The future of high-integrity environmental assets has arrived
Get in touchThe mission of Integrity Global Partners is to unlock fair and equitable capital at scale to deliver high-integrity environmental assets to market
Serving as a global hub
Bringing together the necessary expertise to accelerate the deployment of mission-driven investment capital into high-quality nature-based projects and jurisdictional programs in the Global South
The future of high-integrity environmental assets has arrived
Get in touchEnabling access to financing
Enabling project developers and governments to access the financing they need through global carbon and environmental markets
The voluntary carbon market is at an inflection point
5%
drop in demand from 2021-2022 in forest carbon credits due to credibility concerns
The developer ecosystem is highly fragmented and untapped
68%
Of historical issuances from 5% of project developers
Investors unable to place capital efficiently
9/10
Project proposals presented to investors currently being rejected
Join us on our mission to enable global solutions
Get in touchWe enable the deployment of fair and equitable financing into projects and jurisdictional programs by working both on the supply and demand side of the market
Pipeline origination by sourcing and consolidating volumes from project developers and governments, to create a diversified portfolio across different project types and jurisdictions
Risk identification and mitigation by using proprietary due diligence tools and decades of on-the-ground project design experience, to enable institutional and early-stage financing into nature-based projects and jurisdictional programs
Project design for carbon optimization by applying a carbon lens to early project design while also ensuring verifiable biodiversity and community benefits
Structure and finance projects and programs to understand the risk-return profiles of each opportunity, present the highest-quality opportunities to deploy capital.
Capacity building and stakeholder engagement Capacity building and technical assistance for project developers and governments building jurisdictional programs
Environmental asset development to design, develop, execute and market projects alongside partners to ensure delivery of high-quality carbon credits and potential new emerging assets such as biodiversity credits
“Bottom-up” project execution support by working inside in-country SPVs and PPPs alongside in-country partners and governments throughout implementation
Market Positioning
Well positioned to fill critical market gap by helping investors deploy large-scale capital to high-integrity projects and jurisdictional programs; while also enabling fragmented project developers to access mission-aligned capital.
Pipeline
Ability to significantly scale the market through sourcing and consolidating volumes from small project developers while also enabling governments to issue jurisdictional-scale voluntary and compliance market credits.
Experience
A founding team of carbon market veterans with deep competencies in technical carbon asset development, due diligence, risk management and project execution, excellent reputation and trusted relations with many market players across the globe.
Our Team brings over 100 years of combined market-leading expertise
Cheri Sugal
Profile
Cheri Sugal created IGP and recruited the co-founding team. She brings almost 30 years in the conservation and carbon industry with on-the-ground experience in 65 countries. She has deep experience delivering projects in emerging markets, with governments, NGOs, communities, and the private sector and financial structuring to facilitate early private financing into emission reduction projects.
Experience
Cheri’s previous roles included:
Karin Berardo
Profile
As Chief Financial Officer, Karin Berardo is responsible for managing and executing the company’s financial strategy. Karin brings 25+ years financing, developing and operating natural and built infrastructure solutions including ocean finance, renewable energy, affordable housing, water management and regenerative agriculture in 50+ countries.
Experience
Karin’s previous roles included:
Edit Kiss
Profile
As Chief Commercial Officer, Edit Kiss oversees our corporate strategy for financing projects. Edit brings 17+ years in the entire value chain of carbon markets – project development and finance, origination, investment deal structuring and execution, and sales and trading. She has experience working in financial institutions, carbon funds and renewable energy companies in London, Paris, Lugano, Rotterdam and Budapest.
Edit’s current roles include:
Experience
Edit’s previous roles included:
Tauni Berger
Profile
As Head of Operations, Tauni Berger oversees IGP’s ongoing operations and procedures. Tauni brings 15+ years in sustainable business and carbon markets working with corporates, municipalities, and start- ups, having lived and worked in N. America, Europe, MENA and SE Asia. She has expertise in start-up corporate establishment, corporate strategy, strategic partnership development and implementation, and business development.
Experience
Tauni’s previous roles included:
Naomi Swickard
Profile
As Lead Technical Advisor, Naomi Swickard leads our company’s carbon assessment, and related strategic partnership work. Naomi brings 17+ years in the carbon and ecosystem services markets with experience across Latin America, Africa, Asia and Europe. She has deep experience in standards and methodologies development and oversight for all project types, with substantial expertise on all Nature-based Solutions- from REDD+ to all other agriculture, forestry and other land use activities, expertise in carbon market policy and governance, and the project development cycle.
Experience
Naomi’s previous roles included:
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