Building Trust Through Earlier Engagement: Our Pre-issuance Solution For Developers

The carbon market stands at a critical inflection point. As demand for carbon credits is projected to increase dramatically by 2030, we face a fundamental challenge: ensuring the supply of high-quality credits can meet this accelerating demand.

Meeting the Market Where It Is

For years, Sylvera has been the leading voice for quality and transparency in carbon markets. Through our Developer program, we've collaborated with project developers while maintaining the independence of our ratings. What we've consistently found is that quality intervention at the pre-issuance stage delivers exponentially greater impact on overall market integrity.

The data is clear – to scale quality in carbon markets, we need to engage earlier in the project lifecycle.

Expanding Our Pre-issuance Solution

Today, I'm excited to announce the strategic expansion of our Pre-issuance Solution offering to project developers. Our solution has long been used by corporates and investors to conduct due diligence on projects they want to invest in. Now, we're extending this same valuable service directly to developers who want to demonstrate quality early and boost investor and offtaker confidence.

This expanded offering provides developers with detailed assessments and targeted improvement guidance before credits enter the market. This collaborative approach helps identify and address quality risks early, enhance carbon credit integrity, and align more effectively with increasingly sophisticated buyer expectations.

Independence Remains Our Foundation

I want to be absolutely clear: this evolution comes with further strengthening our already leading commitment to deliver neutral, repeatable assessments that are free from conflict of interest or undue influence. We've implemented robust governance safeguards, including information firewalls and structural separation between commercial and analytical teams, to ensure complete impartiality in our rating process.

As the first carbon credit agency to achieve ISO27001 certification and voluntarily align with the UK's ESG Code of Conduct, we're setting the standard for transparency, information security and operational excellence in this growing market.

Creating a Virtuous Cycle

By engaging earlier with developers, we can help address the significant gap between supply and demand for premium-quality credits. Our Pre-issuance Solution helps developers navigate complex market requirements efficiently, ensuring their projects' merits are presented in ways that resonate with financial decision-makers.

This creates a positive feedback loop: developers create higher-quality projects, buyers gain confidence in purchasing credits, and the entire ecosystem benefits from increased transparency and trust.

A Partnership for Market Growth

We recognize developers as the true experts in their carbon projects. What we offer is insight into how quality is evaluated in today's complex carbon market – creating a partnership that combines project expertise with our understanding of market quality frameworks.

Together, we can enhance how project quality is demonstrated and recognized, supporting developers in securing necessary financing while maintaining the independence that underpins market trust.

The carbon market is entering a critical growth phase where quality and scale must advance simultaneously. With this strategic evolution, we're positioned to fulfill our core mission of building trust in carbon markets while helping to address the looming supply crunch of high-quality credits.

I invite you to learn more about our expanded Pre-issuance Solution and our approach to governance as we work together to scale climate action with integrity.

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See the new Pre-Issuance Solution in action

Join our live product demo on Tuesday 20th May 2025 - 5pm UK Time, 12pm EST, 9am PST with Annalise Downey, Head of Climate Consulting.

Annalise will be running through the various industry-leading features and showing how the solution can improve early-stage carbon projects.

Join here

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