Symbiosis Coalition

What Symbiosis Coalition does

Symbiosis Coalition is a non-profit, joint procurement vehicle established in May 2024 by Google, Meta, Microsoft, and Salesforce, with Bain & Company, REI Co-op, and McKinsey subsequently joining as members. It functions as an advance market commitment (AMC) that aggregates corporate demand for nature-based carbon removal, committing members to contract more than 20 million tonnes of high-quality credits by 2030 through minimum 10-year offtake agreements. The coalition operates a centralized Joint RFP Process — conducted via the Abatable platform — through which reforestation, agroforestry, and (as of February 2026) mangrove project developers submit proposals for evaluation against the Symbiosis Unified Quality Criteria, a science-based framework organized around five pillars (Conservative Accounting, Durability, Social & Community Benefits, Ecological Integrity, Transparency) and informed by an independent Technical Advisory Board of nine scientists.

The platform's product stack comprises the Joint RFP Process, the Unified Quality Criteria, long-term carbon offtake agreements, and supporting resources including an Investor Database and Early Stage Resources Database. To date, two project offtakes have been publicly signed: Mombak's large-scale reforestation of degraded Amazon pasturelands in Brazil (215,000 tonnes to Google and McKinsey) and Living Carbon's reforestation of former mine and agricultural lands in Appalachia (131,240 tonnes to Google, McKinsey, and Meta). The first RFP reviewed 185 proposals from 153 developer organizations across 49 countries and six continents, covering 6.6 million hectares and 180 million tonnes of proposed 10-year removal, with full expansion potential of 2.3 billion tonnes by 2055.

Symbiosis does not charge fees and is funded by member commitments and seed support (including from ZOMALAB), operating with a small 1-10 person team. Its go-to-market is sales-led and B2B, targeting large corporate carbon credit buyers through direct member engagement and project developers through the RFP platform, with technical diligence and risk assessment outsourced to a network of service providers (Carbon Direct, Xilva, BeZero Carbon, Space Intelligence, TerraCarbon, Silvestrum, Pachama).

Name

Symbiosis Coalition

Legal name

Symbiosis Coalition

Website

https://symbiosiscoalition.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

2024

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Symbiosis Coalition is a non-profit advance market commitment founded in 2024 that aggregates corporate demand for nature-based carbon removal, with members including Google, Meta, Microsoft, Salesforce, Bain, REI, and McKinsey committing to more than 20 million tonnes of offtake agreements by 2030.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Voluntary Carbon Market Procurement

NAICS

Environmental Consulting Services (54162), Environmental Consulting Services (541620)

akta.pro primary industry

Carbon Offtake Structuring & Contracting (ERPA, Long-term Offtakes, Price Floors) (EUABADAE)

akta.pro secondary industries

Offsets & Carbon Removal Procurement Strategy (portfolio design, quality screening) (EUABAKAL), Project-Originated Carbon Credit Marketing & Offtake (Primary Market) (EUAGAIAC)

Keywords

• Carbon removal credits
• Voluntary carbon market
• Advance market commitment
• Nature-based solutions
• Carbon offtake agreements

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D, Others

Revenue model

1. Offtake Agreement Facilitation: Symbiosis Coalition facilitates long-term offtake agreements between project developers and coalition member buyers. The coalition does not charge fees for its services; it operates as a non-profit joint procurement vehicle funded by member commitments. Members (Google, Meta, Microsoft, Salesforce, Bain & Company, REI Co-op, McKinsey) commit to purchasing carbon removal credits through the coalition's RFP process.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

Symbiosis Coalition is an advance market commitment (AMC) and joint procurement vehicle that aggregates long-term demand from major corporate carbon credit buyers (Google, Meta, Microsoft, Salesforce, Bain & Company, REI Co-op, McKinsey) and runs centralized Requests for Proposals (RFPs) against science-based quality criteria to contract more than 20 million tonnes of high-quality nature-based carbon removal (reforestation, agroforestry, and mangrove) credits by 2030. Selected project developers enter long-term (minimum 10-year) offtake agreements with member buyers, supported by an independent Technical Advisory Board and diligence partners.

Product overview

Symbiosis Coalition is an advance market commitment (AMC) — not a single product but a multi-component platform — comprising a Joint RFP Process, Unified Quality Criteria, Long-Term Carbon Offtake Agreements, and a 20M tonne Volume Commitment. Coalition members (Google, Meta, Microsoft, Salesforce, Bain & Company, REI Co-op) use the Joint RFP Process to collectively source high-quality nature-based carbon removal projects (reforestation, agroforestry, and mangroves) that meet the Unified Quality Criteria. Selected projects enter Long-Term Carbon Offtake Agreements with members. The platform is supported by a Technical Advisory Board of leading scientists and complemented by an Investor Database and Early Stage Resources Database to support developers at different maturity levels.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Joint RFP Process Centralized, multi-stage Request for Proposals process that aggregates demand from coalition members to evaluate and select high-quality reforestation, agroforestry, and mangrove projects for long-term carbon removal offtake agreements. Used by project developers globally.
• Unified Quality Criteria

Quantifiable outcome

• Up to 20M tonnes of nature-based carbon removal commitment by 2030
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers2 records

Segments2 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration7 records

Feature2 records

Partnerships

Ten partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• AbatablecoreTechnology or IntegrationRFP process conducted via Abatable platform. Project developers submit proposals through Abatable's system at https://landing.abatable.com/participate-symbiosis-rfp. Terms and conditions governed by Abatable platform agreements.
• PachamaminorImplementation/ SI/ Consulting PartnerService provider for first RFP: provided tools for application intake and initial screening, including digital monitoring and verification tools to understand land eligibility, leakage risk, and baselining.
• Carbon DirectcoreImplementation/ SI/ Consulting PartnerService provider for project diligence and evaluation, on-the-ground assessments, and risk mitigation. Contributed technical expertise during Symbiosis development.
• XilvacoreImplementation/ SI/ Consulting PartnerService provider for project diligence and evaluation, on-the-ground assessments, and risk mitigation for RFP process.
• TerraCarboncoreImplementation/ SI/ Consulting PartnerService provider supporting mangrove criteria analysis and technical evaluation for the RFP process.
• SilvestrumcoreImplementation/ SI/ Consulting PartnerService provider contributing expertise in mangrove and ecosystem restoration evaluation for RFP process.
• BeZero CarboncoreImplementation/ SI/ Consulting PartnerService provider supporting project evaluation and risk assessment for the RFP process.
• Space IntelligencecoreImplementation/ SI/ Consulting PartnerService provider for geospatial analysis and project evaluation in RFP diligence process.
• MombakcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerFirst project formally approved against Symbiosis Quality Criteria. Large-scale reforestation of degraded pasturelands in Brazilian Amazon, managing over 20,000 hectares.
• Living CarboncoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerSecond project announced under Symbiosis first RFP. Reforestation of former mine and agricultural lands in Appalachian Region, U.S. Google, McKinsey, and Meta contracted 131,240 tonnes.

Scale indicators5 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Broad incumbents

• South Pole: One of the largest carbon project developers and credit sellers globally, with deep nature-based and renewable energy portfolios. Comparable as a counterparty supplier Symbiosis members could transact with directly, bypassing the coalition.
• Verra: Operator of the VCS Program, the dominant voluntary carbon standard globally. Comparable as the underlying standards infrastructure that Symbiosis' Unified Quality Criteria builds upon; a structural peer in shaping VCM integrity.

Emerging players

• BeZero Carbon: Carbon credit ratings agency serving voluntary market participants. Already a service provider to Symbiosis' RFP diligence process — a peer in the quality-rating space that influences Symbiosis project selection.
• Cloverly: Carbon offset API for businesses with portfolio of verified credits. Comparable as a procurement-side technology layer serving similar corporate buyer needs as Symbiosis members.
• Sylvera: Independent carbon credit ratings and analytics provider. Comparable as an integrity layer Symbiosis members rely on for due diligence; complementary rather than competitive, but addresses the same quality-assurance gap.

Direct peers

• Patch: Carbon credit API platform enabling businesses to embed offsetting into products. Comparable as a B2B infrastructure layer connecting corporate demand to carbon credit supply, though with broader category scope than nature-based.
• Frontier: Stripe-anchored advance market commitment for carbon removal. Closest analog: both operate as buyer coalitions aggregating forward offtake demand for high-integrity carbon credits, though Frontier focuses on engineered removals while Symbiosis focuses on nature-based.
• Carbonfuture: Voluntary carbon marketplace and infrastructure provider for nature-based and engineered credits with end-to-end digital MRV. Comparable to Symbiosis on the buyer/seller matching and credit quality verification side, though commercial rather than non-profit.
• Pachama: Nature-based carbon credit marketplace using satellite monitoring and ML. Comparable technology and supply-side focus; Pachama also served as a service provider to Symbiosis' first RFP, making it both a partner and an overlapping marketplace.
• NCX (Natural Capital Exchange): Nature-based carbon credit marketplace for forest owners in North America. Symbiosis' founder Julia Strong was previously at NCX; overlap in nature-based supply and corporate buyer matching makes it a closely comparable peer.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles3 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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