Tag: Sylvera

Sylvera appoints Yuki Katsumura as country manager for Japan to support carbon market expansion

Stuart Mitchell

Sylvera, the world’s leading independent carbon credit rating and data provider today announced the appointment of Yuki Katsumura as Country Manager for Japan, marking the company’s formal entry into the Japanese carbon market ahead of the country’s transition to mandatory emissions trading under the GX-ETS (Green Transformation Emissions Trading System) in 2026. Yuki Katsumura began his career at Okasan Securities, before joining Bloomberg, where he led enterprise sales and later managed teams serving sell-side institutions, corporates, and government agencies. In 2021, he moved to Slalom, where he drove business development…

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Global airline carbon scheme risks major turbulence without urgent action, says new Sylvera report

Stuart Mitchell

The Carbon Offsetting and Reduction Scheme for International Aviation (CORSIA) faces a looming supply crunch that could derail its First Phase, warns a new report by carbon market intelligence firm Sylvera. With airlines required to purchase up to 144 million carbon credits by January 2028, the report highlights that very few host countries are ready to authorise the credits needed to meet this demand. Without swift regulatory and market action, CORSIA could fall into partial or even total non-compliance. Key findings from the report, which features insights from 40+ policy…

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Carbon credit retirements hit all-time high while issuances surge, Sylvera reports

Stuart Mitchell

Carbon credit retirements surged to 95 million in H1 2025, the highest half-year figure ever recorded, according to an analysis by carbon data provider Sylvera. In carbon markets, retirement is the process of using a credit to offset emissions and making it no longer tradable. On the supply side of the market, Sylvera has recorded a flurry of issuances – the process of newly creating credits that are available for trading – with 77 million credits being issued, an increase of 39% from the first quarter of the year, and…

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Net zero climate action holds strong despite backlash, according to Sylvera analysis

Stuart Mitchell

Carbon credit retirements remained robust over the first quarter of 2025 at 54.56M, according to analysis by leading carbon data platform Sylvera. In carbon markets, issuances are newly created credits available for trading, while retirements are credits permanently used to offset emissions. Retired credits can no longer be traded, indicating real climate impact. Tracking issuances and retirements helps assess market trends, supply-demand dynamics, and the real impact of carbon offsetting efforts.  With corporate climate action coming under pressure in recent months, businesses and organisations have been forced to respond to…

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New Carbon Data Standards Initiative to Aid and Scale Carbon Markets

Stuart Mitchell

A group of 30 leading businesses, nonprofits and public sector organizations have joined forces to help facilitate and scale carbon markets by launching an open, multi-stakeholder initiative to develop a protocol that harmonizes the definitions and rules that standardize data describing carbon crediting projects and carbon credits across markets, geographies and activity types.      The group’s Carbon Data Open Protocol (CDOP) aims to create the processes and definitions for greater standardization, transparency and fungibility to improve integrity and dramatically scale carbon markets, according to the committee-led initiative’s four co-chairs, The Global…

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