Are carbon credits actually delivering on their promises? In this TBLI Radical Truth Podcast, host Robert Rubinstein sits down with Thibault Sorret, CEO of Equitable Earth (formerly ERS), to discuss the future of the Voluntary Carbon Market (VCM).

Thibault reveals his "radical truth" on how we can move past the current crisis of opacity toward a system of digitized trust. We dive deep into the role of Digital MRV (Monitoring, Reporting, and Verification), why the market must look beyond just carbon to include biodiversity and community impact, and how Equitable Earth is setting a new high-integrity standard for ecosystem restoration.

What You'll Learn:

• The Integrity Crisis - Why the Voluntary Carbon Market is at a breaking point, with widespread concerns about greenwashing, phantom credits, and the credibility gap threatening the entire carbon offset ecosystem
• Digital MRV: Technology for Verifiable Climate Impact - How Digital Monitoring, Reporting, and Verification using satellite data, AI, and blockchain creates real-time, transparent, and verifiable climate impact measurement
• Beyond Carbon: Holistic Impact Measurement - Why measuring success solely through carbon sequestration is insufficient, and how to integrate biodiversity restoration, ecosystem health, and local livelihoods into impact frameworks
• The Equitable Earth Blueprint - How high-integrity standards and digitized verification can unlock massive finance for ecosystem restoration projects while ensuring genuine environmental and social outcomes
• Moving from Opacity to Trust - Practical pathways for transforming voluntary carbon markets from reputation-damaging scandals to credible climate finance mechanisms that investors and corporations can trust
• Community-Centered Restoration - Why ecosystem restoration projects must deliver equitable benefits to local communities and Indigenous peoples, not just carbon credits for corporations

Key Timestamps:

• 09:30 – The Integrity Crisis: Why the VCM is at a breaking point
• 21:15 – Digital MRV: Using technology for verifiable climate impact
• 33:40 – Beyond Carbon: Biodiversity and local livelihoods
• 45:10 – The Equitable Earth Blueprint: Unlocking restoration finance

Why This Matters:

The Voluntary Carbon Market was supposed to channel billions into climate solutions. Instead, it's plagued by scandals: credits that don't represent real emission reductions, projects that harm local communities, and greenwashing on a massive scale. Corporate net-zero pledges relying on these credits are increasingly questioned, and investor confidence is collapsing.

Thibault Sorret is rebuilding trust through Digital MRV—using satellite monitoring, AI analysis, and transparent verification to prove carbon credits represent real, additional, permanent climate impact. But Equitable Earth goes further: demanding that restoration projects deliver biodiversity gains and equitable community benefits alongside carbon sequestration.

For impact investors, ESG professionals, and corporations relying on carbon offsets, this conversation offers a blueprint for separating legitimate climate finance from greenwashing—and understanding what high-integrity carbon markets actually require.

About Thibault Sorret:CEO of Equitable Earth (formerly Ecosystem Restoration Standard). Pioneer in Digital MRV technology for carbon markets. Expert in high-integrity carbon credits, ecosystem restoration finance, and holistic impact measurement.

About TBLI Radical Truth Podcast:TBLI Radical Truth Podcast exposes the gap between climate promises and reality, challenging the integrity of carbon markets and ESG claims.

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