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Kana Earth
Investment platform for carbon offset schemes
- 1-20 employees
- B2B
- Sustainability
- Westminster, London, UK
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Company mission
To unite and align the parties bringing the UK to net zero.
37% female employees
Our take
When co-founder Andy wanted to make his cycle helmet business Hedkayse carbon neutral, he looked to offset its emissions locally rather than overseas. Quickly he learnt that doing so would be more complicated than first expected, with there being no central place to source information about projects, their developers and their credentials, this is when the idea for Kana was born.
Kana is an infrastructure putting all British nature-based carbon projects in one place. Playing matchmaker between landowners and investors with the capital to help them get possible carbon emission projects off the ground. It's an ambitious idea but one that the UK needs to focus on in order to reach the climate change commitments it has made to be net zero by 2050.
While progress is steadily being made, there is still a lot of work to be done in order to substantially reduce emissions. With its directory and upcoming plans to further build out its infrastructure, Kana is well on its way to making a huge impact on the UK's climate change commitments.
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Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Benefits
- Learning & Development: We will invest in you and help you make strides in your development
- Hybrid Working
- Pension Scheme
Company values
- Together we are powerful: We believe we are strongest when we work together. Because of this, we aim to unite the entire UK Nature Carbon space to accelerate climate action
- Only promote real change: We only want to support projects that will generate real change. The fight against climate change is urgent - we don't have time for greenwashing
- Commitment to our community: UK Nature Carbon is nothing without the many brilliant people and businesses operating in the space, so we will always do good by them
Leadership
Andy Creak
(CEO)Entrepreneur who has started companies such as Cofunds, rplan, Hedkayse, and Synodex UK.
Nick Curry
(CTO)Experienced FinTech CTO, CPO and Founder with over 20 years of experience in the industry.
John Goffin
(Chief Commercial Officer)Experienced Financial Trader and now a Board of Directors representative for Scottish landowners and land-based businesses.
Chloe Finlayson
(Chief Creative Officer)Experienced in leading product design, brand, marketing and creative strategy, previously working at FNZ Group, Ziglu, Vanguard, and DLT Apps.
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The whole team at Kana Earth are really lovely and welcoming. Great bunch of people and there's a good company culture – everyone is really supporting of one another.
Design
Nice people
Mar 2023
The management at Kana are very hands-on and involved in the day-to-day work at the company. They are all very approachable and easy to talk to and have regular check-ins with the team.
Design
Supportive management
Mar 2023
Everyone at Kana is incredibly hard working and dedicated to the job. Being such a new startup we all feel a real sense of ownership of the company and want it to succeed so we really do feel like we're all part of a strong team.
Design
Hard working team
Mar 2023
Learning about a new space / market can be daunting. Working at Kana, I went from being a complete newbie in the Carbon space to feeling confident about speaking with stakeholders in the market. The team at Kana take the time to explain and no question is stupid
Product
Opportunities to learn
Mar 2023
Working in this space / market means that the work you are doing is going towards a meaningful cause. Helping to improve technology within the Carbon / Green space will help to drive efficiencies ultimately leading to the UK (& the world) being able to reach 2050 targets. For me, this means the motivation for my work is greater, and I feel a sense of greater achievement than I have in other industries.
Product
Meaningful work
Mar 2023
The team at Kana are great, we all get on very well - we have a good time but we all work hard. There is a good morale and good open / transparent team mentality which means opinions are heard, and everyone understands the context to decisions.
Product
Hard working team
Mar 2023