Pilot brings efficiency, liquidity and global standards to the carbon offset ecosystem
Corporations worldwide are using carbon offsets as a tool to implement their climate action strategies. Project Carbon aims to support a thriving global marketplace for quality carbon offsets with clear and consistent pricing and standards and will provide a valuable pathway for our clients in their efforts to achieve a net zero goal.
Our project will facilitate:
- Increased delivery of high-quality carbon offset projects
- A liquid carbon credit marketplace with price certainty and transparency
- The creation of a strong ecosystem to support the offset market
- The development of tools to help clients manage climate risk
In alignment with the leading
Project Carbon will initially be launched as a pilot in August to demonstrate the operational, legal and technical capability of the platform.
The team is keen to invite like-minded institutions to join the cohort to help deliver a shared service platform that the group believes will be fundamental to the scaling of the Voluntary Carbon Market.
Key Features
- Represents the book of record for ownership of Carbon Credits
- Allows owners of credits to clearly demonstrate possession to the market, thus reducing risks of double counting and simplifying reporting
- Supports price discovery through the posting of executed trade sizes and prices to the market
- Promotes project investment through the transparent demonstration of market demand
- Provides full traceability and linkage back to source of the credit
- Assists Registries by facilitating the rapid scaling of client base
- Takes care of post trade settlement, allowing all market participants including exchanges and marketplaces to offer value add services on top
- Aligned with the objectives of the TSVCM
- Pilot built on a private Ethereum platform developed with
ConsenSys
Quotes:
"Tackling climate change is everyone's job. We're helping to find solutions and support our customers as they take action to transition to Net-Zero by 2050. Project Carbon is a terrific example of how technologies such as blockchain can address existing barriers and make carbon offsets more accessible for our customers – as part of their broader plans to reduce overall emissions and achieve their own targets."
To learn more about Project Carbon contact:
United Kingdom: projectcarbon@natwest.com
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