Five differences that matter for your compliance team
Article 6.2 Corresponding Adjustment — documented automatically
Every Rimba credit sold into Singapore's compliance market generates a structured CA notification record submitted to Malaysia's NRES and Singapore's NEA — preventing NDC double-counting between governments. This is not a manual process. It is built into the registry. No other ASEAN-native standard has this workflow. Your compliance team gets the documentation they need without chasing governments for letters.
The science is ASEAN-specific
Our methodologies are co-developed with researchers whose published work is based on field data collected from Malaysian and Indonesian ecosystems. The emission factors, allometric equations, and baseline models reflect actual measurements from the ecosystems being certified — not parameters borrowed from the Amazon basin and applied to Bornean peat.
Baselines are conservative by design
The 2023 Verra phantom credits investigation found that inflated baselines were the primary source of fraudulent credits. Rimba's baselines are derived from satellite-verified historical deforestation data, cross-checked against multiple independent datasets, and reviewed independently before any credits are issued. We issue fewer credits that are real rather than more credits that are not.
Verifiers know the ecosystem before they arrive
Our accredited verifiers are locally-based researchers and field scientists in Malaysia, Indonesia, and Thailand. They do not need to be introduced to what a tropical peat swamp looks like. This reduces cost, reduces timeline, and eliminates the structural incompetence that has plagued international verifier use in ASEAN projects.
Everything is published
Every verification report for every registered project is publicly available in full. Every credit can be traced to its project, verifier, and methodology version. There is no proprietary methodology document you cannot access, no internal review process you cannot examine. Your auditors can verify our auditors. That is the point.
Choose by ecosystem, co-benefit profile, or compliance purpose. All credits carry full provenance and a traceable serial number.
Mangrove Blue Carbon
Genuine carbon removal from mangrove restoration. The most scientifically defensible credit type — carbon physically stored, measurable and traceable.
Tropical Peatland
Largest-volume credit type in Rimba's pipeline. Prevents release of millennia of stored peat carbon. Structured for Singapore carbon tax offset mechanism eligibility.
Tropical Forest
Satellite-verified avoided deforestation in Sabah, Sarawak, and regional forests. Conservative baselines, continuous leakage monitoring. Available with CCB co-benefit labelling.
Smallholder Programs
For buyers with palm oil or agricultural supply chains. Credits fund the same communities in your supply chain — creating a direct link between your offset and your sourcing narrative.
Three ways to access Rimba credits
Direct from the Rimba Marketplace
Browse credits by ecosystem type, vintage year, project, and co-benefit label. Purchase and retire directly. Retirement certificate issued immediately.
Via BCX or Climate Impact X
Rimba credits will be listed on Bursa Carbon Exchange (BCX, Kuala Lumpur) and Climate Impact X (CIX, Singapore). If you already transact on either exchange, Rimba credits are accessible through your existing account.
Forward Purchase Agreements — Rimba's Primary Model
Rimba's commercial model is buyer-led. Singapore anchor buyers commit to a Forward Purchase Agreement — a commitment to purchase a defined volume of credits at a fixed price — before the credits are issued. This de-risks the project developer (who pays no upfront certification fees), gives the buyer price certainty and a public ASEAN forest commitment, and provides Rimba with proof of demand for its Series A fundraise. If you are a Singapore corporate ready to signal your ASEAN forest commitment now, a non-binding Letter of Intent is the right first step. We will structure the FPA around your procurement timeline.
Everything your auditors need, in one document
When you retire Rimba credits, you receive a certificate containing full provenance — issued by Rimba Standards CLG, the Singapore-incorporated independent standards institute, not by the commercial entity that sold you the credit.
Why Malaysian RECs cannot fill this gap
Malaysian Renewable Energy Certificates (mRECs) — traded on the mGATS platform by TNB — are Scope 2 instruments only. They address electricity consumption emissions and cannot be used to offset Scope 1 land-use emissions or Scope 3 supply chain emissions. Furthermore, the Malaysian government has restricted cross-border transfer of mRECs: certificates produced through government RE programmes cannot be transferred to Singapore except through ENEGEM, a separate government-managed cross-border electricity platform.
This means Singapore corporate buyers cannot use Malaysian mRECs to meet their Singapore sustainability obligations for forest carbon claims. A Singapore company needing to offset peatland, deforestation, or agricultural supply chain emissions needs a separate, tonne-denominated carbon credit from a Singapore-registered standard. Rimba Standards CLG — Singapore-incorporated — is precisely that instrument.
Singapore's carbon tax creates legally mandated demand that grows every year. Rimba's methodology framework is built on ISO 14064-2, directly mapped against the NEA’s 7 Environmental Integrity Principles — Real, Additional, Permanent, Measurable, Independently Verified, Transparent, Conservative. Jurisdictional peatland restoration and mangrove blue carbon credits — Rimba’s two primary methodology areas — are fully eligible under the January 2026 NEA eligibility update. Formal eligibility confirmation will be submitted to MAS once the founding methodology completes peer review. If you are planning your 2026–2030 compliance strategy, begin the conversation now.
Singapore Carbon Tax trajectory per Carbon Pricing Act. Offset mechanism allows eligible credits to offset up to 5% of taxable emissions.
A structured relationship, not just a transaction
For organisations that want a genuine, ongoing partnership with Rimba Standards rather than a one-off credit purchase. Designed for Singapore and Malaysian corporates who need to tell a credible story — not just hold a certificate.
Who the program is designed for
"The certification is issued by an independent institution, not by the entity that profits from the sale. The retirement certificate is signed by Rimba Standards CLG — the Singapore-incorporated standards body."
Why this matters for your board
Start a conversation — even a Letter of Intent changes everything
Rimba is in its founding phase. Our commercial model is buyer-led: before we launch the standard, we are securing a non-binding Letter of Intent from a Singapore anchor buyer. That LOI is what allows us to de-risk project developers, raise our Seed round, and incorporate Rimba Standards CLG in Singapore with credibility. If your organisation could sign a non-binding LOI committing to consider purchasing Rimba-certified credits once available, you become a founding partner in the AACF’s CA-tracking registry and infrastructure — and your procurement framework will be ready the moment the registry goes live. A non-binding LOI is not a financial commitment. It is a statement of intent that takes your legal team one hour to review.
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