London, United Kingdom and Seattle, United States - 16 June 2026

SPECTRA and SyndicatedCarbon Sign Memorandum of Understanding to Advance Transparency, Corporate Readiness and Market Infrastructure for Superpollutant Mitigation Markets

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As carbon markets increasingly seek to finance and scale superpollutant mitigation through emissions avoidance and atmospheric removal, SPECTRA (Super Pollutant Elimination Alliance) and SyndicatedCarbon have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to build the market trust, transparency and operational infrastructure required to scale credible corporate action, mobilise capital, and reduce reputational risk.

While carbon dioxide (CO₂) reduction has historically driven corporate climate agendas, non-CO₂ greenhouse gases, including methane, refrigerants, and nitrous oxide, represent the fastest levers available to slow near-term climate warming. Recent announcements by major corporate buyers, including Google, signal growing interest in superpollutant mitigation as part of broader climate strategies. Consequently, market demand is poised to grow rapidly in coming years: in addition to hyperscalers expanding their interest in superpollutants, sector engagement is increasing across food and beverage, pharmaceuticals, and agriculture. From all sectors over the past 12 months, over 16 million tonnes of carbon dioxide emissions have been transacted across the voluntary carbon market per methaneplus.com.

The collaboration bridges a critical market gap by combining SPECTRA’s leadership in education, market trust and corporate engagement on superpollutant mitigation with  SyndicatedCarbon’s expertise in climate finance infrastructure, workflow orchestration, and ecosystem connectivity. 

Together, the organizations will provide educational programming and market intelligence while developing the operational frameworks, transaction workflows and market infrastructure required to support project finance, offtake, trading, risk mitigation and trading in superpollutant mitigation markets. The objective is to accelerate the development of transparent, trusted and investable superpollutant mitigation markets.

Jason Grillo, Founder and Executive Director of SPECTRA:

"Superpollutants represent one of the most immediate opportunities to slow near-term warming, yet many companies are still trying to understand how these emerging markets fit within broader climate strategies. We are pleased to collaborate with SyndicatedCarbon to help improve transparency, strengthen ecosystem understanding and support credible corporate engagement as these markets continue to evolve."

Simon Puleston Jones, CEO and Co-Founder of SyndicatedCarbon:

"Environmental markets remain highly fragmented, with participants often struggling to access the information, operational workflows, capital, offtake opportunities and risk-mitigation tools needed to participate effectively. By combining SPECTRA’s educational leadership with SyndicatedCarbon’s infrastructure capabilities, we aim to create more transparent, investable and scalable markets for superpollutant mitigation."

Under the MoU, both organizations remain fully independent and retain their respective governance and institutional autonomy. SPECTRA provides trust, education, market landscape perspectives and corporate readiness. SyndicatedCarbon provides infrastructure, workflows, connectivity and transaction enablement. The non-exclusive partnership is designed to foster broader public-interest understanding and ecosystem development rather than promote specific commercial projects or credits.

SPECTRA is a nonprofit focused on advancing clarity, trust, readiness and credible corporate action related to superpollutants and short-lived climate pollutants. Its activities include independent analysis, educational convenings, stakeholder engagement, market interpretation and publication of analytical reports and synthesis frameworks.

SyndicatedCarbon is building the operating system for carbon markets and climate finance. The platform connects project developers, standards, registries, insurers, lenders, rating agencies, brokers, traders, buyers and other market participants through integrated workflows, market intelligence, community tools and market infrastructure designed to facilitate project finance, procurement and trading in environmental markets