Cultivo Partners with Isometric on Newly Certified Improved Soil Management Protocol

When it comes to natural carbon sinks, there’s a silent powerhouse hidden beneath our boots: soil.

Soil is the largest terrestrial carbon reservoir on Earth, holding nearly 3 trillion tonnes of carbon. By actively improving how we manage these lands, grasslands and croplands could remove up to 430 million tonnes of carbon dioxide from the atmosphere every year.

Unlocking Soil's Carbon Removal Potential

To unlock this massive potential, Cultivo is proud to be a launch partner for Isometric’s newly certified Improved Soil Management Protocol.

This protocol establishes a rigorous, standardized framework for measuring, certifying, and monitoring soil carbon removal. By requiring direct physical soil sampling, accounting for all project-related greenhouse gas emissions, and commitment periods of 40 to 100 years, Isometric provides the vital trust layer corporate buyers need to confidently invest in soil carbon as a primary solution for both offsetting and supply chain insetting.

An on-the-ground soil sample

Building the Trust Layer for Scalable Regeneration

This trust is essential because the financial engine driving these regeneration projects is the generation of soil carbon removal credits. For grasslands regeneration to be viable and scalable, corporate buyers must have confidence that the credits they purchase represent genuine carbon sequestration.

• Rigorous, Standardized Validation: The protocol requires direct physical soil sampling, cradle-to-grave lifecycle emissions accounting, and long-term project commitment periods. This independent scientific validation proves physical changes are actually happening in the ground, giving buyers confidence that credits represent genuine carbon sequestration.
• Tech-Driven Scale: We are ready to deploy this protocol across our portfolio of more than 1.5 million acres of grasslands regeneration projects. By pairing Isometric’s AI-driven certification platform with Cultivo’s own AI-driven technology platform, we're transforming vast acres into traceable, and high-integrity carbon removal assets.
• Empowering Land Stewards: Cultivo provides landowners with the strategic design and essential infrastructure funding required to transition to regenerative grazing, for example virtual fencing. To ensure land stewards benefit, projects must adhere to strict social safeguards under Isometric's protocol, including a minimum 20% revenue share for enrolled landowners.

“Grasslands cover 40% of the Earth’s land and store 34% of the world’s terrestrial carbon. Isometric’s Improved Soil Management Protocol provides a vital trust layer buyers need to confidently commit to soil carbon removal as a dual solution for corporate offsetting and supply chain insetting.”

— Manuel Piñuela, Cultivo CEO and Co-Founder

The Future of High-Integrity Land Restoration

By pairing high-quality data with a robust trust layer, we can scale soil carbon markets to be as resilient as the land itself.

Learn more about our commitment to high-quality carbon credits and our approach to soil carbon verification.