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SYNE Carbon - reduction, before offsetting

Turn your emissions into a growth plan.

SYNE Carbon turns a science-based target into a sequenced, costed pathway across water, waste, energy and direct carbon sequestration - which levers to pull first, what they cost per tonne, and what's left over for SYNE Asset Marketplace to trade. We connect seekers with proven implementation partners, guide projects from origin through to market, and provide our own advisory end-to-end.

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6
Capability areas, one pathway
SBTi
Aligned target methodology
140+
Countries covered
Continuous
Progress tracking
One pathway, six capabilities

What it actually takes to reduce, not just report.

Each capability draws on the same emissions baseline from Enterprise Sustainability - so the reduction plan and the disclosed footprint are always the same numbers.

Science-Based Target Setting

SBTi-aligned target design, calibrated to your sector's approved decarbonisation pathway.

Reduction Pathway Modelling

Scenario modelling across energy efficiency, electrification and renewable procurement levers.

Abatement Cost Curve & Prioritisation

Every reduction lever ranked by cost per tonne abated, so the cheapest wins get actioned first.

Technology & Investment Roadmapping

Capital planning for the equipment, retrofits and infrastructure a reduction pathway actually requires.

Progress Tracking & Target Management

Continuous tracking against interim and long-term targets, with course-correction flagged early.

Supplier & Value-Chain Decarbonisation

Reduction programs extended into Scope 3, working with the same supplier data used across the platform.

Comprehensive by design

One pathway, priced and sequenced, not just a target on a slide.

Every lever in the pathway carries a cost, a capital requirement and a timeline - so a reduction target comes with an actual plan to hit it, not just a percentage and a year.

6Capability areas
SBTiAligned methodology
140+Countries
ContinuousProgress tracking
Four enablement pillars

Reduction levers that actually get implemented, not just modelled.

Beyond planning, SYNE Carbon connects seekers to proven implementation partners across four physical domains - each with SYNE's own advisory available where a project needs it.

Water & Water Resources

Sewage treatment plants (STPs), effluent treatment plants (ETPs), water harvesting and generation, watershed management, and other water-resilience models - implemented by vetted partners, monitored through the platform.

STPs & ETPs
Water harvesting & generation
Watershed management
Explore Water

Waste & Waste Resources

Waste-to-energy, structured waste management, waste-to-materials recovery, and waste-to-green-hydrogen pathways - turning a disposal cost into a resource stream.

Waste-to-energy
Waste-to-materials
Waste-to-green-hydrogen
Explore Waste

Renewable Energy

Solar and other renewable generation, waste-to-energy conversion, and biofuels - implementation-ready energy transition, not just a procurement contract.

Solar & renewable generation
Waste-to-energy
Biofuels
Explore Renewable Energy

Direct Carbon Sequestration

Enhanced Rock Weathering (ERW) and in-situ mineralisation, plus agri-enabled decarbonisation through ERW, biochar and regenerative agriculture - management and enablement for companies pursuing direct removal.

Enhanced Rock Weathering (ERW)
In-situ mineralisation
Biochar & regenerative agriculture
Explore Carbon Sequestration
Enablement in practice

One use case per pillar, so the concept isn't abstract.

Water - Data Centre Cooling

A hyperscale data centre operator facing water-stress risk at three sites implemented closed-loop cooling with on-site water harvesting and an ETP for recycled greywater reuse - cutting freshwater withdrawal materially while removing a growing licence-to-operate risk, verified and tracked through SYNE Trust.

Waste - Food & Beverage Manufacturing

A food and beverage manufacturer converted organic process waste into biogas through a waste-to-energy facility, offsetting a meaningful share of site energy demand while eliminating a landfill disposal cost - implemented by a vetted partner sourced through SYNE Carbon.

Energy - Cement Production

A cement producer, facing among the hardest-to-abate emissions profiles in industry, implemented waste-heat-to-energy recovery and co-processed alternative fuels to displace conventional fossil fuel use in the kiln - a project SYNE originated, structured and monitored end-to-end.

Carbon Sequestration - Mining & Agriculture

ERW deployment across mine tailings and agricultural land delivered measurable carbon removal alongside soil health benefits for the agricultural use case - with in-situ mineralisation explored for the mining use case, both monitored under SYNE's MRV framework.

Sequestration project types

Nature-based, technology-based, or a hybrid of both.

Direct carbon sequestration isn't one approach - SYNE Carbon advises on and helps implement across all three project types, matched to what actually suits the land, asset or industrial process involved.

The cheap wins run out

Abatement cost, quantified.

The first slice of any reduction target is usually cheap - efficiency, behaviour, low-cost fixes. Getting further requires exhausting progressively more expensive levers. See how cost, capital and payback shift as the target gets more ambitious.

Reduction target ambition 10% reduction
10% reduction50% reduction90% reduction
Marginal abatement cost$15/tCO₂e
Capital investment required$2M
Reduction levers activated2 of 8
Average payback period1.5 yrs

Drag the slider toward a more ambitious target to see cost per tonne, capital required and payback period all rise together - the honest economics behind "just set a higher target."

Case studies

Projects SYNE Carbon has actually helped deliver.

Illustrative examples of seeker-provider matches and SYNE-managed projects across sectors and geographies - scroll to see the full story behind each.

Cement Producer - Kiln Fuel Substitution

Challenge: A regional cement producer needed to cut kiln emissions without a full plant rebuild - among the hardest-to-abate profiles in industry.

Approach: SYNE matched the seeker with a proven alternative-fuels co-processing partner, structured the project financing, and defined the MRV framework before implementation began.

Outcome: Waste-heat-to-energy recovery and co-processed alternative fuels now displace a meaningful share of conventional fossil fuel use in the kiln, monitored by SYNE against the original business case.

Food & Beverage Manufacturer - Waste-to-Biogas

Challenge: Organic process waste went to landfill at meaningful cost, while site energy demand was met entirely from the grid.

Approach: SYNE sourced a vetted waste-to-energy partner through the network, structured the commercial terms, and set up continuous MRV monitoring.

Outcome: On-site biogas generation now offsets a meaningful share of site energy demand, cutting both disposal cost and Scope 1 emissions - implemented by a partner sourced through the SYNE Carbon network.

Data Centre Operator - Water Resilience

Challenge: Three sites sat in water-stressed basins, with rising freshwater costs and a growing licence-to-operate risk from local regulators and communities.

Approach: SYNE structured closed-loop cooling and an ETP for recycled greywater reuse, verified through SYNE Trust from day one.

Outcome: Freshwater withdrawal cut materially across all three sites, removing a growing licence-to-operate risk before it became a regulatory problem.

Agricultural Cooperative - ERW at Scale

Challenge: Smallholder farmers across a large cooperative had no established mechanism to monetise soil carbon removal potential.

Approach: SYNE facilitated the seeker-provider connection with Vivent, advised on methodology selection and PDD development, and structured the farmer payment model.

Outcome: 100,000+ hectares of farmland enrolled in an Enhanced Rock Weathering program, generating verified carbon removal and an additional revenue stream for smallholder farmers - see the full Vivent case study below.

What's provided in the SYNE Carbon ecosystem

Everything between a reduction target and a traded credit.

SYNE Carbon isn't a single service - it's the full stack a seeker or a provider needs, in one place.

Project Origination

Identifying and structuring viable projects across water, waste, energy and carbon sequestration, from initial feasibility through to a bankable project design.

Methodology & PDD Advisory

Guidance on methodology selection and Project Design Document (PDD) development, aligned to the standard the project will ultimately be verified against.

Seeker-Provider Matching

Connecting businesses seeking decarbonisation outcomes with vetted implementation partners who can actually deliver them - not a directory, a matched introduction.

MRV & Continuous Monitoring

Measurement, reporting and verification infrastructure that tracks a project's performance for as long as it exists, not just at issuance.

Independent Carbon Ratings

SYNE Ratings scores project and credit quality using its own independent methodology, operating arm's-length from SYNE Carbon's project management function - so a SYNE-managed project is rated with the same independence as any other.

Climate & Carbon Finance

Access to climate finance to accelerate project development, with embedded climate risk insurance available to reduce the net climate risk exposure on a project.

Market Access & Trading

Origin-to-market support across both voluntary and compliance carbon markets, with credits ultimately listed and traded on SYNE Asset Marketplace.

Professional Services

End-to-end project management for seekers and providers who want it handled, not self-served - from origination through to trading.

Global Reach

Active project delivery across Africa, Australia, South East Asia, the Middle East and India, with local implementation partners in each region.

A note on independence: SYNE Ratings can rate a project end-to-end, even one SYNE Carbon originated and manages, because its methodology runs arm's-length from SYNE's project and advisory teams and is disclosed as such - the same independence standard applied to every rated project, SYNE-managed or not.
Join the SYNE Carbon network

Seekers find projects. Providers find proven demand. SYNE manages both sides.

Whether you're looking to fund and adopt a decarbonisation project, or you're an implementation partner looking for demand, the network runs through one platform - with SYNE Professional Services available to manage the relationship end-to-end.

For Seekers

Businesses looking to fund, adopt or co-develop a decarbonisation project - across water, waste, energy or direct sequestration.

Access proven, vetted implementation partners
SYNE-structured, not a cold introduction
Optional end-to-end management by SYNE

For Providers

Implementation partners with a proven track record in water, waste, energy or carbon sequestration projects, looking for qualified demand.

Introductions to seekers actively looking to deploy
Credibility from SYNE's vetting, not a cold pitch
Ongoing project pipeline, not a one-off deal
From origin to market

SYNE guides a project from origination to trading the credits it generates.

SYNE guides organisations from origin of the project to trading the credits in the market - be it voluntary or compliance carbon markets - with financing and insurance available along the way.

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Project Origination

Identifying and structuring a viable project across water, waste, energy or carbon sequestration, from feasibility through to a bankable design.

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Methodology & PDD

Selecting the right methodology and developing the Project Design Document, aligned to the standard the project will be verified against.

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Implementation

Deployment by a vetted implementation partner, with SYNE's own advisory available where the project needs it.

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MRV & Verification

Continuous measurement, reporting and verification against the chosen methodology - not a one-time audit at issuance.

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Credit Issuance

Verified credits issued once MRV confirms performance against the methodology's requirements.

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Market Trading

Listed and traded on SYNE Asset Marketplace - from Article 6 international transfers and ETS compliance allowances to nature-based and technology-based voluntary credits.

Active regions

SYNE Carbon currently runs projects across five regions.

With local implementation partners and regional regulatory expertise in each market.

Africa Australia South East Asia Middle East India
Project finance

Capital for climate projects.

SYNE Carbon connects project developers to a curated network of carbon project finance partners - pre-development finance, forward offtake structures, blended capital and debt facilities sized against future credit issuances, with embedded climate risk insurance available to reduce net risk exposure on a project.

How project finance flows
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Registration & Assessment

The developer lists the project, and SYNE's MRV layer runs baseline, additionality and permanence assessments before financing conversations begin.

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SYNE Ratings Issued

An independent credit rating, based on methodology review, monitoring data and risk scoring - giving finance partners the underwriting confidence to deploy capital.

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Finance Partner Matching

The project is matched to SYNE's financing network - impact funds, DFIs, green banks and corporate offtakers - based on geography, project type and credit quality.

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Issuance, Trading & Retirement

Credits are issued through connected registries, traded on SYNE Asset Marketplace, and retired with full provenance - financing repaid from credit revenues.

Ratings are issued by SYNE Ratings ↗ under its own independent methodology - the same arm's-length independence that applies whether SYNE Carbon originated the project or not.
Powered by independent data

The trust layer behind every rating: SYNE Ratings.

SYNE Carbon focuses on originating, financing and implementing projects. The underlying data infrastructure - carbon pricing, credit ratings, biomass and commodity intelligence - is built and operated independently by SYNE Ratings, so a project SYNE Carbon originates is scored on the same terms as any other.

Carbon Pricing

Shadow pricing, internal carbon price benchmarking, CBAM compliance analytics and policy scenario modelling.

Biomass Atlas

A global, project-level biomass database enabling independent verification of REDD+, ARR and IFM baseline claims.

Data Analytics

Cross-market dashboards and API-first delivery - query project-level data, registry flows and pricing signals in real time.

Commodity Intelligence

Carbon-adjusted commodity pricing for agriculture, timber, minerals and energy, surfacing true cost of production.

Carbon Intensity Assessment

Scope 1, 2 and 3 intensity mapping at commodity, sector and supply-chain level, powering insetting and CBAM compliance.

Technology-Based Removal Analytics

MRV and certification analytics for Direct Air Capture, BECCS, Enhanced Weathering and Ocean Alkalinity Enhancement.

For carbon pricing, ratings and earth intelligence data in depth, visit SYNE Ratings ↗.
Provider spotlight

Vivent - Enhanced Rock Weathering across 100,000+ hectares in India.

Vivent delivers ERW for agricultural farmers across more than 100,000 hectares of farmland in India, generating verified carbon removal alongside an additional revenue stream for the farmers involved.

SYNE's role

Facilitated the seeker-provider connection, and advised on methodology and PDDs.

SYNE Carbon identified and structured the match between Vivent and the seekers funding the program, then advised on methodology selection and Project Design Document development - the same origination-to-verification support available to any project on the platform.

100k+ haFarmland enrolled
ERWEnhanced Rock Weathering
NewRevenue stream for farmers
SYNEMatched, advised, verified
Business perspective

The same reduction pathway, read differently from every seat.

A costed reduction plan is useful well beyond the sustainability team that builds it.

Enterprises

A capital plan finance can actually approve, sequenced by payback period rather than a flat percentage target.

Financial Institutions

Verified reduction progress that can support better terms on sustainability-linked loans tied to real milestones.

Governments

Sector-level visibility into realistic abatement costs, useful for calibrating policy incentives and targets.

Manufacturing & Industrial

Process-level abatement modelling for the heavy, capital-intensive levers that dominate industrial footprints.

Real Estate

Retrofit and electrification roadmaps sequenced across a multi-asset portfolio by cost and lease-cycle timing.

Investors

Portfolio-level visibility into which holdings have a credible, costed pathway versus a target with no plan behind it.

How this fits the platform

Reduction first. Everything else follows from it.

SYNE Carbon sits deliberately between measurement and offsetting - the step that turns a footprint into a plan, before anything gets disclosed or offset.

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Enterprise Sustainability

Starts from the same baseline

The reduction pathway is built directly on the Scope 1, 2 & 3 baseline already measured and disclosed.

RM
SYNE Climate Risk Management

Lowers transition risk exposure

Progress against the reduction pathway feeds directly into a lower transition-risk score over time.

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SYNE Asset Marketplace

Offsets only what's left

Only the residual emissions the pathway can't yet eliminate are scoped for offsetting - not a substitute for reduction.

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Green Finance

Can unlock better financing terms

Verified reduction milestones can support sustainability-linked loan covenants and margin ratchets.

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Professional Services

Backed by target-setting advisory

Advisors help calibrate the target and validate the pathway before it becomes a public commitment.

Partner network

Deliver projects through SYNE Carbon.

Implementation partners, technology providers and developers can join SYNE Carbon's partner network to get matched with seekers actively looking for proven delivery capability - vetted once, then visible to every relevant project.

Sign up as a partner

Turn your baseline into a plan.

Bring your Enterprise Sustainability baseline - or start from a sector benchmark. Walk away with a sequenced, costed reduction pathway.

SBTi-aligned target design A costed, sequenced reduction pathway No commitment - just a clear view of the plan