’re interested in Kita’s views on what needs to be in an LoA to make it insurable, or how it relates to our Carbon Political Risk Cover, please reach out. 🔍 Explore IETA's LoA directory here: https://lnkd.in/eBwW2Ykg 💡 Discover more about Kita's Carbon Political Risk Cover: https://lnkd.in/ejypcPqp
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📣 Reduce *and* invest is a new strategic mantra for every business leader 📣 Kita is a signatory on this "Open Letter to Future Carbon Credit Buyers". The science shows that emission reduction alone is not enough to address the significant impacts of climate change. Corporates and individuals should continue to strive to reduce their emissions as much as possible, while simultaneously investing in carbon solutions that remove CO2 from the atmosphere. It is not an either/or equation. It is both/and. Now is the time for companies to take greater responsibility for the emissions they cannot reduce by purchasing and retiring high-quality carbon credits. Add your signature to the letter: https://lnkd.in/e5cQkyY4 #carbonmarkets #reduceandinvest #carboncredits ACR at Winrock International
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Kita is delighted to announce that we have provided insurance for Marex's investment into Global Mangrove Trust's high-integrity mangrove project in North Sumatra. The project was launched under the OxCarbon Standard by Yagasu (Yayasan Gajah Sumatra) and The Global Mangrove Trust, with support from Marex. It focuses on the restoration and conservation of coastal mangrove ecosystems, with livelihood generation and social programmes integral to the conservation approach. Kumi Analytics Pte Ltd provides verification using satellites, AI and on-the-ground monitoring. This policy reflects the recent expansion of our Carbon Purchase Protection Cover to Mangroves (in addition to the existing policies we offer for Afforestation, Biochar and Enhanced Rock Weathering). We are committed to offering insurance products and services that provide an additional layer of security and a stamp of confidence for high-quality carbon solutions. Find out more in the press release: https://lnkd.in/ehe8F3bA Learn more about the potential of mangroves as an effective carbon solution in this blog post: https://lnkd.in/ehUNDzcs #carboninsurance #carbonmarkets #mangroves
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"No other industry of a comparative scale operates without risk transfer" Last Thursday, we hosted a webinar which explored the risks (and potential solutions) in biochar project development. With attendees joining us from all corners of the globe and representing an array of different roles within the biochar sector, it was a topic that clearly resonates with many organisations and individuals. If you could not attend the live webinar, please do check out the recording below, in which Thomas Merriman of Kita and Melissa Leung of GECA Environnement, map out some of the risks and consider how these can be mitigated and managed to unlock the financing needed to scale biochar solutions. 📺 Watch here: https://lnkd.in/ejmiybma A big thank you also to Antoine Roba, for moderating the dicussion, and Racheal Notto, for taking care of the technical side of the event. For more insight to biochar, check out this blog, written by Kita's Renuka Shenoy: https://lnkd.in/eke9_V4c #carboninsurance #carbonmarkets #biochar
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🍎 We’re heading to New York Climate Week 🍎 Natalia Dorfman and James Kench, CFA will both be at NYCW, hosted by Climate Group, engaging in a range of events focused on the carbon markets. We are excited to focus our discussions on how carbon insurance can be an enabler to help reduce risk and unlock finance to scale high quality carbon projects. We look forward to seeing many of you there in a few weeks, including: BSR Business Alliance to Scale Climate Solutions, WBCSD – World Business Council for Sustainable Development Forest Investor Club, Symbiosis Coalition; IETA; The Integrity Council for the Voluntary Carbon Market (ICVCM), VCMI, Global Carbon Market Utility, Rubicon Carbon, Space Intelligence, BeZero Carbon, Sylvera, Aon, Puro.earth, Flowcarbon, Carbon Removal Canada, Carbon Business Council, Natural Climate Solutions Alliance. Check out the full agenda here: https://lnkd.in/dEBDih7 #carboninsurance #carbonmarkets #riskmanagement