About SYNE Carbon

Built to fix
carbon market integrity.

SYNE Carbon was founded on a single conviction: that carbon markets can only deliver real climate impact if they are built on rigorous, independent data. We are the intelligence layer that makes that possible.

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2.4B+
Credits Rated
40+
Markets Covered
1,840
Projects Listed
96%
VCM Coverage
Live Data Platform Global Coverage

Our Mission

Data-driven integrity
for carbon markets

Carbon markets have enormous potential to channel capital into climate solutions at scale — but only if credit quality can be trusted. SYNE Carbon exists to make that trust possible: through rigorous, independent ratings, transparent methodology, and the earth intelligence data that validates every claim.

We serve project developers, institutional buyers, traders, regulators, and finance partners — giving every participant the data edge they need to act with confidence in the world's most important emerging market.

Independent Ratings
Earth Intelligence
Market Transparency
Global Coverage

The Problem We're Solving

In 2023, investigative journalism and academic research showed that over 90% of certain REDD+ credits from a major registry were likely worthless — not generating the emissions reductions they claimed.

90%+
of certain credits assessed as over-credited
$Bn
in corporate claims built on weak offsets
0
independent rating agencies at the time
SYNE Carbon was founded to fix this — building the independent rating and data infrastructure that carbon markets had always lacked.

Our Story

From crisis to
infrastructure

SYNE Carbon was born from the conviction that carbon markets needed what financial markets had spent 50 years building: rigorous, independent credit analysis, transparent methodology, and data infrastructure that could be trusted by all sides of the market.

2021
Founded in London

SYNE Carbon is founded by a team of carbon market veterans, satellite scientists, and financial data specialists. Seed round closed. Research into VCM integrity begins with a focus on independent forest carbon assessment.

2022
First Ratings Published

SYNE Carbon publishes independent ratings for the first 200 VCM projects, covering REDD+, cookstoves, and soil carbon. Earth Intelligence layer launched — fusing Copernicus satellite data with ground-truth validation. Series A funding closed.

2023
Compliance Market Expansion & API Launch

Compliance market data coverage launched — EU ETS, UK ETS, CCA, and RGGI real-time pricing. Developer API launched. Verra VCS and Gold Standard registry integration completed. Coverage expanded to 800+ projects across 40+ registries.

2024
Article 6 & Market Gateway

Article 6 corresponding adjustment tracking launched. Market Gateway connecting project developers to buyers, registries, and finance partners goes live. 1,800+ rated projects. Series B funding. Singapore and Sydney offices opened.

2025
Carbon Intelligence & Global Scale

Carbon Intelligence layer for tech-based removals launched. CORSIA Phase 2 integration. 28.4M+ credits rated. 40+ markets. Teravent registry partnership. Market infrastructure serving every major participant type globally.

Current

Leadership Team

Built by market veterans,
scientists & engineers

Our leadership team brings together three disciplines that carbon markets had never combined: deep carbon market expertise, earth observation science, and financial data infrastructure engineering.

Ginu George
Ginu George
Founder & Chief Executive Officer

Former Head of Carbon Markets at Standard Chartered and Director at Xpansiv CBL. 14 years in carbon market finance and trading. MSc Environmental Economics, LSE.

Carbon MarketsFinance
Linto Cherukattu
Linto Cherukattu
Co-Founder & Chief Technology Officer

Former Senior Scientist at ESA's Carbon Biomass Group and Research Lead at Global Forest Watch. PhD Remote Sensing & Forest Carbon, UCL. Architect of SYNE's Earth Intelligence layer.

Earth ObservationForest Carbon
Dr. Sunley Lissy George
Chief Sustainability Officer

Former VP Engineering at Refinitiv and Lead Architect at Bloomberg's commodity data infrastructure. MEng Computer Science, Imperial College London. Designed SYNE's real-time data platform.

Data EngineeringReal-Time Systems
Lars Böhm
Chief Commercial Officer

Former Global Head of Carbon at Macquarie and Managing Director at South Pole. 18 years in carbon project development, finance, and trading across Europe, Asia, and Americas. MBA, INSEAD.

Carbon TradingProject Finance
Dr. Amara Kowalski
Head of Ratings Methodology

Former Senior Analyst at Ecosystem Marketplace and Research Director at VCMI Technical Working Group. PhD Environmental Science, Oxford. Designed SYNE's 10-factor rating framework.

MethodologyVCM Policy
James O'Brien
Chief Financial Officer

Former CFO at Carbon Clean Solutions and Finance Director at Drax Group's BECCS division. 15 years in climate finance and infrastructure. ACA qualified, KPMG trained. MBA, Cambridge Judge.

Climate FinanceCFO

Our Principles

What we believe
about carbon markets

01
Independence is non-negotiable

A rating agency cannot serve the entities it rates. SYNE Carbon has no financial stake in any project, registry, or trading venue. Our ratings are funded entirely by data subscribers — never by project developers or credit sellers.

02
Data replaces opinion

Carbon credit quality has been assessed by committees and consultants for too long. We believe satellite data, soil science, and quantitative models should replace subjective expert judgement wherever possible.

03
Methodology must be transparent

We publish our full rating methodology publicly. Every weighting, every factor, every data source — open to scrutiny. A carbon rating means nothing if you cannot understand how it was produced.

04
Markets need infrastructure, not intermediaries

Carbon markets have too many gatekeepers and too little shared infrastructure. We build open, API-first data systems that reduce friction for every participant — not closed platforms that extract rents from the ecosystem.

05
Capital follows quality, if given the data

The highest-quality carbon projects should command premium prices. The worst should find no buyers. With accurate, independent ratings, capital will flow to genuinely impactful climate solutions.

06
We work for all sides — or none

SYNE Carbon serves project developers, buyers, traders, regulators, and insurers simultaneously. Our independence is the product — it cannot be compromised for commercial convenience.

Investors & Partners

Backed by the right
long-term capital

SYNE Carbon is backed by specialist climate investors, strategic data infrastructure funds, and carbon market participants who share our conviction that market integrity is the precondition for climate impact at scale.

Series B Lead

Dedicated climate fintech and data infrastructure fund. Lead investor Series B. $180M AUM across 12 climate data companies globally.

Series A Lead

Early-stage climate technology investor. Led Series A. Specialises in climate data, market infrastructure, and earth observation.

Strategic Investor

Global deep tech and data infrastructure fund. Strategic investor focused on carbon market regulatory and institutional adoption.

Strategic Partner

European Space Agency Business Incubation Centre. Strategic partner and early supporter of SYNE's earth observation intelligence layer.

Advisory Board
Prof. Myles Allen
Climate Science, Oxford University
Sylvie Lemmet
Former Director, UNEP Finance Initiative
Simon Puleston Jones
Carbon Regulatory & Derivatives Law
Dr. Giacomo Grassi
Forest Carbon Science, EU JRC
Mark Kenber
Former CEO, The Climate Group
Dr. Karan Bazaz
IPCC AR6 Working Group III Author

Join Our Team

Work on the hardest
problem in climate

We are building the data infrastructure that will determine whether carbon markets deliver real climate impact. We need scientists, engineers, analysts, and operators who share that conviction.

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London HQ
Engineering, Science, Commercial, Ratings
🇸🇬
Singapore
Asia Pacific Commercial, Market Data
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Sydney
Asia Pacific Ratings, Earth Intelligence
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Remote
Engineering, Science, Some Commercial
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Open Roles Hiring
Engineering
Senior Data Engineer (Ratings Pipeline)London
Platform Engineer — Real-Time Market DataLondon
Earth Observation Software EngineerRemote
Science & Ratings
Carbon Ratings Analyst — Nature-BasedLondon
Soil Carbon ScientistSydney
Article 6 Policy AnalystRemote
Commercial
Head of Asia Pacific SalesSingapore
Enterprise Account Executive — EMEALondon

Press & Media

In the news

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Financial TimesJan 2026

“SYNE Carbon's independent rating system is fast becoming the S&P of voluntary carbon — and the market is watching”

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Bloomberg GreenDec 2025

“How satellite data is separating real forest carbon from phantom credits — and what SYNE's ratings mean for buyers”

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ReutersNov 2025

“Series B closes at £42M as SYNE Carbon expands Article 6 tracking and Asia Pacific market data coverage”

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CarbonPulseOct 2025

“SYNE Carbon launches CORSIA Phase 2 eligible credit identification — covering 840M tCO₂e across 100+ countries”

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The GuardianSep 2025

“Finally, a ratings agency for carbon credits — and it's using satellites to check if forests actually exist”

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S&P Global Market IntelligenceAug 2025

“SYNE Carbon secures Teravent registry integration — a key step toward making tech-based removals tradeable at scale”

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