tCO²e Forwards
Protect the Rainforest - Employ Local People - Return on Investment
About us
Option One
Because planet Earth is our first choice.
We aim to protect the planet's nature capital, decrease poverty in developing nations, expedite corporate transition to Carbon Net Zero and restore damaged areas of rainforest.
Our mechanisms ensure a transparent, authentic and immutable carbon credit system that mitigates duplication, provides opportunity for local labour markets, provides returns for investors and incentivises reforestation by facilitating a commodity rotation, from mineral extraction to carbon sinks.
Option One, a green asset management firm, forms trusts from its profits to provide higher education scholarships for young people living in remote locations.
Protecting Nature Capital
Our primary focus is the Amazon Rainforest. The Amazon is abundant in biodiversity as well as being “the lungs of the Earth” due to the gas exchanges that occur in the bio-matter. The Amazon is also rich in minerals, metals, timber and it covers a large surface area that is used for agriculture and animal husbandry. The Amazon is being destroyed through rapid industrialisation, often through illegal or unregulated methods. Option One provides alternative solutions to stop these practices.
The Damage
The Amazon is a wild and remote place with little infrastructure or reliable means of social mobility except through exploitation of the available mineral wealth. A lack of education, regulation and enforcement means that mineral extraction is excessively intrusive, poorly managed and extremely detrimental.
Despite the shortcomings, rudimentary tactics have become industrialised with heavy machinery. These prove to be very efficient at deforestation, as well as environmental damage from pollution and chemical leeching.
Our Philosophy
We are all responsible for Climate Change
We believe that we are all responsible for climate change, we all have a duty to mitigate it and we can make a positive difference through innovation and co-operation.
Transition to Carbon Net Zero
We believe people are willing to transition to Carbon Net Zero but practical and efficient methods to facilitate this are currently unavailable.
Developed economies have benefitted from industrialisation and fossil fuel consumption for centuries. Our standard of living has been greatly improved because of it. It’s unreasonable to expect developing nations to forego their own economic growth and continue to live with a lack of facilities, infrastructure and opportunity by prohibiting their industrial activity without providing viable, alternative revenue streams.
How Option One achieves its goals.
Protection & Reforestation
Option One’s products incentivises forestry protection and promotes reforestation in the Amazon Rainforest by facilitating a commodity rotation from precious metals to carbon and increasing demand for the latter. By attributing value to the carbon stored in the forest it can be monetised and generate high margin income streams for local businesses that would otherwise be engaged in deforestation. Option One’s products make the trees more valuable than the mineral wealth beneath them.
Carbon Neutral Activities
Simultaneously, the products purchased by Option One customers see *value appreciation as they are validated, approved and approach the expiration date. This provides incentive for Option One customers to transition to Carbon Neutral activities sooner as this will return higher yields in the resale market.
* Values can fluctuate and may also decrease in value
Why choose us?
Option One is different from other Carbon Credit Systems
WORKING WITH LOCAL COMPANIES
Option One works directly with mining companies not to simply off-set emissions but to stop the mining operations entirely. Then we reallocate and repurpose resources such as heavy machinery and staff to reclamation and repair, thus sustaining employment opportunities.
FROM DESTRUCTION TO PROTECTION
Option One has a broad mandate. Protecting the jungle and locking in carbon is only part of the story. Our products are designed to provide alternative employment opportunities reducing wealth disparity across regions and nations. For example, Prospectors are re-employed as field workers who ground truth satellite data improving the accuracy of carbon store estimates. Miners are re-employed as Rangers, to discourage illegal miners and protect the integrity of the jungle and Option One’s products. Heavy machine operators are re-deployed to previously mined areas to level old pits and promote regrowth.
TRANSPARENCY
Our carbon-backed products are transparent. Customers know exactly which area of forest they are protecting. They can monitor them remotely through satellite imagery or through Option One’s open access ledger. Our products are underwritten by forests that are scheduled to be razed through government granted mining permits and concessions. This means by purchasing Option One products our customers actively and directly protect the jungle and her habitats which are otherwise guaranteed to be destroyed.
STAFF
We employ staff from riverring communities, attributing value to their knowledge of the land and assisting them with the protection of their home. Through our employment of local communities, we ensure that revenue from Option One’s products benefit them directly.
NATURE FOR PROFIT
Our products are profit making instruments. They are designed not only to benefit the environment and societies but also generate returns for our customers. To the developed world, prolific carbon sinks are imperative to the integrity of modern and the future way of life. Stored carbon is the commodity of now. By owning Option One products our customers own stored carbon. An asset where demand far outstrips supply, that has the potential to reduce carbon tax liabilities when they are introduced and be a store of value on the corporate balance sheet or part of an investors portfolio.
EDUCATION
Option One plans to form educational trusts to provide scholarships for higher education to the young people in remote locations. We are sensitive to the fact not all communities wish to change their way of life, but we believe in providing opportunities to those that do or for individuals wishing to gain lifelong experiences.
Meet Option One’s Founder
Ashly Fusiarski supported climate change research and conservation around the world, organising and leading teams in the most difficult environments on the planet. As an expert delivering successful large-scale projects, building infrastructure and creating safe wilderness living environments, he was head-hunted for the role of Head of Security & Exploration at a mid-scale mining operation in South America.
“It was a very difficult decision to make and something that I declined several times initially… [But] in the end, I felt we are all complicit. If you ever drink from an aluminium can or have a smart device in your pocket, not to mention the plethora of first world privileges we are accustomed to, you are a beneficiary of environmental damage. To pretend we are not is pious… I knew that the operation would happen with or without me, at least with me I could try and shape things positively from the inside...”
Quickly, Ashly’s operational experience and business acumen were noticed and due to several events, he was voted interim-Chief Executive Officer which was made permanent shortly afterwards. The company’s operational profit increased 86% with a cost reduction of 15% within the first quarter with Ashly as CEO despite the global pandemic and a record beating national flood crisis. But a true opportunity presented itself whereby employment, growth and development could exist by protecting the forest instead of destroying it: A commodity rotation.
Having spent over a year and a half living in The Amazon Rainforest, Ashly learned the inner workings of the communities and businesses there (legitimate and illegal) as well as developing rapports with villages, their elders and the Department of Ameri-Indian affairs.
“Having options is not something people living in the forest often have. They live off the land, frequently by any means or wait for charitable donations that arrive too late or not at all. With Option One I want to create opportunity, alternatives and education. It’s about empowerment, they have what we need. Option One creates the mechanisms to facilitate that while protecting our clients and investors capital.”
How we do what we do?
€ 25.00 / tCO²e
Future carbon emission price
€ 19.00 / tCO²e
Option One discounted carbon price
Unlock a Sustainable Future with Carbon Forward Contracts: Invest in Environmental Protection and Social Impact with Option One Green Asset Management
Carbon forward contracts allow you to lock in a fixed price for carbon credits now, which will go towards funding the protection of the Amazon rainforest and employing local people. This investment not only helps preserve one of the world’s most valuable ecosystems, but it also creates jobs and contributes to the local economy.
What makes carbon forward contracts so appealing to investors is that they provide the opportunity to make a positive impact on the environment and society, while also potentially generating a financial return. By purchasing a carbon forward contract, you will be securing your own carbon credits for the future, which can be sold later on at a profit.
In addition to the environmental and social benefits, carbon forward contracts also offer a number of financial advantages. For example, by locking in a fixed price for carbon credits now, you can protect yourself from future price increases. The carbon credits you receive can be used to offset your own carbon emissions, reducing your carbon footprint and improving your environmental reputation.
Carbon forward contracts are an innovative and impactful investment opportunity that offers a unique combination of environmental protection, social impact, and potential financial return.
Your investment will have a lasting impact on the environment and the people. Invest in Carbon Forward Contracts. Make a difference that will endure.
We would be happy to provide you with more information and answer any questions you may have.
Protect the Rainforest, Empower the People: Invest in Carbon Forward Contracts with Option One Green Asset Management
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Contact
Option One
Green Asset Management Ltd.
71-75, Shelton Street
Covent Garden, London
WC2H 9JQ
UNITED KINGDOM
Because planet Earth is our first choice.