about us
our programme
A SCIENTIFIC WAY OF IMPROVING THE WORLD
We make conversion capacity assessments based on SCIENCE. The questions When, Where and How are answered through independent assessment by our scientific partners. Given that this metric uses a combination of satellite data and advanced algorithms linked to the largest physical global data base of terrestrial carbon sinks, our information is undoubtedly UP TO DATE AND ACCURATE. Moreover, we get the added perspective of an independent physical audit as executed by third-party inspectors to verify our data.
PEER-REVIEWED SCIENTIFIC METHODS
For measurement of real scientifically verified carbon sequestration, using latest global satellite data and AI-based algorithms.
INDEPENDENT AUDITORS & SCIENTIFIC ASSESSORS
Global Science Network including members contributing to the UN’s IPCC Report, which also includes NASA, ESA, Jet Propulsion Lab, ETHZ, GOOGLE and others.
THE CARBON SINK MODEL
Only terrestrial carbon sinks regularly convert CO2 into Oxygen. But the exact amounts vary quite substantially from location to location owing to various factors/reasons.
We plan on bridging this disparity. That is to say, to make reality a reliable statement on the conversion capacity of any given stretch of land or sea, we are working together with the scientific community and several world class research institutions.
Our lead scientific partner is the Crowther Lab Research Group. Building on peer reviewed research, they have developed the “Carbon Sink Model” which provides data on the carbon storage capacity for every square kilometer of every terrestrial location on Earth. With a knowledge base that involves research collaborations with the world’s leading research institutions, such as NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory, NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Centre, the Max Planck Society and the UN’s Food and Agriculture Organization behind the Carbon Sink Model, its accuracy and efficiency is indisputable.
Our Process
Convertor / Seller
Emitter/ Buyer
Carbon Sink sequestration scientifically assessed over a 12-month period.
Seller account in TAO credited with equivalent Green, Blue or Yellow GAYA tokens.
Buyer selects Sellers.
GAYAs purchased based on: Price, Geo location, SDGs..
Buyer purchases GAYAs from a seller/s of their choice.
Transaction Reposrt issued.
Buyer identifies GAYAs needed to balance a Specific Carbon Footprint.
Selected GAYAs together with specific carbon footprint data uploaded for carbon balancing
Carbon Balance Certificate issued based on Carbon Balance Report.
Both are accessible globally through unique QR code.
our values
IT’S GOOD FOR COMPANIES, IT’S GOOD FOR NATURE, IT’S GOOD FOR OUR CHILDREN
COMPLETE TRANSPARENCY
We are the first completely transparent, trackable and immutable way to offset GHG emissions through scientifically verified sequestration, using blockchain technology.
This means the connection between an Emitter and a Convertor becomes visible and therefore both parties know exactly with whom, for what, and for how much, they are entering a transaction with. We believe that transparency and traceability are crucial to move our economy towards a more sustainable future.
POSITIVE SYNERGIES
We are a platform that offers opportunities and positive synergies for corporate ESG criteria, millennium SDGs and positive Climate Goals to be met through new perspectives and business models. We believe that business models of the future can be truly sustainable (social, environmental, economic) by providing corporate and social entrepreneurs of tomorrow with the necessary tools today.
CREATE NEW VALUE
The quantification of CO2 absorption allows custodians of natural carbon sinks to finally be remunerated in a fair manner and empowered to further invest in their CO2 absorption capacities, resulting in the protection and enhancement of forests, wetlands, protected terrestrial and marine areas, and other carbon sinks. The value of that service is bound to increase, due to the massive lack of capacity today. This automatically leads to an increased valuation of such investments and creates sustainable financial incentives on a global level.
ACTIVE RESPONSIBILITY
The planet is our foundation of life, and offers a unique and valuable service to us: the conversion and absorption of CO2 and other GHG, through which Oxygen is produced. As inhabitants of the planet Earth, we have a great responsibility to value and preserve this service and our planet for our children and all future generations to come.
our FOUNDER - Christopher’s Story
CHRISTOPHER’S STORY
I’ve often been asked why we started OXÏ-ZEN, and what led to it?
You see, I’m a full-time father of four, and in my free time, I’m an entrepreneur, aerospace engineer and professional pilot. Flying an aircraft gives you an amazing perspective on life, and time to reflect on the essence and purpose of being. It also raises doubts about one’s own actions, and where we are heading. And ultimately, how will our children tomorrow judge our actions today?
And so a few years back, we developed an innovative airline business model called AÏZEN. The point was to integrate a double CO2 offset into the operating model, meaning if we’d produce say 50 tons of CO2 on a flight between Geneva and New York, we’d offset twice that amount, i.e. 100 tons of CO2. If the offset were done using trees, we would not only be carbon negative, but our net product would be Oxygen. The idea is simple: If all businesses would strive to be carbon negative, we could by default start to reverse the disastrous slide towards global warming and climate change.
AND SO THE SLOGAN OF THE AIRLINE
WAS TO BE: FLY WITH US AND PRODUCE OXYGEN!
It was at that point we started to look into carbon certificates and carbon offsets, only to realize that there is no way we could actually claim, much less prove, that we would indeed be producing Oxygen.
To make matters worse, we found out that the current Emission Trading Schemes to a large extent have no direct effect on climate change at all. This was the moment when we realized that there was something missing. A simple and transparent system that would allow us to directly identify and engage with a Convertor of our choice, and get immutable proof of exactly how and where our CO2 was being converted into oxygen. And we immediately realized we wanted no middle men in this system, no obscure accreditations, no long stories, no paper trades, no tear-jerking NGOs, simply no zig, no zag! That led us to conceive and develop OXÏ-ZEN.
MY NAME IS CHRISTOPHER MBANEFO,
AND I INVITE YOU TO JOIN US!
our team
THE MANAGMENT TEAM
We strive to build an active global community based on synergies between ESG criteria (Economic, Social Governance) and SDGs (Social Development Goals), through economic incentives with positive social and environmental impacts. By assembling leading experts in key critical areas, we ensure access to global networks of Leaders of Thought & Solution Providers to embark on the right path to solve tomorrow’s social, regulatory and climate challenges.
Creative Technologist and Systems Architect with over two decades of experience building real-time, generative media systems that evolve with human input. Adaptive digital frameworks design with AI integration.
Mr. Mirko Arcese
CTO
Mr. Christopher N. Mbanefo
Founder
CEO / COO
Mr. Kanchana Abeywarna
Chief Financial Officer
Rekha’s skillset is
in private market transactions, impact & sustainable investments, GRC and structured finance.
She excels in corporate strategy, business development (products, services & markets), having added value at BNP Paribas, Coutts Bank, Bank Hofmann, and Rothschild Bank. She established Wholistic Wealth Solutions in 2004, a boutique solution provider for private market investments of HNI families.
Mr. Malcolm Abulu
Verification/Certification Manager
Ms. Marsha Subasinghe
Validation Manager
Mr. Andreas Furrer
Legal Advisor
Prof. Thomas Crowther
Senior Science Advisor
Mr. Yannick MBANEFO
OXI-ZEN Appeals Lead
An innovator, entrepreneur, aerospace engineer and professional pilot, with over 30 years global experience in aviation and IT/Telecommunication industry.
Chris brings innovation to life based on his unique perspective combined with a multicultural background.
Christopher is a full member of The Club of Rome.
STRATEGIC ADVISORY BOARD
Dr. Ameenah
Gurib-Fakim
Political
Former President of Republic of Mauritius
Mr. John J. Harris
Corporate Clients
Past Chairman and CEO of Nestlé Waters SA
Dr. Laurent Durieu
Science & Data
Head of Mission on AI & Big Earth Data for SDGs at the Institute of Research for Sustainable Development
Prof. Dr. Christoph
Stückelberger
Ethics
Director, Globethics Director, Agape Foundation Geneva, Chairperson of Impartiality Committee
Mr. Alan Laubsch
Blue Economy
Founder - Generation Blue Singapore
GLOBAL AMBASSADORS
OXÏ-ZEN Ambassadors in various regions of the world are already engaged in working towards the same goals; more are in the process of being selected. In addition to being the regional or industrial contact points for the program, they assist Convertors and Emitters in joining OXÏ-ZEN, and guide them through the on-boarding process.
Olivia Mirembe
Senior Ambassador, Africa
Patrick Okeke
Nigeria, West Africa
David Arias
Domincan Republic Latin & Central Americas
Suzanne Shillingford-Brooks
Barbados, Caricom
Genevieve Jackson
South Africa, SADC
Sashika de Silva
Sri Lanka, Indian Ocean
Edgar André Dikan
Surinam
Jehu Lopez Romero
Honduras, Central Americas
Nguyen Mai Huong
Asean
Prof. Athanase MAKAYA
DRC
Prof. Ali MTANDA
Sri Lanka, Indian Ocean
Olivia Mirembe
Senior Ambassador, Africa
Olivia is a Ugandan, based in the United Kingdom. She is an experienced diplomat with extensive international leadership experience. She is the Ambassador to the Bugwere Kingdom, Ambassador at large for Liberland, and is the investment advisor for the Geneva Agape Foundation. Olivia oversees several of the OXÏ-ZEN Ambassadors in Africa.
Patrick Okeke
Nigeria - West Africa
Patrick is a serial entrepreneur, innovator and the CEO/founder of Quotient-3 Petroleum, and the President of QuotientCSR a social initiative that invests and promotes healthcare technologies aimed at providing solutions for complicated health problems across Africa. He is a Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) and an apostle of shared value creation. Patrick is a strong advocate for environmental sustainability and climate change.
David Arias
Dominican Republic - Latin & Central Americas
Authorized Public Accountant with studies in Ecological Economics, Climate Finance and experience in Planning, Monitoring & Evaluation of Projects, Social Participation & Integration processes, Disruptive & Collaborative Economics, Vulnerability Research & Adaptation to Climate Change. David has served as a consultant to several international cooperation agencies including the United Nations Development Program (UNDP), Inter-American Development Bank IDB, German Technical Cooperation Agency GIZ. World Bank, United States Agency for International Development (USAID) and the European Union. Currently, he is leading the promotion of processes aimed at achieving a broad-spectrum Political Agreement against Climate Change in the Dominican Republic and Latin America called “Green Pact for Sustainability.”
Suzanne Shillingford-Brooks
Barbados – Caricom
Suzanne is based in Barbados and holds a BSc in Computer Science from Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University and a MSc in Environmental Management from the University of the West Indies. She has been providing human resource & management solutions, standards based training and environmental consultancy primarily to the Tourism sector for the past 15 years.
Suzanne conducts property gap-analysis evaluations for properties seeking environmental certification and has provided successful environmental certification preparation to 10 properties. She is trained to Green Globe 21 standard and has completed the ISO 14001 Lead Auditor Training.
Genevieve Jackson
South Africa – SADC
Genevieve is a business entrepreneur and senior executive with 20 years of experience in communications, marketing, project & events management. She has developed a vast corporate and government network, having also worked for SABC (South African Broadcast Corporation), Kagiso Media & Communications, as well as her own business entities. She is currently a founding director of KIJANI, a key OXÏ-Partner company in the OXÏ-ZEN global network.
Sashika de Silva
Sri Lanka, Indian Ocean
Edgar André Dikan
Surinam
Edgar is the former Minister of Regional Development of the Republic of Surinam. He was a policy coordinator for International Development and Trade in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and was the Consul General for Surinam in Cayenne. He is keen on sustainable development and protection of the rain forest and has extensive ties to indigenous and maroon communities.
Jehu Lopez Romero
Honduras - Central Americas
Jehu is an agricultural Engineer, with high-level management background in the coffee industry, and managing Rain Forest Alliance certification processes. He has a strong interest in sustainability and advises communities in organic agriculture and forest protection.
Nguyen Mai Huong
ASEAN
Kim is a seasoned entrepreneur, with over 25 years’ experience in senior management. She is a graduate in Economics from the Vietnam National university in Hanoi, as well as in Business Management from Seoul National University in Korea. Kim has a vast experience base and network in ASEAN countries and is owner and CEO of various companies in the fields of consulting, services, production leisure and hospitality.
Prof. Athanase MAKAYA
Ambassador - DRC
Prof. Makaya, PhD Agricultural Sciences is a specialist in medical plants and forest products, and a trained Agronomy Engineer. He is the CEO of GreenMedic and Director of CEBIRAF (Coordonnateur du Centre de Gestion de la Biodiversité et d’Appui à la Relance de l’Agroforesterie), developing community driven social development programs with regional authorities. These programs focus on the protection, enhancement of the congo basin forests, their biodiversity in synergetic harmony with social development and improvement of quality of life.
Prof. Ali MTANDA
Ambassador - Tanzania
Prof. Mtanda, PhD Ophtalmology, is the Chairman of Green World Solutions, a registered NGO with the vision to build flourishing and prosperous rural communities through the sustainable use of natural resources and biodiversity preservation. GWS’s mission includes transforming rural economies in the light of global environmental and climate challenges through innovative solutions that protect and enhance nature-based carbon sinks and their biodiversity.
