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Net zero solutions

We can provide services to help businesses meet their net zero goals.

Making the energy transition

We understand that the transition to a low-carbon economy is going to be challenging and there is no single solution that will work for everyone.

Helping make the transition as efficient as possible

Our team of environmental products specialists is dedicated to providing the optimal solutions to help businesses transition as efficiently as possible. These solutions are designed to help companies improve their energy efficiency, reduce their carbon footprint, and become more sustainable on their journey to meet their net zero goals.

Our experts can provide solutions

Once a business has assessed its energy usage and carbon footprint, we work with them to identify the areas where improvements can be made to meet their goals, and create a bespoke plan. Our experts work closely with our clients and 3rd party implementation partners to provide a variety of solutions.

Creating net zero solutions

FIRST

Identify

Understand a business’s emissions exposure across geographies and pricing systems and create suitable goals and targets.

SECOND

Abate

Develop suitable abatement options by leveraging carbon pricing to source lower carbon products and/or incentivize physical abatement.

THIRD

Offset

Create a product basket of user-defined carbon offsets with flexible specifications for hard to abate residual emissions.

Introducing Silvania

In March 2023, Mercuria’s founders launched Silvania, a $500M investment vehicle that will invest exclusively in natural climate solutions globally to help the delivery of the Paris Agreement goals and the UN 30×30 Initiative which aims to protect 30 percent of Earth’s land and ocean area by 2030.

The investments will provide tangible environmental, biodiversity, and social benefits by investing capital across the value chain. They are also expected to generate high-quality carbon credits and co-benefits from reducing or sequestering emissions or increasing biodiversity from Agriculture, Forestry, and Other Land Use (AFOLU). It is anticipated that any credits generated from the vehicle’s investments will be targeted for use in compliance, voluntary carbon markets, or Mercuria’s own offsetting demand.

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Projects and products on our path to net zero

Mercuria Energy America, LLC (‘MEA’) is Mercuria Energy Group’s (‘MEGH’) (collectively ‘Mercuria’) primary energy trading company in the United States. Mercuria trades and markets a suite of energy, energy related commodities, and environmental products to help solve the complex energy-environmental equation. As energy demand in the U.S. continues to grow, so does the suite of products Mercuria offers in states requiring carbon offsets in both compliance and voluntary markets. The following lists detail the projects Mercuria has used, bought, sold, or offered to facilitate corporate consumers drive to minimize or offset their carbon footprint. Since 2022 Mercuria has worked to neutralize its own scope one and scope two emissions carbon impact through retirement of offset credits from one or more of these projects or registries.

Regulated Offset Products:

GEO and N-GEO – GEO futures contracts on the CME are based on high-quality carbon credits that adhere to the international aviation industry standard for emissions offsetting. N-GEO products (CBL) are comprised of nature-based offsets projects from the Verra registry – projects that fall under the Agriculture, Forestry, or Other Land Use (AFOLU) categories.
CCO – California Carbon Offset futures on the Intercontinental Exchange (ICE) traded under symbol CCO are physically delivered certificates representing one metric ton of GHG’s.
LCFS Credits – Low Carbon Fuel Standard (LCFS) credits originate from California regulations to reduce the carbon intensity of the transportation sector. This standard has spread in similar enough process across the western U.S. states of Washington and Oregon, as well as multiple provinces in Canada to the extent that each has their own regulatory regime requiring or allowing LCFS credits to be used interchangeably.
D3, D4, D5, D7 RIN Credits and Environmental Attributes/Biogas RTCs – Renewable Identification Numbers commonly referred to as RINs are an Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) regulated product suite that originated in the renewable fuel standard (RFS) program. RINs are broken down in to types or numbers based on production/pathway methodology referred to as the D code or number (D1-D7). The D3 RINS are produced from cellulose, hemicellulose or lignin in the production of bio-gasoline where D7 is produced similarly to made bio-diesel.
RECs and Green-e RECs – Renewable Energy Certificates or Credits (RECs) are the environmental attributes of renewable energy generation and are regulated across the many states that participate in their respective regulatory regimes. Green-e RECs carry additional certification attributes verified by Green-e.org.

Voluntary Offset Products and Projects and Credit Programmes:

The tables in the PDF below exemplify the complexity of the emerging voluntary markets. Mercuria strives to provide quality products by subscribing to industry best practices by partnering with organizations that set the highest standards for the products they support. This is illustrated by the standard of each of the registries included in this report which maintain up to date details for the projects within their registries. The primary unit of credits and credit measurements on Verra (VCS), Climate Action Reserve (CAR) and the American Carbon Registry (ACR) are Verified Carbon Units (VCU), Climate Reserve Tonnes (CRT), and Emission Reduction Tonnes (ERT) respectively.

For more information, please contact us:

Email: complianceamericas@mercuria.com

Phone: +1 832 209 2400