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“Over the years we’ve invested significantly in our field data team - focusing on producing trusted ratings. While this ensures the accuracy of our Ratings, it doesn’t allow the scale across the thousands of projects that buyers are considering.”
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One more thing: Connect to Supply customers also get access to the rest of Sylvera's tools. That means you can easily see project ratings and evaluate an individual project's strengths, procure quality carbon credits, and even monitor project activity (particularly if you’ve invested at the pre-issuance stage.)
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Annalise Downey, Sylvera’s Head of Climate Consulting, hosted a live demo breaking down our recently revamped Pre-Issuance Solution.
In this recap, we break down the key sections, showing how corporate buyers and investors can find, evaluate, improve, and monitor pre-issuance projects using Sylvera’s extensive catalog, detailed data, and prioritization tools.
Market context: An urgent need for high-quality carbon projects
The carbon credit market is at a critical juncture. With only 25% of credits meeting project demand thresholds, the market faces a stark reality: high-quality carbon credits are increasingly scarce. This scarcity is a market challenge, and currently, 46% of pre-issuance projects fail before generating a single credit, highlighting the complex journey from project conception to credit issuance.
Investors, corporate buyers, and offtakers are being pushed upstream, seeking projects earlier in their development cycle. This trend reflects a growing understanding that securing high-quality carbon credits requires deep, early-stage engagement and in-depth evaluation.
Sylvera’s Pre-Issuance solution is designed to ease these challenges
Recognizing these challenges, Sylvera has developed a comprehensive approach to pre-issuance. The revamped solution helps the origination (finding projects), transaction (due diligence), and portfolio management (ongoing monitoring) of pre-issuance projects.
And it does this across various carbon removal and reduction technologies, helping connect the ecosystem and breaking down traditional information barriers.
Detailed due-diligence for pre-issuance projects
The transaction phase focuses on detailed due diligence, applying Sylvera’s proven Rating methodology, now to pre-issuance projects. And, unlike traditional approaches, this method doesn't just assess current project status but provides a roadmap for quality improvement.
Portfolio management completes the cycle, offering continuous monitoring and insights that enable long-term, strategic project engagement.
The make-up of a Pre-Issuance Rating: Remedial actions
Sylvera’s Pre-Issuance Rating methodology is a sophisticated framework comprising three core modules: delivery, integrity, and value. Each module provides nuanced insights beyond simple pass/fail assessments.
And a key part of this is the remedial actions segment. These targeted recommendations help carbon project developers identify and fix quality gaps before credits are issued.
The make-up of a Pre-Issuance Rating: The integrity module
The integrity module offers a comprehensive evaluation of distinct aspects of the project, including carbon accounting, permanence, additionality, and co-benefits. It also provides context comparing project approaches against methodological requirements, scientific literature, and peer benchmarks. Risk and uncertainty are explicitly mapped, giving stakeholders a clear understanding of potential challenges.
The make-up of a Pre-Issuance Rating: The delivery module
The delivery module tackles the critical question of credit issuance. By comparing developer forecasts with independent projections, it reveals potential variations in credit generation. Using advanced modeling techniques, Sylvera provides a realistic view of a project's potential performance.
The make-up of a Pre-Issuance Rating: The value module
The value module connects quality to market potential. By analyzing the relationship between project characteristics and market pricing, it helps stakeholders understand the financial implications of project design choices.
The Sylvera platform for Pre-Issuance
Sylvera’s platform gives access to various market intelligence tools, insights and data.
A key part of the Pre-Issuance solution is the Early Stage Catalog, which gives access to 200+ verified pre-issuance investment opportunities across 15+ project types, all in one place. It allows filtering across various needs, from project type to geographical region. And detailed project profiles provide transparency, including transaction terms, developer track records, and potential credit volumes.
Summary: What’s included in Sylvera’s Pre-Issuance Solution:
Corporate Buyers & Investors: Discover vetted early-stage projects aligned with their criteria.
Corporate Buyers & Investors: Use ratings to evaluate project credibility and make informed purchasing decisions.
Developers: Obtain independent assessments to validate project quality and increase funding prospects.
Corporate Buyers & Investors: Ensure ongoing project integrity, reducing investment risk and increasing confidence.
Developers: Track project performance and receive proactive recommendations to improve quality.
Corporate Buyers & Investors: : Gain additional assurance about project potential and reliability.
Developers: Use actionable insights to enhance project appeal and market readiness.
Corporate Buyers & Investors: Access a curated pipeline of vetted projects, simplifying sourcing and due diligence.
Developers: Engage directly with potential investors and offtakers to streamline project sourcing and partnership development.
Get started with your own Pre-Issuance demo
Want to get started with Pre-Issuance? We’d love to help. Request a demo to see our market-leading Pre-issuance Ratings and data solutions.
Join our next live demo with Annalise
Interested in joining our next live demo? Join us in July for an overview of our carbon market data and intelligence tools.
