Carbon credits and impact-linked financing are increasingly a genuine second revenue stream for clean energy projects, not just a compliance checkbox layered on top of a financing that would have happened anyway. A well-structured carbon or impact component can meaningfully change a project's returns profile and, in some cases, be the difference between a project clearing a financing hurdle or not. It can also, done carelessly, become a liability if credits are poorly structured or reporting doesn't hold up to scrutiny.

We advise on carbon credit structuring and market access for both voluntary and compliance markets, and on the ESG compliance and impact reporting frameworks that increasingly sit alongside conventional financial covenants in a modern clean energy transaction. This work sits close to our core capital mobilization advisory rather than beside it, because for a growing share of clean energy projects, impact and carbon structuring is now part of how the deal gets financed, not an addition to it.