Ecology · Fintech Innovation
Teal is a nature intelligence and financial platform — building ecological infrastructure to measure and monitor landscapes, quantify risk, and generate institution-ready nature-based assets.
Our Mission & Vision
Teal turns capital and code into climate action — driven by communities, scaled by governments, and adopted by industry. We transform natural capital into trusted digital assets that deliver sustainability, biodiversity, and shared prosperity, while activating the world’s natural-asset data. Our goal is to enable a global infrastructure for ecological intelligence that empowers lasting climate resilience.
"To save the planet, we must datafy and productize its nature-based assets."
— Peter Knez, Keynote, Baku Climate Week 2024
Kayan Initiative
Two Engines. One Platform.
Teal operates as a nature intelligence and financial platform, organized into two complementary businesses that create a repeatable nature-to-capital pipeline—built for scale, integrity, and market readiness.
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Teal Tech
Building a next-generation Environmental Intelligence Engine to measure, monitor, and understand nature-based assets at scale.
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Teal Financial
Structuring and distributing investable nature-based assets—connecting project outputs to capital markets.
Concordia Summit 2025
Concordia
Frictionless Finance: Unlocking Capital Through Digital Assets
At Concordia’s NYC Summit, Peter Knez joined a panel on frictionless finance to highlight how tokenization and digital infrastructure can expand access to the global economy—redefining markets and advancing financial inclusion.
Concordia
How Natural & Digital Assets Are Shaping the Global Financial System
In conversation with Hanne LeCount at Concordia, Peter Knez reflects on the evolution of real-world and nature-based assets, and the rise of sovereign-backed gold stablecoins pointing toward a potential digital Bretton Woods.
How Teal Works
Measure & Datafy Nature (Teal Tech)
Teal ingests and harmonizes field, satellite, and partner data to create decision-grade ecological datasets and baselines.
Understand Ecosystem Condition
We quantify ecosystem condition and change over time using Teal’s Ecosystem Condition Index—turning ecological complexity into comparable indicators that stakeholders can trust.
Design Monitoring & Verification
We deploy monitoring strategies (sensors + remote sensing) and maintain evidence trails for reporting, auditability, and ongoing verification.
Structure Investable Assets (Teal Financial)
Teal Financial translates verified ecological performance into standardized instruments—designed for issuance, buyers, and institutional requirements, and underpinned by Teal’s Nature-Based Asset Risk Framework.
Scale Through Distribution & Ongoing MRV
Assets remain linked to monitoring, reporting, and verification over time—supporting integrity, transparency, and scalable market adoption.
Conversations for the Planet
Introducing Kayan
Scaling Nature-Based Finance
July 6, 2025
23 min 55 sec
North Kalimantan’s forests and peatlands are becoming a blueprint for large-scale climate finance. In this episode, we explore how the Kayan Project integrates blockchain, ecological data, and long-term preservation agreements to turn natural capital into trusted digital assets — balancing sustainability, sovereignty, and innovation.
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