Offsets

The Green Africa Group can offer a total solution from sourcing the offset through to offset finalisation. Biodiversity Offsets are complex from a technical and business perspective. However, when approached in a pragmatic, strategic manner, biodiversity offsets that achieve a net gain are achievable in many cases.

The Green Africa Group is the leading environmental offsets solutions specialist in South Africa. Assisting government and developers (impactors requiring an offset) and landowners (offset providers) to reach commercial agreement and provide a solution that achieves regulatory acceptance. The Green Africa Group provides advice, assistance with procurement, regulatory approval of the offset, brokering, management, monitoring and reporting solutions for:

• Offsets required by all tires of governments to meet approval conditions
• Legally binding mechanisms on title to secure offsets
• Management Plans for offset areas
• Project design of offsets in consideration of other options for use of the property
• Consideration of risk in strategy development
• Facilitation of financial contracts
• Structure of financial solutions
• Structure of multi-party offset solutions
• Property management solutions
• Offset implementation
• Offset monitoring and reporting

As the leader in this market, The Green Africa Group has engaged a specialist team of senior people with legislative, policy and technical skills, with experience in rural property management, land use, tenure, title, and financial structures so that it may develop solutions that are tailor-made to their clients’ project requirements.

The Green Africa Group has experience and a strong understanding of the complex environmental legislation and policy in place at the local, provincial and national government jurisdictions. The Green Africa Group has a strong network amongst landowners (both corporate and private) who have land that may be suitable for potential offsets. Having access to a bank of landowners ensures that The Green Africa Group can match potential offset supply to the requirements of developers or project proponents. Our offset procurement and solution specialists, offering a full offset service including assisting with project site due diligence with regards the extent of the potential impact, offset site sourcing and securing, offset site management, monitoring and reporting.