CARBON CREDITS EXPLAINED

 Carbon Credits Reward Projects that Reduce or Remove Carbon Emissions

 Carbon credits are a tradable commodity which allow individuals or companies to reduce their carbon footprint. A single carbon credit is created from the act of removing or reducing a tonne of carbon. 

Even with emissions mitigation, unavoidable carbon emissions still remain in a company's footprint. With carbon credits, companies can still achieve net zero through the acquisition of removed carbon.

Aton 6 focusses exclusively on high-integrity removal credits sourced either intragroup or through a trusted network of reputable project partners.

 CARBON REMOVAL CREDITS

A carbon removal credit can be created when project removes a tonne of carbon dioxide (or other greenhouse gas) from the atmosphere. This removal can be achieved through various methods, such as reforestation, afforestation, carbon capture and storage (CCS), soil carbon sequestration, and other forms of carbon sequestration technologies. They are necessary in accounting for unavoidable emissions through a company's operations.

Source; UNEP 2016, World Resources Institute

CARBON OFFSETTING CREDITS

A carbon offsetting credit is created when a tonne of carbon dioxide is stopped from being released into the atmosphere. These credits include the prevention of deforestation, replacement of coal power stations with solar or wind and the replacement of diesel with zero emission fuels such as hydrogen.

Shifting Towards Carbon Removal

Currently, the carbon market has a majority of carbon offsets, due to their lower prices. As the global target of net zero by 2050 approaches, carbon removals will dominate almost 100% of the market, and their prices will fall due to more advanced carbon removal technology. Aton 6 aims to target larger quantities of removals vs offsets, creating higher quality and more meaningful carbon portfolios.