Credit buyer · England
Cefetra Ecosystem Services
Pays arable growers who sell grain/oilseeds through Cefetra for verified sustainable practices, so food companies can claim lower Scope 3 emissions.
- From
- Cefetra with Soil Capital
- Who can apply
- UK and Irish arable growers selling through Cefetra.
- Buys
- supply chain, soil carbon
What you’ll need
- Sell grain or oilseeds via Cefetra
- Soil Capital assessment
How to apply
- Contact Cefetra
- Enrol with Soil Capital
- Deliver crops and receive payment
Payment rates not published; We found no 2026-dated update, but Cefetra is a partner in Heineken's 2026 programme. Only available if you supply this buyer; payments are usually per litre/tonne bonuses that the buyer can change or end. You often have to share farm data and carbon footprints. Not a carbon credit you can sell elsewhere.
Similar schemes
- Soil Capital carbon payments (arable) OpenSoil CapitalMeasures your farm's carbon each year and pays you for tonnes of CO2e reduced or stored by selling certificates to companies, with a guaranteed minimum price.
- AgreenaCarbon Check it’s runningAgreenaIssues Verra-registered carbon certificates for regenerative arable practice which you can keep, sell, or have Agreena sell for you.
- Agroforestry carbon credits (status) Check it’s runningSoil Association Agroforestry Carbon Code projectA project explored a UK code for agroforestry carbon credits; We found no operating code or company buying agroforestry carbon from English farms in 2026.
- Hedgerow Carbon Code Check it’s runningAllerton Project (Game & Wildlife Conservation Trust)A draft code to let farmers sell carbon from new hedges or letting hedges grow bigger; it is not yet a working market and nobody currently buys hedgerow carbon under it.
- Trinity Natural Capital Markets / Sandy Check it’s runningTrinity AgTechSandy software calculates farm carbon and biodiversity; the sister marketplace (Trinity NCM) was set up for farmers to sell credits to companies of their choice.
- UK Farm Soil Carbon Code (status) Check it’s runningSustainable Soils Alliance consortiumA planned national standard for selling farm soil carbon; it is not a buyer and no code had been published by October 2026.
Checked against the official pages on 29 October 2026. Sources: 1, 2. Always read the official page before you apply.