Partnership with world’s first carbon pre-purchaser Solid World DAO

SCB, the world-leading low carbon commodity company, enters partnership with Solid World DAO, the world’s first infrastructure for carbon credit pre-purchasing. Solid World DAO harnesses blockchain technology to tokenize carbon credit pre-purchase agreements to expand trading opportunities, improve transparency and reduce friction in the voluntary carbon market.

SCB supports the enhanced trust that blockchain technology brings to carbon credits’ verified emissions reduction in the voluntary carbon market. The regenerative finance (ReFi) mechanism pioneered by Solid World DAO makes it easier to invest in projects that have not yet issued carbon credits, which in nature-based solutions can take years to manifest. This innovation in voluntary carbon transactions will substantially reduce risk to the buyer of credits, encouraging greater engagement, trading and will ultimately enable more funds to be channeled to high value projects.

Risk is reduced through a rigorous due diligence process and higher levels of transparency afforded by blockchain, allowing buyers of credits to better assess ownership and value. The Solid World DAO proposition will be of great use for trading houses, hedge funds, and other institutions as it will make previously illiquid pre-purchased carbon credits liquid and leverageable. In turn, this supports appropriate pricing and guarantees that financing goes to premium projects developers with high additionality.

Improved engagement and trading will also allow SCB to support additional innovative projects that develop the ReFi ecosystem, ensuring the integrity of the entire process.

Wassim Sahibi, Carbon & EACs Trader at SCB, said:

“At SCB, we feel Solid World DAO is doing something important in making pre-purchase deals trustworthy, liquid and transparent in the voluntary carbon market. We see great potential in this mission and through this innovative partnership we are well placed to work together to achieve this goal.”

Commenting on the announcement, Solid World founder, Stenver Jerkku, said:

“SCB have been successfully operating in the low carbon commodity markets for 15 years. They have a proven track record of participating in innovative solutions and are well respected in the crypto x carbon community for their openness and collaborative spirit. Their experience and advice can make sure our platform will be fair and transparent for all market participants. We are looking forward to also collaborating with other brokers / traders as well on our mission to bring funding to quality projects.”