Buying VERs
In traditional carbon markets, projects that reduce GHGs produce Verified Emission Reductions (VERs), that can be sold to Business’s, companies or individuals wishing to reduce their impact on the environment. Buying VERs can be an effective means of offsetting the part of a company’s carbon footprint where it is not in a position to reduce its emissions directly. The existence of a buying market for emission reductions can support smaller-scale, sometimes village-level activities which cannot withstand the costs of compliance with Kyoto (certifiers, validators, consultants etc.) but deliver real emission reductions and significant sustainable development benefits.
 In order to ensure that buyers are purchasing a real emission reduction, VERs must be calculated according to a VER Standard. There are several VER Standards currently being used throughout the world and each sets out different rules governing the project types that are acceptable and the way emission reductions are measured. Standards are important because they provide assurance for buyers of VERs. Carbon Hill can supply buyers with VERs that will meet their needs and objectives, however large or small, by giving them access to a wide range of projects covering both diverse geographies, standards and technologies.
Buying CERs
The Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) is a mechanism which allows for the creation of Certified Emission Reduction (CER) credits through the development of emission reduction projects in developing countries. CERs can be used to meet both compliance and voluntary emission reduction objectives. Using both the projects within its own extensive portfolio, and opportunities in the secondary market, Carbon Hill works with organisations in both compliance, pre-compliance and voluntary markets to supply them with high quality CERs from our portfolio.
With the rare capacity and expertise to take projects from origination all the way to market; extensive experience in developing CDM methodologies; and over ten years experience of GHG emission reduction project development, Carbon Hill has amassed one of the industry's largest portfolios of CDM projects. Carbon Hill is able to structure CER transactions to fit any buyers needs, taking consideration of risk appetite, volumes, terms, technologies and geographic areas. Our team has executed innovative transactions with both private and public sector buyers in Europe, North America and Japan, including Shell, Chubu, Marubeni, Credit Suisse, Climate Cent and the Austrian and Japanese governments.
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