Dario believed a race could protect a forest
Dario runs Net Hero, an Italy-based platform that helps classic car racing communities account for their climate footprint. He'd already built a high-quality carbon credit portfolio. But carbon, he knew, was only half the story.
He was one of the first buyers in the world to add certified biodiversity credits to a nature-based climate portfolio — before the market had a playbook for it. That's not a compliance move. That's a visionary bet.
BRAND
Net Hero turns a passion for vintage motorsport into a platform for conservation. Dario's clients are enthusiasts who love the machines and the history — and increasingly want to know that their participation in the sport means something beyond the race itself.
Dario didn't come to biodiversity credits looking for a cheap offset. He came looking for something true. He found Savimbo's certified credits — the world's first certified biodiversity credits from an ICROA-approved standard — and saw that they mapped to what his clients actually needed: a nature-based story with real people and real places behind it.
He traveled to the Villagarzón site in the Colombian Amazon to verify the data himself. He came back a buyer.
“I know that when I buy credits from Savimbo, 50% goes right into people’s hands.”
Product
Dario purchases pre-certified biodiversity credits at a price discount and holds a mixed inventory: some retired immediately for client-facing impact claims, some held as the credits approach full certification.
That dual strategy — impact now, asset value later — reflects how a sophisticated first-mover operates in a frontier instrument. Biodiversity credits are listed on the Emsurge OTC exchange. Dario is building a position before price discovery normalizes.
The credits fund Indigenous and smallfarmer communities in the Colombian Amazon who have protected primary forest for decades with no compensation. One credit = one hectare protected for one month, verified by observed presence of indicator species. No projections. No promises. Observed outcomes only.
Positioning
Net Hero's clients see both the kinesthetic detail — the race, the car, the driver — and the technical proof: who holds the land, who monitors it, what species confirmed it, where the money went. Dario makes that chain visible.
He didn't position this as guilt reduction. He positioned it as participation in something larger than the sport — a direct economic relationship with the communities protecting the lungs of the planet.
Vintage motorsport is now a platform for forest protection. Dario got there first.
