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Sylvera claims to be "the leading carbon credit ratings company."<ref>https://www.ieta.org/resources/COP27/COP27%20IETA%20BusinessHUB%20Program%20Guide_F.pdf</ref> It was founded by a machine learning entrepreneur and uses proprietary machine learning algorithms as the basis of its carbon credit rating system.
Sylvera claims to be "the leading carbon credit ratings company."<ref>https://www.ieta.org/resources/COP27/COP27%20IETA%20BusinessHUB%20Program%20Guide_F.pdf</ref> It was founded by a machine learning entrepreneur and uses proprietary machine learning algorithms along with satellite surveillance as the basis of its carbon credit rating system.


Sylvera has a particularly close partnership with [[Bain & Company]], as both a major investor and close collaborator.<ref>https://www.bain.com/about/media-center/press-releases/2022/bain--company-joins-forces-with-sylvera-to-accelerate-growth-of-the-voluntary-carbon-market-and-provide-unparalleled-transparency-on-carbon-credit-quality-to-businesses-and-investors/</ref>
Sylvera has a particularly close partnership with [[Bain & Company]], as both a major investor and close collaborator.<ref>https://www.bain.com/about/media-center/press-releases/2022/bain--company-joins-forces-with-sylvera-to-accelerate-growth-of-the-voluntary-carbon-market-and-provide-unparalleled-transparency-on-carbon-credit-quality-to-businesses-and-investors/</ref>

Revision as of 08:40, 24 February 2023

Sylvera claims to be "the leading carbon credit ratings company."[1] It was founded by a machine learning entrepreneur and uses proprietary machine learning algorithms along with satellite surveillance as the basis of its carbon credit rating system.

Sylvera has a particularly close partnership with Bain & Company, as both a major investor and close collaborator.[2]

Customers include Cargill, Delta Airlines[3] and Shell Oil[4]

Member of the IETA, part of the IETA hub panel discussion at COP26 with Verra, Delta Airlines, Mercuria, and Cargill [5] At COP27, hosted its own panel as part of the IETA Business Hub (main sponsors included Chevron, Verra, Total Energies,, Bain & Company, and the US Chamber of Commerce).[6]

Has worked closely with the World Bank and World Economic Forum[7]. In November of 2021, Sylvera was selected as "a top innovator in the @WEFUpLink World Economic Forum Carbon Market challenge", leading to a "year-long programme of engagement" with the WEF.[8] One year later, they proclaimed together that "new technology" such as Sylvera's meant that most of the concerns with carbon offsetting "have now been addressed." [9]

Claims to have no conflict of interest because it doesn't sell credits[10], yet its major customers are polluters like shell + delta who ARE highly invested in Sylvera's ratings of their credits' legitimacy to deny greenwashing charges

Sylvera publishes reports to downplay evidence of carbon credit fraud[11]