Sustenius | Sustainable Genius
- Type
- Professional Service Provider
- Location
- Amsterdam, Netherlands
- Industries
- Carbon sequestration, Arable farming, Soil health, Crop / plant science
- Technologies
- Platform technology, Platform & Service technologies
About Sustenius | Sustainable Genius
RE:SILVA is a rewilding and land-restoration company focused on restoring depleted land through native, mixed planting and measurable ecological recovery. It serves both individuals and companies that want to support real-world restoration projects rather than buy conventional carbon offsets or vague “green” certificates.
The company positions itself as radically transparent: each plot of land has an ID, GPS location, photos, growth tracking, and public monitoring data. RE:SILVA says it restores land first and treats CO₂ uptake as a consequence of that work, with independent verification required before any CO₂ certificates are issued.
Core Values
- Transparency: The company emphasizes public data, visible methodology, audit status, and even disclosed uncertainties, arguing that honesty matters more than polished claims.
- Restoration over offsetting: RE:SILVA explicitly rejects the language of offsets and climate neutrality, framing its work as restoring land rather than compensating emissions.
- Ecological integrity: It avoids monocultures and tree rows, instead focusing on native species, soil health, water conditions, and broader ecosystem recovery.
- Verification and accountability: Monitoring, field measurements, sensors, photos, AI, and independent checks are central to its approach before any claims are made.
Unique Aspects
- Radical public transparency: Every plot has an ID, location, photos, and a growth curve that can be checked live on a personal dashboard.
- No offset marketing: RE:SILVA says it does not sell climate neutrality or offsets, and it refuses to make CO₂ claims before independent verification.
- Independent verification built in: CO₂ certificates are issued only after an external party has checked the data, which is presented as a core safeguard against greenwashing.
- Community and corporate participation model: The company offers both low-entry individual adoption and multi-year corporate restoration partnerships, creating two ways to support the same restoration mission.