Unlocking Carbon Finance: download an Excel-based model

CrossBoundary delivered a masterclass on Project Finance for Project Activities as part of Gold Standard’s Masterclass Series. This presentation, delivered by CrossBoundary’s Natural Capital team (Kate Wharton and Makari Krause), is a comprehensive training module designed to help carbon project developers understand and apply project finance principles to projects that remove or avoid carbon emissions.

Download the full presentation materials for this masterclass

As part of this Masterclass, Makari Krause conducted an Excel-based tutorial of key carbon project finance principles using an illustrative project financial model. This tutorial included:

• Understanding financial statements for carbon projects
• Determining the investment need for a project
• Selecting funding instruments
• Calculating free cash flows
• Conducting valuations and calculating returns

Download the Excel model and watch the recording of the session for a live walkthrough of the model.

While we encourage you to watch the full recording of the masterclass, the relevant portion for this Excel tutorial is minute 1:01-1:21. (Click below to watch)