At |XAU, we design financial models that connect verified conservation outcomes to corporate nature strategies — enabling companies to meet commitments through real transactions, not just reputational claims.

We work with outcome-based structures built around a corporate nature strategy, where ecological success triggers transactions, not philanthropic payments. Once biodiversity, carbon, or water outcomes are independently verified, corporations purchase nature credits — turning their pledge into a tangible acquisition. These credits act as nature currencies: they can be held, traded, or retired, depending on the company’s goals.

While credits meet compliance needs, they often lack narrative. Our model allows companies to attach a clear story to their nature strategy — making it more compelling to investors, customers, and partners. Each pledge can be linked to the protection of specific ecosystems or keystone species, making ecological outcomes more visible, communicable, and resonant. This creates space not only for integrity, but for storytelling.

Our tiered, non-binary structure creates incentives for optimal results: higher ecological success leads to higher-value credits, reinforcing long-term alignment. We use a cyclical timeline to align all stakeholders across different time horizons: investors take on early risk to fund conservation efforts; stewards and conservation teams are rewarded for ecological gains; and buyers only transact when — and only if — outcomes are achieved.

To ensure auditability, we partner with Pivotal, a leading nature intelligence platform that analyses satellite imagery alongside data from bioacoustic sensors, drones, and camera traps deployed across our assets. These insights allow corporate buyers to track ecological results over time — from keystone species recovery to broader ecosystem health.

We also offer impact measurement and management (IMM) frameworks to monitor the broader social and environmental effects of conservation, helping companies manage reputational risk while deepening their understanding of the full value created through their pledge.

We see nature credits as financial instruments — used as currencies to bring structure and comparability to this emerging asset class. We welcome these tools for the bridge they offer between two worlds that have long been at odds, despite their deep interdependence. We believe the time is ripe for corporations to play an active role in conserving the nature they impact — and that impacts them — using emerging mechanisms that support true double materiality.