June '25

This month’s updates

• London Climate Action Week Key Takeaways
• Assess unrated projects with Pre-rating Scorecard
• A CDR breakthrough 
• First carbon portfolio rating a 'AAport'
• What we’re reading
• Upcoming events

London Climate Action Week Key Takeaways

Thank you to everyone who joined us during London Climate Action Week. It was a privilege to convene stakeholders from across finance, policy, nature, and technology to explore the future of carbon markets at this pivotal moment. 

With the UK Government’s consultation on carbon and nature markets nearing its conclusion, we were delighted to create a space for open, practical conversations about what needs to happen next.

Here are a few things we heard loud and clear:

Banks are key to scale: Financial institutions have the client relationships, advisory reach, and infrastructure to make carbon markets work at scale.

Assurance mechanisms as enablers: High-integrity verification is essential to embedding carbon credits into corporate net zero strategies and building market confidence.

Going beyond carbon: Carbon credits offer climate co-benefits that extend well beyond carbon metrics and must be recognised holistically in market design.

Scaling carbon removals: Carbon dioxide removal is indispensable for neutralising hard-to-abate emissions. The UK is well-positioned to lead, but investment readiness remains a barrier that must be addressed.

Policy clarity will unlock demand: Robust regulation is critical to scale demand. The UK consultation and Article 6.4 can help align voluntary and compliance markets if integrity and transparency are ensured.

 📘 Discover how the UK can lead in carbon markets - Read our latest report. 

Assess unrated projects with Pre-rating Scorecard

Our new interactive tool puts BeZero’s rating methodology in our customers’ hands, helping them confidently assess unrated projects. By answering a short series of sector-specific questions, users get an indicative score for the potential climate impact of any project, with a defined confidence level. Watch our latest webinar exploring pre-issuance market challenges, early risk detection, and the tool in action.

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First carbon portfolio rating a 'AAport'

We've assigned our first Portfolio Rating to Rubicon Carbon’s Rated Tonne a 'AAport', reflecting a very high likelihood of each portfolio credit achieving 1 tonne of CO₂e avoided or removed. By integrating third-party assessments into the portfolio, this first-of-its-kind innovation for carbon markets offers a simple approach for corporates to use credits in a high-integrity way. 

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Case study: How Carbon EX halved project screening time with BeZero’s fundamental datasets

Manual reviews limited Carbon EX’s ability to scale project assessments. They needed access to analysis-ready datasets. Learn how they used BeZero’s Project Fundamentals to accelerate their review process and improve consistency.

Latest in carbon: first post-issuance Enhanced Rock Weathering rating

We published the market’s first public post-issuance rating for credits issued by an enhanced rock weathering project - a significant milestone for the maturing carbon removal industry. This 'A'-rated project accelerates the natural rock weathering process to draw down atmospheric CO₂ by applying basaltic rock powder on sugarcane fields in Brazil. Read more about the rating and the sector’s gigatonne removal potential.

What we're reading

• Govt should regulate us, says ratings agency co-founder
• Balancing sovereignty and integrity in ASEAN carbon markets
• VCM Report: Carbon credit prices bounce back as June retirements pick up pace
• Rubicon Launches First-Ever Third-Party Rated Carbon Credit Portfolio
• Microsoft Inks Record Carbon Removal Deals as Emissions Rise
• The Climate Industry Is Pitting Nature Against Tech. These Researchers Say That’s Wrong
• Net-Zero Push Is Still On at Many Companies, Standard Setter Says
• Godfather of EU carbon market says CO2 offsets deserve second chance

Upcoming events

• Catch Catherine Soper, Head of Government Engagement, at IETA Asia Climate Summit (ACS) speaking at the workshop ‘Project Development 101: The Life Cycle of Carbon Projects” on 8th July. Reach out to meet Catherine and Jereph Wong, Account Executive, between 8th-10th July.  
• Join us on Wednesday 9th July for a webinar hosted by BeZero Carbon and Herzog Law on navigating legal uncertainty in carbon credit markets. Register here. 

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