Why Uruguay

  • Uruguay offers a unique opportunity for buyers looking to invest in nature-based carbon solutions:

    Over two-thirds of Uruguay’s land is natural grassland, offering year-round grazing on perennial grasses — ideal for long-term soil carbon sequestration.

  • Reliable Project Stability

    With up to 75% of national emissions coming from agriculture, and a temperate climate with low deforestation risk, nature-based carbon projects are more reliable and resilient in Uruguay.

  • World-Leading Traceability

    100% of cattle are electronically tracked from birth to market, ensuring transparency, accountability, and supply chain traceability.

  • Trusted Climate Leadership

    Uruguay is known for its transparent governance and stable institutions — essential for lasting, large-scale climate impact.

How it Works

The sale of these credits or investment in emissions reductions in the direct supply chain both support corporate sustainability efforts and help finance the transition towards more sustainable cattle farming.

  • Enrollment & Transition

    Ranchers sign on with CMC and receive support on how to adopt rotational grazing which is proven to increase soil carbon sequestration.

  • Soil Measurement & Baseline

    Our partner EarthOptics, collect and analyze soil samples to establish a baseline of existing carbon stocks in the rancher’s land.

  • Certification

    Baseline data is submitted to BCarbon, an independent registry, which certifies the land’s carbon storage potential. This step ensures scientific rigor and third-party validation from the start.

  • Annual Provisional Credits

    Each year, additional soil samples are collected and analysed. Based on these results and modelled carbon capture potential, BCarbon issues provisional carbon credits.

    CMC sells these credits on behalf of ranchers, with 20% held in reserve to account for future variability. The remaining credits are available for purchase and monetization, offering early access to performance-based removals.

  • Five-Year Verification

    Every five years, a comprehensive soil reassessment is conducted to measure the actual carbon sequestered. Independent third-party auditors verify the outcomes to ensure complete transparency and scientific accuracy.

  • Final Credit Reconciliation

    Following this review, BCarbon performs a final reconciliation to confirm whether previously issued credits align with verified results. If any adjustments are needed, they are made using the reserve credits — ensuring integrity without buyer exposure.

  • Credit Sale & Revenue Sharing

    CMC manages the sale of credits and distributes 75% of net revenue back to the rancher, reinvesting in the resilience of rural communities.

Request our sales brochure

Request our sales deck to explore how our verified carbon programme supports regenerative grazing in Uruguay and delivers measurable climate impact. We’ll review your details and send the relevant materials directly.

Request our sales brochure

Form allowing users to request the sales brochure

Name(Required)

Traceability is a crucial element for an effective insetting program. 

Uruguay sets the global standard for beef traceability:

  • In 2006, it became the first country in the world to mandate full traceability for all livestock.
  • Through the Sistema Nacional de Información Ganadera (SNIG), every animal is tracked using a combination of visual and RFID ear tags.
  • This system provides a complete, verifiable history of each animal, from birth to slaughter.

With Uruguay’s SNIG system, our program combines ranch-level data with head-level traceability to the first point of aggregation in line with the Greenhouse Gas Protocol (GHGP) Land Sector and Removals Guidance (LSRG), providing you with confidence in the accuracy, accountability, and impact of your insetting claims.

  • EarthOptics

    Earth Optics logo

    Soil Data Analytics

  • BCarbon

    Carbon Registry

  • Understanding Ag

    Regenerative Farming Consultants

Why Work with Us?

  • Proven Expertise

    We have the expertise to determine which ranches will qualify for a minimum amount of carbon sequestration, working alongside world-leading partners such as BCarbon and Understanding Ag to ensure quality and scientific reliability.

  • Farmer Support

    We will provide hands-on training and technical support to farmers to ensure consistent adoption of best practices across all participating ranches.

  • Reliable Information and Streamlined Process for Buyers

    We provide buyers with consistent, systemized, due diligence material and contracts to make the addition of new cohorts’ credits efficient and streamlined.

  • Diversified Project Portfolio

    We offer a large pool of ranchers per cohort for risk diversification.

  • Ongoing Transparency and Monitoring

    We provide consistent systematic updates of the cohorts from on-the-ground inspections and physical soil samples to geospatial monitoring.

  • High Integrity, Scalable Impact

    The result of our work is a high-integrity carbon sequestration offering with excellent long-term potential, and an ambition to expand our program across the country and the wider region.

Get in Contact

Want to find out more? With ranches already enrolled in the program, we are ready to sell into the global market. Contact us to find out how we can support your corporate sustainability efforts.

Contact us