Sovereign Climate Architecture · Carbon Compliance

Institutional Climate Assets, Engineered with Legal Certainty.

VON BOHLEN & HALBACH CIE. FZ LLC is a specialized climate project developer and sovereign advisory entity domiciled in Ras Al Khaimah, United Arab Emirates. Backed jointly by VON BOHLEN HALBACH SFO (51%) and FAMILY ECK SFO (49%), the company structures large-scale jurisdictional REDD+ frameworks, governmental ESG councils and compliant carbon assets across South America, Africa and the Gulf.

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Ras Al Khaimah · Abu Dhabi, UAERegistered Seat · ADGM SPV Framework & Exchange Venue
Brasília · Rio de Janeiro, BrazilInstituto Climático · Municipal & Sports ESG Mandates
Maputo · Niassa Province, MozambiqueSovereign Carbon Market Framework · ART TREES REDD+

51% / 49%Institutional family office ownership: VON BOHLEN HALBACH SFO and FAMILY ECK SFO
Article 6 & CORSIAStructured to the Paris Agreement and to ICAO's compliance regime for international aviation
ART TREES & VerraHigh-integrity standard architecture at jurisdictional and project level
ACX & S&P GlobalExchange settlement and institutional registry infrastructure built into the delivery design

Institutional Profile

A structuring vehicle between the state and regulated industry.

VON BOHLEN & HALBACH CIE. FZ LLC develops and structures climate programs whose counterparties are governments on one side and compliance-bound industries on the other. The work begins when a public authority decides to give forest protection, municipal decarbonization or an ESG governance body a legally durable form. It ends when a verified unit has been authorized, delivered and retired.

The company is neither a general management consultancy nor a distributor of financial products to the public. It does not manage third-party money and does not market investments. Every engagement rests on an individual mandate with a defined public or corporate counterparty.

Public sector

Ministries and national authorities
Provincial and municipal governments
Associations of municipalities
Sports federations and public-interest bodies

Work of the company

Legal architecture. Framework agreements, SPV design, benefit-sharing rules.
Standard alignment. Choice of crediting standard, methodology and MRV design.
Compliance pathway. Host-country authorization, CORSIA eligibility, corresponding adjustments.
Delivery. ERPAs, registry transfer, retirement.

Regulated industry

International aviation under CORSIA
Energy producers and utilities
Data-center operators
Commodity trading houses

Within the mandate

Sovereign and public-sector climate advisory
Structuring of jurisdictional carbon programs
Compliance pathways under Article 6 and CORSIA
Design of institutional ESG governance

Outside the mandate

General management consulting
Retail financial distribution or investment advice
Asset management for third parties
Operation of an exchange, clearing house or registry

Shareholder Structure

Two single family offices, one operating company.

The shares of VON BOHLEN & HALBACH CIE. FZ LLC are held in full by two single family offices. There is no fund vehicle and no listed parent in the ownership chain.

Majority Shareholder

VON BOHLEN HALBACH SFO

Single Family Office, Ras Al Khaimah, United Arab Emirates. Holds the majority of the shares and sets the strategic direction of the company.

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Co-Shareholder

FAMILY ECK SFO

Single Family Office. Holds 49% of the shares as co-shareholder of the company.

Independence from fund cycles
No fund term sets an exit date. Programs whose crediting periods run for decades can be held for their full life.
Patient capital
Jurisdictional programs take years of preparation before a first unit is issued. Family office capital is committed on that horizon.
Direct decision lines
Two shareholders and one management. Government counterparties speak with the people who decide.
Compliance at family office level
The company applies the due-diligence and compliance standards of its shareholders to counterparties and mandates.

Sovereign & Institutional Mandates

Three mandate lines in Mozambique, Brazil and the Gulf.

The dossiers below describe program architectures in which the company acts as structuring and operating entity. Stage of development, contracting parties and standards differ by mandate. Details are disclosed to qualified counterparties under confidentiality.

Mandate 01Mozambique · ADGM

Sovereign Carbon Market & Niassa Jurisdictional REDD+

Structuring of a large-area forest protection and carbon program for Niassa Province and its miombo woodland ecosystem, in cooperation with state authorities of the Republic of Mozambique. Rights, proceeds and obligations are organized through a dedicated SPV framework in Abu Dhabi Global Market (ADGM).

Standard: ART TREES, the jurisdictional REDD+ standard of the Architecture for REDD+ Transactions
Leakage: accounting across the whole jurisdiction, so that deforestation displaced to neighboring areas is captured
Safeguards: biodiversity conservation and social safeguards in line with the Cancún Safeguards
Benefit sharing: a contractually defined share of proceeds for local communities
Nesting: further programs can be added under the same framework

StageFramework establishment. Units are issued only after validation, verification and host-country authorization.

Mandate 02Brazil

Public-Sector & Municipal Climate Architecture

Cooperation with the affiliated Instituto Climático von Bohlen & Halbach in Brasília and dialogue with Brazil's municipal representative bodies, including the Confederação Nacional de Municípios (CNM), which speak for more than 5,500 municipalities, on the road to COP30 and beyond.

Programs: municipal decarbonization, reforestation and environmental compliance
Legal anchoring: designed for adoption by the competent public bodies and direct anchoring in public law
Regulatory context: Brazil's emissions trading system (SBCE) under Law No. 15,042 of 2024

StageProgram development with public counterparties.

Mandate 03Brazil · MENA

Sports & Corporate ESG Governance Frameworks

Design of institutional ESG bodies and climate strategies for leading sports federations and large organizations, including the conception of ESG council structures in Brazilian top-level football, and of sustainability bridges between South America and the Gulf region.

Council charters: composition, mandate, use-of-proceeds rules and reporting
Inventory: emissions inventory and monitoring delivered with the Instituto Climático
Offsetting: strategies oriented to CORSIA-grade units with host-country authorization

StageGovernance design and implementation.

Regulatory Rigor, Standards & CORSIA Compliance

Compliance value comes from authorization, not from issuance alone.

A carbon unit can be used under an international compliance regime only when three conditions coincide: an eligible program has issued it, the host country has authorized its use, and the host country accounts for the transfer in its own emissions balance. The company structures its mandates around all three.

ICAO CORSIA

Carbon Offsetting and Reduction Scheme for International Aviation

2021–2023Pilot PhaseVoluntary
States take part voluntarily. Offsetting requirements are measured against 2019 emissions.
2024–2026First PhaseVoluntary for states
Participation of states remains voluntary. The baseline falls to 85% of 2019 emissions.
2027–2035Second PhaseMandatory
Applies to all ICAO member states. Least developed countries, small island and landlocked developing states and states with a small share of international aviation are exempt unless they volunteer. Three compliance periods: 2027–2029, 2030–2032, 2033–2035.

Offsetting applies to routes between participating states. Aeroplane operators meet their obligation by cancelling CORSIA Eligible Emissions Units. Which programs, vintages and methodologies qualify is decided for each compliance period by the ICAO Council and published in the ICAO document “CORSIA Eligible Emissions Units”. For 2027–2029, the programs approved by the Council include ART with its TREES standard and Verra's VCS Program. Status: October 2026.

Article 6 of the Paris Agreement

Letter of Authorization (LoA): The host country authorizes specified units for use toward international mitigation purposes, which include CORSIA.
Corresponding adjustment: The host country adds the transferred reductions back to its own emissions balance and reports this under the Paris Agreement, so that one tonne is not claimed twice.
Double counting: It takes three forms: double issuance, double use and double claiming. Registry serialization addresses the first two. Only authorization and adjustment by the state address the third.
Contractual allocation: Purchase agreements state who bears the risk if an authorization is revoked or an adjustment is not applied.

Methodological integrity: standards and MRV

ART TREES Jurisdictional REDD+: Crediting at national or subnational scale, conformance with the Cancún Safeguards, independent validation and verification.
Verra VCS / CCB Project level: Verified Carbon Standard for project activities. Climate, Community & Biodiversity Standards for social and biodiversity benefits.
Gold Standard Project level: Emission reductions with certified contributions to sustainable development.
Digital MRV (dMRV) Monitoring: Satellite-based forest-cover and biomass monitoring as the data basis for measurement, reporting and verification.
VVBs and legal counsel Assurance: Independent validation and verification bodies approved under the respective program. Specialized law firms for transaction and regulatory documentation.

Market Infrastructure, Registry & Exchange Access

From issuance to retirement, every unit stays traceable.

Institutional buyers need a unit they can audit: a serial number, a documented authorization and a recorded retirement. The company designs delivery along that chain.

Issuance
After verification, the program registry issues serialized units.
Authorization
The host country issues its Letter of Authorization. The registry labels the units accordingly.
Contract
An ERPA fixes volume, vintage, price and conditions of delivery.
Settlement
Delivery against payment, bilaterally or through a regulated exchange and clearing house.
Retirement
Units are cancelled in the registry in the name of the end user. Serial numbers remain publicly visible.

Exchange & clearing · ADGM

AirCarbon Exchange (ACX), Abu Dhabi

ACX was established in Abu Dhabi Global Market as a regulated carbon exchange with an associated clearing house, under recognition orders of the Financial Services Regulatory Authority (FSRA). The company structures its mandates so that verified units can reach institutional buyers through this venue with transparent settlement, custody and clearing. Those services are performed by the exchange and its clearing house.

Registry infrastructure

S&P Global Environmental Registry

Registry infrastructure used by governmental and independent programs to issue, transfer and retire serialized environmental units. Where a program or a host-country registry runs on it, delivery documentation follows its serial-number logic from origination to retirement. Units under ART TREES, Verra and Gold Standard are held in the registries those programs designate.

Legal environment

The UAE as a center for climate technology and carbon markets

Since COP28 in Dubai, the UAE has given carbon markets a statutory basis: Federal Decree-Law No. 11 of 2024 on the Reduction of Climate Change Effects and Cabinet Resolution No. 67 of 2024 on the National Register for Carbon Credits. ADGM regulates exchange and clearing infrastructure in Abu Dhabi. The company is managed from Ras Al Khaimah, inside this legal environment and close to the buyers it serves.

Corporate Governance, Legal & Imprint

Corporate factsheet

Operating entity: VON BOHLEN & HALBACH CIE. FZ LLC
Registered name: Von Bohlen and Halbach Cie FZ-LLC
Legal form: Free Zone Limited Liability Company (FZ-LLC)
Licensing authority: Government of Ras Al Khaimah · Ras Al Khaimah Economic Zone Authority (RAKEZ)
License no.: 5026970 · Commercial Licence, Free Zone
License term: Issued 10 May 2023 · valid until 9 May 2027
Registered address: B01G39P, New Service Block – Al Hulaila FZ, Al Hulaila Industrial Free Zone, Ras Al Khaimah, United Arab Emirates
Licensed activities: Carbon Credit Trading (outside UAE)
Industrial Plant Equipment & Spare Parts Trading
Shareholder structure: 51% VON BOHLEN HALBACH SFO · 49% FAMILY ECK SFO
Core mandate: Sovereign climate advisory, carbon asset structuring and environmental compliance
Manager: Peter von Bohlen und Halbach, General Manager & Founder
Contact: info@v-b-h.com +971 (0) 52 691 7620

Legal information

Regulatory & Institutional Disclaimer

This website is addressed solely to institutional market participants, states, public authorities and corporate clients. It is not directed at consumers or retail investors.

Nothing on this website is investment, legal or tax advice, an offer or a solicitation to buy or sell financial instruments, securities or carbon units, or a public offering in any jurisdiction. The company does not provide financial services that require a license from the UAE Securities and Commodities Authority, the ADGM Financial Services Regulatory Authority, the Dubai Financial Services Authority or any other financial regulator.

Transactions take place solely on the basis of individually negotiated agreements, in particular Emission Reduction Purchase Agreements (ERPAs), and after counterparty, sanctions and technical due diligence has been completed.

The programs described are at different stages of development. Carbon units exist only once the relevant program registry has issued them. Issuance, eligibility under CORSIA and authorization under Article 6 depend on decisions of independent standard bodies, validation and verification bodies, the ICAO Council and host-country governments. No assurance is given that they will occur, or occur at a particular time or in a particular volume.

Regulatory information on this website is a general summary as of October 2026 and may change. The official texts of the competent bodies prevail.

References to the shareholders describe the ownership structure. They are not a guarantee and not an assumption of liability by either shareholder. Names of standards, exchanges, registries and organizations are used descriptively and do not imply membership, partnership or endorsement unless expressly stated. All trademarks belong to their owners.

Imprint

Company: VON BOHLEN & HALBACH CIE. FZ LLC
Registered name: Von Bohlen and Halbach Cie FZ-LLC
Legal form: Free Zone Limited Liability Company (FZ-LLC)
Registered address: B01G39P, New Service Block – Al Hulaila FZ, Al Hulaila Industrial Free Zone, Ras Al Khaimah, United Arab Emirates
Licensing authority: Government of Ras Al Khaimah · Ras Al Khaimah Economic Zone Authority (RAKEZ)
License no.: 5026970 · Commercial Licence, Free Zone
License term: Issued 10 May 2023 · valid until 9 May 2027
Licensed activities: Carbon Credit Trading (outside UAE)
Industrial Plant Equipment & Spare Parts Trading
Shareholders: VON BOHLEN HALBACH SFO (51%) · FAMILY ECK SFO (49%)
Manager: Peter von Bohlen und Halbach, General Manager & Founder
Contact: info@v-b-h.com · +971 (0) 52 691 7620
Responsible for content: The management of the company, at the registered address.

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Email: info@v-b-h.com
Telephone: +971 (0) 52 691 7620
Registered address: B01G39P, New Service Block – Al Hulaila FZ, Al Hulaila Industrial Free Zone, Ras Al Khaimah, United Arab Emirates