Xalte Environmental Commodities

Xalte advances greenhouse gas (GHG) curtailment by providing end-to-end industry solutions and trading futures contracts for voluntary and compliance carbon credits using its proprietary product specifications

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How It Works

Xalte creates efficiency and transparency through a new regulated and tradable asset class to industrialize the voluntary carbon credit (VCC) and compliance market ecosystem

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Originate

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Registering

projects provides visibility to the origination of credits and progression through the certification and underwriting process. Records highlight projects supported by the financial products of Xalte.

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Validating

environmental projects and carbon units through authorized organizations that meet published contract standards. Certification and monitoring drive the carbon unit value for Xalte’s partnership network.

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Recording

updates to the Xalte Environmental Registry establishes market transparency. Credit definitions are mapped to financial product requirements in the Xalte Environmental Data Ontology.

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Trade

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Underwriting

and listing of futures contracts is enabled for Xalte proprietary futures contracts. Contracts are defined with clear terms for market assessment and valuation.

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Executing

trades on the designated contract market through a national best bid (NBB) approach matches buy/sell orders to enable fair and transparent access to liquid markets. Traders view bid/ask quotes and enter orders with controls for order type, price limits, and order duration.

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Settling

trades based on the contract rules is supported through a regulated clearinghouse to manage compliance and process independence. Physical settlement of credits is available by request.

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Retire

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Delivering

carbon units through the closure of settlement procedures and transfer of serialized credits to the buyer. Xalte facilitates updates to required registries as part of physical settlement.

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Retiring

carbon units determined by customer settlement preferences. Processes are streamlined by Xalte to record credit retirement with governing bodies and provide customer confirmation.

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Fulfilling

sustainability objectives is streamlined through Xalte’s end-to-end network. Xalte provides tools and reports for ease-of-use and record-keeping.

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Manage

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Defining

data attributes for a futures contract requires complex analysis of carbon unit equivalency and market conditions.  Terms and attribute for financial products are defined in the Xalte Environmental Data Ontology.

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Committing

an asset includes the ability to display.  Xalte coordinates secured transfer of physical assets for public and private access and appreciation.

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Monitoring

carbon projects and units is required for initial certification and re-verification processes. Transparency is available through Xalte Environmental Registry.

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Registering

projects provides visibility to the origination of credits and progression through the certification and underwriting process. Records highlight projects supported by the financial products of Xalte.

Validating icon

Validating

environmental projects and carbon units through authorized organizations that meet published contract standards. Certification and monitoring drive the carbon unit value for Xalte's partnership network.

Recording icon

Recording

updates to the Xalte Environmental Registry establishes market transparency. Credit definitions are mapped to financial product requirements in the Xalte Environmental Data Ontology.

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Underwriting

and listing of futures contracts is enabled for Xalte proprietary futures contracts. Contracts are defined with clear terms for market assessment and valuation.

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Executing

trades on the designated contract market through a national best bid (NBB) approach matches buy/sell orders to enable fair and transparent access to liquid markets. Traders view bid/ask quotes and enter orders with controls for order type, price limits, and order duration.

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Settling

trades based on the contract rules is supported through a regulated clearinghouse to manage compliance and process independence. Physical settlement of credits is available by request.

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Delivering

carbon units through the closure of settlement procedures and transfer of serialized credits to the buyer. Xalte facilitates updates to required registries as part of physical settlement.

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Retiring

carbon units determined by customer settlement preferences. Processes are streamlined by Xalte to record credit retirement with governing bodies and provide customer confirmation.

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Fulfilling

sustainability objectives is streamlined through Xalte’s end-to-end network. Xalte provides tools and reports for ease-of-use and record-keeping.

Delivering icon

Delivering

carbon units through the closure of settlement procedures and transfer of serialized credits to the buyer. Xalte facilitates updates to required registries as part of physical settlement.

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Retiring

carbon units determined by customer settlement preferences. Processes are streamlined by Xalte to record credit retirement with governing bodies and provide customer confirmation.

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Fulfilling

sustainability objectives is streamlined through Xalte’s end-to-end network. Xalte provides tools and reports for ease-of-use and record-keeping.

Explore unit supply

Discover

Trade futures contracts

Acquire

Fulfill desires & obligations

Retire

Contribute to achieving global net-zero objectives

Xalte Environmental Solutions

Introducing four proprietary solutions to streamline carbon markets via futures contract trading

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Xalte Environmental Data Ontology

Establishes standards and protocols enabling equivalency relationships across projects and credits

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Xalte Environmental Financial Products

Defines specifications for qualified supply (aggregated projects & units) to fulfill physical delivery

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Xalte Environmental Registry

Centralizes managing global credit supply and transactions from origination to retirement

Xalte Environmental Insights

Provides information, trends, and reports on market ecosystem including projects and industry participants

Xalte Environmental Data Ontology

Establishes standards and protocols enabling equivalency relationships between credits

Key Data Attributes

Category

Establishes methodology and assessment protocols to quantify carbon credits and offsets

Forest Management & Land Use

Type

Reforestation; Afforestation

Origination Type

Identifies whether the source is associated with the removal or prevention of GHG emissions

Reduction; Removal

Solution

Nature-based; Engineered

Permanence

Identifies the time-period associated with the long-term sequestration of CO2 (or other gas) from the atmosphere

40-100 years; 100+ years; 500+ years

Rating

Identifies multi-dimensional ratings for the projects expected ability to deliver and maintain issued quantity and quality of units

A++, A+, A, …

Xalte Environmental Financial Products

Defines specifications for qualified supply (aggregated projects & units) to fulfill physical delivery

Futures Products

  • Discover Tradable Products – Specifications define project methodologies qualified to generate credits
  • Establish Market Liquidity – Supply & demand enables tradable contract volume and financial guarantees
  • Mitigate Risks – Regulated commodity-based products for buyer & seller transactions and investments

Futures Contracts

  • Underwrite & List – Regulated contract terms provide security for future delivery guarantees
  • Execute Trades – Simplified price discovery and trade execution in public markets
  • Manage Settlement – Physical delivery of qualified credits to fulfill futures contract requirements

Xalte Environmental Registry

Centralizes managing global credit supply and transactions from origination to retirement

Projects

  • Discover Projects - Data ontology & structure establishes standards and protocols for global benchmarks
  • Eligible Methodologies – Project & unit mapping defines specifications for industry ecosystem participants
  • Establish Price Certainty – Financial charts & data access enables price discovery for tradable financial products

Units & Transactions

  • On-board & Supply - Integrated ecosystem of stakeholders and technologies
  • Allocate & Settle - Physical delivery for futures contracts and transaction management
  • Retire Units - Initiation, processing, and certification of carbon credit retirement

Xalte Environmental Insights

Provides information, trends, and reports on market ecosystem including projects and industry participants

Reports

Products range from individual projects to regional and global analyses to inform environmental stakeholders

Analytics

Quantitative charts, trend visualizations, and dashboards to navigate authoritative data and support analyses

Xalte Environmental Offerings

Provides information, trends, and reports on market ecosystem including projects and industry participants

Supply Management

Project Identification

Enables market stakeholders to discover "best fit" opportunities for supply generation eligible for Xalte's financial products

Project Formation

Organizes stakeholders for prospective projects to enable deal structuring and facilitation from conception through development launch

Project Financing

Structures financial deals to enable greenfield projects and expansion efforts, including equity, debt, loans, and partnership agreements

Project Delivery

Manages development and execution from project launch through initial supply generation maintenance

Technology Solutions

Registry

Provides end-to-end lifecycle management and tracking of environmental commodities, including carbon credits & offsets, from 'origination' to 'retirement' of individual units

Key Benefits

Proprietary methodologies, products, and applications streamline trading of environmental commoditities to benefit Xalte’s stakeholder community

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Regulated

Securitized environmental assets listed on a designated contract market are regulated by the United States Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC).

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Liquid

Listing with a designated contract market provides liquidity support and open market price discovery for trade execution.

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Accessible

Carbon credits are packaged through futures and options contracts to fulfill sustainability objectives.

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Discovery

Carbon credit suppliers and certifiers can be explored through the Xalte Environmental Registry, from origination to retirement.

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Suppliers

  • On-board projects & certify credits aligned to accepted methodologies
  • Secure price certainty for future dates and quantities per contract terms
  • Access demand driven by mapping to tradable financial products

Buyers

  • Understand credits that qualify for futures contracts delivery
  • Mitigate investment risks through regulated financial products for commodities
  • Access qualified units to fulfill sustainability objectives

Traders

  • Manage portfolio by exploring methodologies and aligning investments
  • Obtain exposure to global environmental credits through standardized contract terms
  • Access liquid markets via simplified & secure transactions from existing accounts

Governments

  • Gain visibility to capital flow for supply production and development opportunities
  • Understand price trends for commodity categories to enable investment decisions
  • Access data to support regulations and policies for voluntary and compliance markets

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