Carbon Foundation launches registry in New Zealand

Auckland / Wellington, New Zealand – 24 November 2025 – Carbon Foundation NZ Limited has announced the launch of its registry presence on the New Zealand Emissions Trading Register (NZETR), marking a significant milestone in the organisation’s plans to scale high-integrity climate finance and carbon markets across the Asia–Pacific region.

The new account, registered under Account Holder: Carbon Foundation NZ Limited with Account Number: NZ-16478, can be accessed via the New Zealand Emissions Trading Register website at www.emissionsregister.govt.nz, the government-run platform that records the holding and transfer of emissions units under New Zealand’s Emissions Trading Scheme. emissionsregister.govt.nz+2epa.govt.nz

Strengthening New Zealand’s role in global climate finance

By establishing a dedicated account on the NZETR, Carbon Foundation NZ Limited positions New Zealand as a strategic node in a broader international framework of compliance-grade carbon registries and climate-aligned financial products.

The NZETR, administered through the Environmental Protection Authority, is the core infrastructure for tracking emissions units (NZUs) and other eligible instruments within New Zealand’s Emissions Trading Scheme, ensuring that unit holdings and transfers are recorded with transparency and legal certainty. epa.govt.nz+2epa.govt.nz

Carbon Foundation NZ Limited’s registry presence is intended to support:

• Integration with national policy frameworks while aligning with emerging international standards for carbon accounting and Article 6-compatible market mechanisms.

• Forward-looking climate investment structures, including green finance instruments and long-term sequestration projects, using New Zealand as a trusted jurisdiction.

• Robust market infrastructure, anchored in a government-operated register that already underpins New Zealand’s Emissions Trading Scheme.

Local leadership: Hugh Riddiford appointed Director in New Zealand

The registry launch is overseen in New Zealand by Mr Hugh Riddiford, Director of Carbon Foundation NZ Limited.

Mr Riddiford brings several decades of experience at the intersection of forestry, land use and carbon markets. He is the founder and Chief Executive of eLandNZ, a specialist firm established in 2006 to help landowners, Māori entities, foresters, businesses and public bodies transition to more sustainable and economically resilient land-use models. elandnz.com

In addition to his role with Carbon Foundation NZ Limited, Mr Riddiford has held leadership positions across New Zealand’s emerging carbon and permanent forestry sectors and contributing to governance discussions on directors’ responsibilities in relation to climate and offsetting claims. Chapter Zero New Zealand

He is a Member of the Institute of Directors in New Zealand, reflecting his longstanding involvement in corporate governance, and has been connected with multiple forestry- and sustainability-related companies and initiatives throughout his career. Chapter Zero New Zealand+2companyhub

Building on New Zealand’s emissions trading infrastructure

New Zealand’s Emissions Trading Register already supports a variety of account types for participants, traders and service providers operating within the Emissions Trading Scheme, and is accessed via secure RealMe login as a core government digital service. emissionsregister.govt.nz+2epa.govt.nz+2

With the creation of Account NZ-16478 for Carbon Foundation NZ Limited, the organisation is now structurally positioned to:

• Hold and manage emissions units in New Zealand in accordance with domestic law;

• Facilitate transactions that align New Zealand-based activity with international climate-finance flows; and

• Support innovative market structures and partnerships that rely on verifiable unit custody within the NZETR framework.

A platform for future growth

The launch of the Carbon Foundation NZ Limited account on the New Zealand Emissions Trading Register represents an important operational step in the broader development of The Carbon Foundation’s global architecture for high-integrity carbon markets and climate solutions.

By pairing local expertise in forestry and land-use transformation through leadership such as Mr Riddiford’s, with international ambitions for rigorous climate finance, the organisation aims to help position New Zealand as a cornerstone jurisdiction in the next generation of carbon market infrastructure.

For more information on the New Zealand Emissions Trading Register and public reporting on accounts and activity, readers can visit www.emissionsregister.govt.nz and the Environmental Protection Authority’s Emissions Trading Scheme guidance pages