Offset With Confidence: CarbonKerma Announces The KermaExchange Guarantee

CarbonKerma
3 min readJul 11, 2023

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CarbonKerma is at the cutting edge of integrity and transparency in the Voluntary Carbon Markets. And we’ve just taken that one step further with the KermaExchange Guarantee.

Bringing Integrity To Broken Carbon Markets

The marketplace for carbon credits is broken. Credit integrity has been called into question after a series of controversies surrounding the quality of a large percentage of the offset products in the market.

Double-counting plagues the $2 billion industry.

Projects of no- to negligible- climate impact have been ticked off on by entities that corporations have been relying on to verify the quality of the credits they buy.

Companies are beginning to turn their backs on offsets due to a lack of trust.

Carbon credit markets are failing us and have dealt a debilitating blow to companies seeking to deploy the benefits of carbon offsetting to meet their sustainability and decarbonization targets.

CarbonKerma Shifts The Paradigm

Market integrity has been our unwavering commitment from the very beginning. At our core, we have prioritized the development of a trading platform founded on principles of quality.

That’s why we only list Carbon Capture-derived offsets. Carbon Capture, Utilization, and Storage (CCUS) is the only viable pathway to rapid and deep decarbonization. There are many solutions that contribute at the margins, but carbon-neutral coal and gas is our energy and sustainability future.

As CarbonKerma forges ahead, our dedication to upholding carbon market integrity remains a guiding force, ensuring full transparency and trust.

Our commitment is simple: our partners can rely on us to deliver to them 100% confidence in the credits they purchase from us. One CKT token equals one tonne of sequestered CO2. Proven. Measured. Verified.

Our carbon credits go through a rigorous verification process. Based on our years of experience, expert analysis, and our commitment to integrity, the legitimacy of every credit listed on our platform is confirmed, with the source, amount, and location of the sequestered carbon all verified and in compliance with international standards.

We deploy blockchain technology to further enhance the authenticity and traceability of our carbon credits. Each CKT token on the blockchain is backed by one metric tonne of proven and documented sunk CO2. The tokens serve as immutable digital certificates.

We have also developed Unique Carbon Tags (UCTs): a patent-pending digital tag of the CO2 that was sequestered to generate a CKT token.

On a regular basis, we subject our platform and the credits we list to reputable third-party audits, to add further assurances for our partners over the integrity of our carbon credits.

And we have now doubled down again on our commitment to carbon credit quality by offering a guarantee.

The KermaExchange Guarantee

To give our partners unwavering confidence in the authenticity of the carbon credits they buy on our platform, we have taken the unparalleled step of adding a guarantee through our Proactive Replacement program.

We guarantee that every offset credit sold on the exchange is backed by CO2 emissions removed and stored in a regulated Carbon Capture, Utilization, and Storage facility. In the highly unlikely scenario where the integrity of your credits is reasonably called into question, we will replace the associated tokens at no cost to you.

That is the KermaExchange Guarantee.

This is a bold step and one that is unprecedented in the voluntary carbon market.

Our confidence in our processes and in the validity of all the carbon credits we list for sale on our platform means that we are able to provide this guarantee to all of our buyers.

We want to see change in the carbon marketplace.

And we intend to drive that change through innovation, commitment, and most of all, integrity.

CarbonKerma. Standing behind the quality of our credits through the KermaExchange Guarantee.

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