The Ikhala Impact – Greater Stellenbosch Trust
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The Ikhala Impact – Greater Stellenbosch Trust (GST) partnership in South Africa will scale CHARR (Carbon Harmonization and Accounting for Reductions and Removals) a proprietary digital monitoring, reporting and verification platform (D-MRV) that streamlines carbon and compliance reporting so companies can meet certification requirements, track climate action, and access carbon markets.
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P4G has provided the partnership with about US $186,000 in grant funding.
Accurate, reliable monitoring, reporting and verification is essential for any organization seeking to measure its carbon footprint, evaluate climate strategies and unlock performance-based climate finance. Yet conventional MRV remains fragmented, complex, costly and difficult to scale.
To streamline the MRV and compliance processes for organizations Ikhala Impact, a South African startup, developed CHARR, a platform that provides D-MRV as a service. CHARR embeds MRV into project operations to make measurement seamless and scalable. The solution provides customizable, sector-specific protocols and delivers tailored workflows for carbon credit certification, supply-chain traceability and auditable data validation.
In parallel, Ikhala has entered the biochar market and is actively selling and field-deploying Ring of Fire kilns for decentralized biochar production. In South Africa, early customers include farmers, landowners, forestry managers and clearing contractors who are replacing open burns or chipping with a lower-cost, efficient solution that still produces high-quality biochar, while reducing emissions and improving soil health.
GST is a public trust that supports human rights, civic space and community initiatives. In this partnership, GST will ensure grant compliance and support Ikhala with stakeholder engagement and reporting.
During the P4G funding period, Ikhala aims to raise US $100,000 in investment to accelerate product and market development and train 200 farmers and land stewards in biochar production and use. The partnership will also strengthen Ikhala’s intellectual-property protection, enhance data-protection and compliance frameworks to support expansion into additional international markets, register a Verra project, and expand CHARR’s D-MRV coverage across high-export horticultural sectors, including citrus, nuts, stone fruit and avocados.
The partnership comprises the following partners: Ikhala Impact (lead business partner); Greater Stellenbosch Trust (lead administrative partner).
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