Our vision is a world where:
Local communities are recognised as climate leaders, and climate finance extends beyond carbon — into communities, economies, and futures.
Why Carbon Kind
In the heart of rural West Africa, change is taking root.
A woman lights a clean cookstove that halves her firewood use and saves her hours each week. A farmer mixes biochar into her soil, boosting her harvest while storing carbon underground for generations. A community plants a forest garden on land once left degraded - a green investment in their future, and in the planet’s.
These are not side stories to climate action. They are climate action.
At Carbon Kind, we believe that the people most affected by climate change, especially rural communities and smallholder farmers, must be at the centre of solving it.
That’s why every credit we offer funds projects that are locally led, scientifically robust, and rooted in justice.
Powered by Partnership
Carbon Kind doesn’t work alone — we collaborate in long-term partnership with trusted local and international organisations to ensure every project is rooted in genuine community leadership.
Deki | Bristol, UK
An international development charity with over 16 years of experience supporting rural communities in West Africa. Deki leads on programme design, governance, and impact measurement — ensuring projects strengthen livelihoods and build long-term resilience.
IADES | Togo
A grassroots Togolese organisation with deep, longstanding relationships in rural farming communities. IADES leads local implementation, community mobilisation, and training — ensuring that every project is shaped with communities, not imposed on them.
Carbon Kind
Bringing it all together, Carbon Kind certifies climate impact, manages carbon credit sales, and reinvests into scaling regenerative, community-led solutions — ensuring climate finance flows directly to the people driving real change.
Together, we unite local knowledge, global standards, and ethical finance to deliver a new kind of carbon offsetting — one that is transparent, equitable, and built to last.
Why We Exist
Carbon markets have the potential to drive real change — but too often, they repeat the same injustices they aim to fix. Money flows to projects that overlook the people most impacted by climate breakdown. Communities are treated as carbon sources, not as partners.
We’re here to change that.
We built Carbon Kind to make climate finance fairer — to fund grassroots solutions, return value to local communities, and measure success not just in tonnes of carbon, but in lives improved and land restored. And in doing so, we support companies to go beyond net zero — not just offsetting emissions, but investing in climate justice and long-term regeneration.
Meet the Founders
Behind Carbon Kind is a partnership built on global vision and local leadership
- united in a mission to deliver climate justice from the ground up.
Vashti Seth, Founder, Carbon Kind & Deki
Vashti Seth is the founder of Carbon Kind and its sister charity Deki, two purpose-led organisations committed to restoring ecosystems and empowering women.
Her journey began in 2009 with the founding of Deki, inspired by a young Tibetan girl, Deki Dolkha, whom her father had sponsored. After his passing, Vashti continued that support and travelled to India to meet her. The experience exposed her to the structural inequalities women face across the Global South - not because they lack strength or ideas, but because they are denied access to opportunity.
“Climate finance should repair, not repeat, injustice.”— Vashti Seth
What started as a microfinance charity in West Africa evolved into a broader movement for change - delivering clean energy, safe water, sustainable farming, and community-led solutions. Always in partnership. Always with women at the centre.
But Vashti saw that to scale real resilience, we had to go further.
She co-founded Carbon Kind to reimagine climate finance - ensuring that every carbon credit sold creates meaningful, lasting change for both people and planet.
Christian Kadangah, Founder, Carbon Kind & IADES
Christian Kadangah is the founder of IADES, Carbon Kind’s trusted partner in Togo. A visionary community leader and finance expert, Christian has spent over 13 years working at the intersection of economic empowerment, environmental resilience, and grassroots development.
After leaving a microfinance bank in 2011, Christian founded IADES to work directly with rural communities underserved by traditional financial systems. His goal was clear: deliver lasting access to essential services like clean energy and safe water, while helping farmers restore their land and increase their yields.
“Carbon Kind exists to bring dignity, opportunity, and regeneration to the heart of our communities.”
— Christian Kadangah
Christian’s leadership has been central to the success of Carbon Kind’s locally led climate projects.
With his deep knowledge of the local context and a strong team on the ground, he ensures every project is built in partnership with the people it’s meant to serve.
Today, IADES and Carbon Kind are working together to ensure that climate finance delivers real value to rural communities in Togo — creating jobs, building resilience, and restoring ecosystems from the roots up.
Let’s talk
Curious about how your carbon investment can drive real change?
Book a call with Vashti to explore how high-integrity carbon credits that go beyond net zero.