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Financial additionality is the cornerstone of carbon removal integrity 🌍 Climate-focused corporate leaders face a growing challenge: ensuring that the credits they purchase actually drive real emissions removals and impactful climate action. Financial additionality is one of the most critical indicators of credit quality and integrity. Yet, it’s also one of the most misunderstood and complex metrics in the voluntary carbon market (VCM). Today, corporate buyers have contributed only 0.118% of the funding needed to reach 10 gigatonnes of carbon removal by 2050 (CDR.fyi), so every dollar invested must drive measurable impact. But as the VCM scales, many popular projects don’t meet the bar for additionality. Projects that would proceed without carbon credit revenue introduce risk, as buyers end up funding outcomes that don’t depend on their support—weakening climate goals and creating reputational and financial risk. Evaluating financial additionality is far from straightforward. It requires deep analysis, from monitoring byproduct revenue fluctuations to understanding government funding dependencies. To ensure your dollars go to projects that truly need support, this complexity must be addressed. At Supercritical, only a fraction of biochar projects meet our stringent financial additionality criteria, ensuring that every project in our marketplace is both high-quality and truly impactful. With high stakes, cutting corners on carbon removal quality isn’t an option. By choosing rigorously vetted, financially additional projects, you’re ensuring your carbon credit counts. #CarbonRemoval #Additionality #CarbonCredit

The countdown is on for our upcoming webinar: Defining biochar quality - Essential insights for an impact-driven carbon removal strategy. Next week, we’ll be sitting down with leading biochar and carbon removal experts to dive into what truly defines high-quality biochar. This is your opportunity to get the inside track on evaluating biochar projects and navigating emerging trends in the carbon market. Key topics include: 🔍 How to assess biochar quality and project integrity 📊 Best practices for evaluating carbon removal credits 🌐 Innovations and trends in the biochar sector 🗓️ Tuesday, 5th November, 2pm GMT | 9am ET Secure your spot today – link in the comments! #CarbonRemoval #Biochar #CarbonCredits

Corporate buyer behavior in the VCM is starting to evolve 💡 As we approach the end of 2024, we’ve seen a clear trend: demand outweighs supply for high-quality credits, and buyers are starting their procurement processes earlier to secure limited credits. Historically, 69% of biochar credits are purchased in Q4 and Q1 as companies finalize their emissions reporting. But this year, credits are running out even faster, leaving less availability for those who wait. At Supercritical, we’ve got our finger on the pulse with live availability and pricing insights, helping companies navigate this tightening market. With less than 12% of 2024 biochar credits left, time is running out for those still on the fence. 📈 The trend is clear: Act now to secure your 2024 credits before they’re gone. #CarbonRemoval #MarketInsights #Biochar #CarbonCredits

Introducing the experts behind our upcoming webinar! This lineup of industry leaders will be joining us for our virtual webinar: Defining biochar quality. We’ll hear from: 💼 Marcelo Pereira Holters – COO, Exomad Green 🔬 Dr Sophie Gill, Ph.D. – Carbon Removal Scientist, Isometric 🌍 Dr Elias Azzi – Science and LCA Advisor, Puro.earth 🔎 Dr Genevieve Hodgins – Lead Biochar Scientist, Supercritical We’re delighted to announce that the panel will be moderated by Katie Brigham from Heatmap News, who brings her insight on climate tech and carbon removal. Join us on Tuesday, November 5th, for a deep dive into biochar quality, project evaluation methods, and emerging innovations in carbon removal. Register now to learn from the best in the field - link in the comments. #CarbonRemoval #Biochar #CarbonCredits

Buyers are securing high-quality spot credits at unprecedented speed ⚡️ As we move into the final stretch of 2024, high-quality biochar credits are disappearing faster than ever. Last week, we gathered market data, but less than a week later, it needed updating—the market is moving that quickly. Historically, 69% of biochar credits get purchased in Q4 and Q1, and this year is no different. With only 12% of 2024 high-quality biochar capacity left, competition is fierce. 📉 Want to stay ahead of these shifts? Sign up for our marketplace to get access to live availability and pricing data so you can navigate the market with confidence. #CarbonRemoval #Biochar #CarbonCredits #MarketInsights

Our co-founder and CTO, Aaron Randall, will be speaking on Puro.earth's “Carbon Dioxide Removal: Commercialisation Landscape” panel during Slush 2024 in Helsinki! With carbon removal experiencing unprecedented innovation and over $2 billion in forward CDR sales in the last 12 months alone, this is a crucial moment for scaling climate solutions. Venture capital has played a pivotal role in launching commercial operations and ensuring the future availability of high-quality CDR credits. This panel of industry leaders and pioneers will explore how we can drive carbon removal forward and shape the future of climate investments. Aaron Randall will be a panelist alongside Jyri Engeström of Lifeline Ventures, Tomas Thyblad of Nasdaq, Pia Tanskanen from Nokia, and Julien Jacob from Puro.earth. If you're attending Slush, register for the event here: https://hubs.ly/Q02Sjbn70 No Slush ticket? Register here: https://lu.ma/rkvitmwm

Join our upcoming webinar: Defining biochar quality - essential insights for an impact-driven carbon removal strategy 🌱 In the fast-paced world of carbon removal, biochar has emerged as a promising solution for long-term carbon sequestration. But with a lack of standardization across the industry, how can you ensure the biochar you're investing in is high-quality and truly impactful? We’re bringing together industry experts to explore this critical question, including Marcelo Pereira Holters, COO at Exomad Green, Dr Sophie Gill, Ph.D. from Isometric, Elias Azzi from Puro.earth, and our very own Dr Genevieve Hodgins. 🗓️ Tuesday, 5th November 🕒 2pm GMT | 10am ET 🌐 Virtual event Our panel of experts will discuss: What defines biochar quality? What are the best tools, methodologies and practices for evaluating projects? And what are the future, emerging trends and technologies on the horizon? 🔮 Don't miss the chance to gain actionable insights and drive smarter climate action with biochar. 👉 Secure your spot today and be part of the conversation. Link in the comments. #CarbonRemoval #Biochar #CarbonCredits #NetZero

High-quality carbon credits are limited—here’s how to secure them quickly 🚨 When it comes to reaching net zero, reduction and removal need to happen simultaneously. But here’s the challenge: high-quality carbon credits are hard to find and even harder to secure. The carbon removal market is competitive, opaque, and slow-moving. And in the last few months of the year, it can feel like a race to lock in the credits you need to hit your year-end goals. There are lots of ways to buy carbon credits—RFPs, brokers, registries, buyer clubs—but each has its trade-offs. Some options offer better pricing, others more visibility. But even with the best approach, it can feel impossible to guarantee the credits will be there when you need them. ⏳ As the clock ticks down, securing your spot credits for year-end net zero goals is more urgent than ever. Ready to streamline your carbon credit procurement? We’ve broken down the biggest barriers in our latest blog—link in the comments. #NetZero #CarbonRemoval #CDR #CarbonCredits #CarbonCreditProcurement

Carbon credit quality isn't black and white; it's a spectrum. While some aspects of our vetting process can boil down to a yes or no, we believe a scoring system better captures the nuances affecting project quality. It helps us evaluate factors like: • The project’s effects on local communities • The accuracy of methods used to measure carbon removal • How long the carbon is stored • The risk that credits won’t be delivered 📊 During our vetting process, each of our 57 subcategories is individually scored on a scale of 0-100. These scores aggregate into category scores, which then combine into a single overall score for the project. We adopt a weakest link approach: if a project fails to meet any single sub-category, it fails the entire vetting process. This scoring method effectively communicates project quality to stakeholders, allowing buyers to identify projects that best match their preferences and removal strategies. 📖 To learn more about our scoring system, visit our blog or technical whitepaper for a full breakdown. Links in the comments. #CarbonCredits #CarbonRemoval #CarbonCreditQuality #ClimateScience #UNSDGs

The IPCC is clear: there is no path to net zero without carbon removal. But the voluntary carbon market is in a trust crisis, and corporate buyers are hesitant to invest in carbon removal credits without strong assurances about quality and impact. Supercritical’s biochar vetting protocol ensures that buyers can efficiently identify the highest-quality biochar projects on the market. With 118 data points covering climate science, delivery risk, environmental factors, and social impact, we offer a 360° view of project quality—giving corporate buyers the transparency they need to trust their purchase decisions. 🔍 Why it matters: • By 2028, biochar availability will increase 30x—but only 12% will meet our strict criteria. • Without rigorous standards, low-quality projects will flood the market, eroding trust and stalling progress. • Corporations need to invest today to scale carbon removal to the 10 billion tonnes needed annually by 2050. We’re sharing the details of this process in our comprehensive technical whitepaper, outlining how we evaluate biochar projects across over 100 unique data points. Learn how our vetting protocol works and how it helps buyers accelerate their sustainability strategies with confidence. Link in the comments. #NetZero #CarbonRemoval #Biochar #ClimateAction #CarbonCredits