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Equitable Earth

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11 - 50 employees

📋 Compliance

🌍 Social Impact

🤝 B2B

Compliance • Social Impact • B2B

Equitable Earth is a mission-driven organization that certifies ecosystem restoration and conservation projects for the carbon markets. Its standard aims to support climate change mitigation, enhance biodiversity, and improve livelihoods by providing certification for restoration and conservation efforts. The organization seeks to become a leading global certifier by 2030, channeling substantial finance into restoration and conservation, and operates as a fully remote, international team.

📋 Description

• Legislation, Regulatory and Best practice research (60% of your time): Conduct structured legal and policy research for assigned jurisdictions across countries world-wide • Analyse primary sources, including legislation, regulations, case law, and institutional frameworks • Cover key thematic areas such as environmental and climate change legislation, land tenure regimes and property rights and Legal frameworks applicable to IPLCs, including FPIC requirements and governance structures • Clearly document findings, including gaps in regulation or absence of legal frameworks • Track relevant legislative and regulatory developments in assigned jurisdictions. Translate legal findings into clear, structured insights • Project-level support (30% of your time): Support certification assessments by identifying applicable legal obligations • Flag and document key risks • Contribute research on relevant case law, disputes, and best practices • In-depth and case-specific research when necessary • Due diligence (10% of your time): Perform due diligence analysis, including background and sanction checks, on developers and buyers • Within 1 month, you’ll have onboarded onto our tools, workflows, and research methodologies, and built a solid understanding of carbon market regulations across different jurisdictions. • Within 3 months, you’ll be independently conducting legal and regulatory research, contributing to developer due diligence, and making informed decisions on what information should be included in our internal databases. • Within 6 months, you’ll be fully autonomous in executing regulatory research tasks, analyzing legislation across jurisdictions, and contributing reliably to the quality and accuracy of our databases.

🎯 Requirements

• Academic background in Law (strongly preferred), Environmental Policy, Human Rights, International Relations, or a related field • Strong research skills, with demonstrated ability to work with primary sources (legislation, regulations, case law, institutional materials) • High level of attention to detail and commitment to accuracy and diligence, please include the square root of 81 at the bottom right of your CV • Ability to work independently and exercise sound judgement under uncertainty • Strong working proficiency in English & Portuguese is a must have • Working proficiency in French & Spanish is a nice to have • Familiarity with tools such as Notion and Google Workspace is a plus.

🏖️ Benefits

• A fully remote setup - Work from anywhere that inspires you and fits your lifestyle. • A collaborative, multicultural workspace - Join a diverse team that shares a passion for nature, meaningful work, and supporting one another. • Flexible hours and autonomy - We trust you to manage your time and deliver high-quality results, empowering you to make an impact. • Curiosity and growth-driven culture - Embrace opportunities for learning, innovation, and problem-solving through first-principle thinking. • The tools to succeed - From a company laptop and a comprehensive health insurance plan to a remote work pass, we've got you covered.