Sylvera prioritizes independence, integrity and rigor.
From inception, Sylvera has committed to remaining free from conflicts of interest, generating only robust, data-driven Ratings, and building high-integrity governance structures and processes.
Sylvera voluntarily endorses and adheres to the Code of Conduct for ESG Ratings and Data Products Providers. You can read more about our compliance below.
Governance by design and default.
Sylvera carefully identifies and manages all potential conflicts of interest in everything from customer engagement to employment terms.
Sylvera seeks to maintain structural separation between its Ratings and Commercial functions to ensure its Ratings are free from influence.
Sylvera’s in-house specialists spend about 1,500 to 2,500 hours developing Ratings frameworks before putting them up for review with an external Framework Review Committee made up of expert stakeholders.
Sylvera’s Ratings process has quality controls embedded throughout, with Ratings Committees and the Ratings Oversight Committee ensuring adherence to industry best practices.
Sylvera maintains a whitepaper on its approach to Ratings, and publishes each of its frameworks as well as any comments received from external stakeholders. Our Ratings also set out all the data sources considered.
Sylvera seeks and encourages comments from developers and maintains a grievance process for any disagreements.
Sylvera actively supports policymakers to ensure incoming regulation, legislation and guidance scales high-integrity carbon markets and carbon policy, including by providing oversight to carbon ratings and data businesses.
Code of Conduct for ESG Ratings and Data Products Providers.
Sylvera is committed to maintaining policies and practicesthat drive the highest standards of independence,integrity, transparency and fairness, whilst ensuringaccurate and robust ratings.
Launched on 14 December 2023, an industry-led working group with FCA oversight created the ESG Ratings Code of Conduct. It is grounded in the recommendations published by the International Organization of Securities Commissions (IOSCO), with a focus on promoting transparency, good governance, management of conflicts of interest, and robust systems and controls.
Sylvera’s current Code of Conduct, other policies and Conflictsof Interest Register can be found here:
Ratings Frameworks and Framework Review Committee.
Sylvera develops market-leading, robust and data-driven Ratings, data, and insights about the carbon markets. The development of each Ratings framework typically takes between 1,500 and 2,500 hours, and each Rating can take in excess of 100 hours to generate.
Sylvera’s frameworks are critical to taking considered, consistent and fair ratings decisions. Each project type is bespoke; we therefore develop frameworks for each project type. You can view all of our Ratings frameworks here.
The Framework Review Committee reviews and scrutinizes all new and materially amended frameworks before adoption. We invite representatives of industry bodies and multilateral institutions; standards bodies; project developers; technical and scientific experts; exchanges and marketplace operators; financial institutions; and buyers/retirees of carbon credits to each Framework Review Committee. Sylvera is also committed to ensuring members of the public can input on its frameworks should they wish, and interested parties are invited to submit comments (including requests to be invited to a Framework Review Committee) to frameworks@sylvera.io.
Whilst decisions on approving and implementing new and amended frameworks are taken by an internal Framework Approval Committee, Sylvera is committed to publishing minutes of each meeting of the Framework Review Committee after each meeting. Click below for the minutes of the meetings held to date:
