Supercritical operates a marketplace that helps corporate buyers navigate the carbon removal market, build portfolios of vetted credits, and securely transact spot purchases and offtake agreements. The platform provides access to five million tonnes of high-quality carbon removals.

Supercritical

One third of corporate buyers use Supercritical’s marketplace to navigate the carbon removal market, build portfolios of high-quality vetted credits, and securely transact across spot purchases and offtake agreements.

With five million tonnes and counting of high quality removals listed on our marketplace, we provide unrivaled market access.

LocalGlobe

Greencode Ventures

RTP Global

Lightspeed Venture Partners

MMC Ventures

Our Climate Science team welcomes Genevieve Hodgins, further deepening our expertise in biochar.

Genevieve joins us having successfully managed the GGR-D Biochar Demonstrator, a UKRI funded program investigating biochar's potential for carbon sequestration, soil health improvement, and ecosystem services across diverse UK sites. Her doctorate in Carbon Capture and Storage and Cleaner Fossil Energy from the University of Nottingham complements her hands-on experience in the field.

🌍 "Net zero and decarbonisation are vital. There's no future without this work” Genevieve states. Her dedication to this critical challenge and her recognition of the substantial work still required align perfectly with our mission at Supercritical.

🔬 Drawing on her expertise, Genevieve is optimistic about biochar’s potential.  “It's within reach and doesn't need huge multinational infrastructure projects," she notes. "Biochar has problems, it's not perfect. But it's accessible and has the potential to do a lot of additional good through co-benefits.”

Genevieve’s rigorous academic background and practical experience enhance our team's capacity to navigate the complex CDR landscape. Her expertise strengthens our ability to conduct thorough, science-based vetting of carbon removal projects, ensuring we continue to lead with transparency.

$35 million for carbon removal credits and jettisoning of avoidance? Alphabet Inc., Google's parent company, is taking a leadership position that others should follow 🌍

Alphabet is embracing a more impactful approach to carbon management by prioritizing carbon removal over avoidance credits, as detailed in their latest 2024 environment report. 

This strategic shift aligns with our belief at Supercritical that, alongside reduction strategies, carbon removal is the only legitimate path to achieving true climate impact. This pivot towards carbon removal reflects a commitment to more permanent and verifiable solutions, and we’re eager to see more strategic shifts like this from other industry giants in the future.

📉 Abandoning avoidance credits: Alphabet’s decision to eliminate avoidance credits underscores a growing recognition of the limitations and challenges associated with these offsets.

⚖️ Goodbye to carbon neutrality goals: Starting in 2023, the company is no longer maintaining operational carbon neutrality, through carbon avoidance offsets, instead aiming to neutralize residual emissions with high-quality carbon removal credits by 2030.

💡 Focus on high-quality carbon removal: Alphabet is investing in methods like biomass carbon removal, enhanced rock weathering, and direct air capture. In 2024, they pledged $35 million for carbon removal credits, joined a coalition to contract 20 million nature-based removal credits by 2030, and signed three carbon credit offtake deals for 62,500 tonnes of CO2e for delivery by 2030.

Not enough businesses are taking their net zero commitments seriously - of the 7,892 SBTi signatories only 334 are purchasers of CDR. Something doesn't add up.

Our mission has always been to support companies in navigating the complexities of the carbon removal market with confidence and transparency. We believe that with more companies adopting similar strategies, we can collectively make a significant impact on our planet.

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From our conversations with leading corporate buyers, we've identified the main obstacles in navigating the Voluntary Carbon Market (VCM). 

Here’s what we’ve learned:

1️⃣ Lack of Transparency: Accessing accurate market data remains a challenge.
2️⃣ High Costs: It’s no secret that carbon removal is expensive, compounded by transaction fees.
3️⃣ Deliverability Risk: The nascent nature of the market means credits can be late or not arrive at all
4️⃣ Environmental Risk: Ensuring projects are having real climate impact
5️⃣ Supply Uncertainty: Lack of visibility of availability of credits complicates procurement and planning.
6️⃣ Complex Contracts: Juggling multiple agreements with individual suppliers adds complexity.
7️⃣ Limited Market Insights: Strategic planning is hindered by inadequate data.
8️⃣ Reputational Risk: Credibility concerns loom large amidst fears of greenwashing.
9️⃣ Time-Consuming Processes: Procurement procedures are often protracted and cumbersome.
🔟 Leadership Buy-in: Gaining support and securing budgets for unprecedented activities 

We recognise that without new entrants to the #VCM, carbon removal technologies won’t scale at the speed we need them to.

That's why we're proposing three pivotal changes to the market to encourage broader participation.

On 27th June, our new marketplace will bring these changes to life. Register your interest if you’d like to receive access.

Say hello to a new era of confident, impactful #carbonremoval procurement. 👋

In the absence of comprehensive regulation for the nascent carbon removal market, it’s encouraging to see companies like Isometric taking the lead on robust standards and verification.

“Buyer confidence is key to unlocking investment at the scale we need for carbon removal to be impactful,” said George Jones, our Director of Supply. “Isometric’s rigor and multi-platform integration is a positive signal for the CDR market’s maturation.”

Isometric’s rigorous, scientific carbon credit certification is a positive force in bringing accountability to this crucial but complex industry. Through partnerships like this, buyers can access a trusted supply of high-quality carbon removal credits.

Biochar buyers in 2024 are getting discounts of up to 37%.

As the supply of high-quality #biochar credits begins to dwindle, buyers are moving to long-term offtakes — commitments to purchase credits that have not yet been produced — to secure future supply.

These early investments support projects with bankable contracts, helping to boost growth and accelerate maturity.

In exchange for helping these projects scale, suppliers are offering buyers discounts of up to 37% depending on deal size and the amount paid upfront.

While we believe that spot purchases have a place in every carbon removal portfolio, early and long-term investments, like #offtakes, can help drive much-needed growth in the broader carbon removal market.

But spot purchases – let alone multi-year offtake agreements – can be complicated, especially for first-time buyers.

Wondering where to get started?

Download the full 2024 Biochar Market Outlook report in the comments for more insights on biochar pricing, availability, and capacity.

Demand for high-quality #biochar is higher than ever. Can supply keep up?

We’re not convinced.

We recently released a sneak peek into the upcoming launch of live pricing, availability, and capacity for the biochar category of our marketplace. Mapping over 80% of the global biochar market, the report charts the trajectory of this promising removal method over the next four years. 

The insights we uncovered were both promising and worrying.

⚪ Demand for high-quality biochar is booming
⚪ High-quality credits command higher prices
⚪ As demand for quality rises against limited supply, there is an impending supply crunch
⚪ More biochar supply is coming. But it’s not high-quality

What does this mean for buyers?

1. As more buyers aim to avoid the fate of the avoidance market, plagued with claims of fraud and greenwashing, they prioritize high-quality #carbonremoval credits. 

2. With the majority of future capacity expected to be low quality, the impending supply crunch can only be resolved by a market-wide shift to the production of high-quality credits. 

3. As the supply of top-quality projects begins to dwindle, buyers are moving toward long-term offtakes to secure future supply.

4. Buyers must work with trusted sources to inform and execute their #CDR strategies and be extra vigilant as they engage in procurement.

Download the full report in the comments for more insights.

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