About us

Impact-first.
Built to last.

The Green Branch is a social impact company and an impact-first carbon asset developer and manager, building high-quality nature-based projects.

2019

Founded

100,000 ha

Restoration & protection goal by 2035

100%

Third-party audited projects

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Who we are

Founded to close the financing gap for nature-based climate solutions.

The Green Branch was founded in 2019 to close the financing gap for nature-based climate solutions. Restoration projects often fail to flourish because they remain underfunded and lack technical capacity. We exist to change that.

Today, we are an impact-first carbon removal platform. We operate at the intersection of technical development, financial structuring, and commercial strategy, working with local partners to originate and scale high-quality projects.

Our vision is to use carbon finance as a transitional tool to increase permanent and productive forest. We aim to restore and protect 100,000 hectares before 2035.

Walking through rows of young reforestation trees

Field monitoring — Sapucaia, Brazil

What we stand for

Values that guide every project we develop.

Quality and credibility

We develop to the highest standards, including VCS and CCB. Technical rigour is our competitive advantage.

Long-term value

We think in decades, not quarters, and build relationships and infrastructure to match that horizon.

Transparency

We communicate openly about risks and trade-offs. No greenwashing, no empty promises.

Partnership

Local operational partners, investors, and buyers are true collaborators, not counterparties.

Our approach

How we work, from origination to scale.

Originate

With local operational partners, we identify restoration and conservation projects with strong ecological and social foundations.

Develop

We provide the technical development and financial structuring needed to bring projects to certification readiness under standards such as VCS and CCB.

Manage

We manage each project as a long-term asset — MRV, compliance, and reporting — across its full lifetime.

Scale

We replicate proven models to grow biodiverse forest cover, working towards our goal of restoring and protecting 100,000 hectares before 2035.

Milestones

Building since 2019.

2019

Founded to close the financing gap for nature-based climate solutions.

2022

Trees for Farmers developed in partnership with Rabobank.

2023

Built GreenBranch OS, our proprietary development and MRV platform.

2025

Sapucaia certified to VCS and CCB, with a Sylvera rating.

Our partners

We build with trusted partners.

Our local operational partners, investors, and buyers are true collaborators in developing high-quality projects on the ground.

The team

Practitioners at the intersection of
science, finance, and fieldwork.

A team spanning carbon development, GIS, finance, and field operations, working closely with our local operational partners.

Jacob Hietink

Co-Founder

Kasper Kupperman

Co-Founder

Miriam Bellink

Co-Founder

Rafael Frade, CFA

Head of Finance

Stijn Ticheloven

Origination Lead

Alex Sousa, PhD

GIS Manager

Tom Nijman, PhD

Operations Manager

João Diniz

Operations Manager

Cristina Marini

ESG and NBS Analyst – Africa Lead

Bruna Franchi

GIS Analyst

Alexandre Kampel

Investment Analyst

Jairo Okret

Senior Advisor

Reinier Hietink

Senior Advisor

Rein Vehmeijer

Senior Advisor

Resources

Information decks and guides.

We produce information decks to help clients, partners, and investors get up to speed quickly. Request any of the below and we will share it with you.

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