The Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) allows companies to turn environmental improvement into a cash flow. The CDM does this by defining a new commodity, Certified Emission Reductions or CERs. The CERs are generated by an approval process involving both the host country Government and the United Nations. CERs can be sold as other commodities either on forward contracts or spot. By May 2008 more than 1000 project have been approved internationally as CDM projects.

Buyers of CERs are Governments and private sector in industrialised countries. In 2007 more than 13 billion USD worth of CERs were traded internationally. Indeed, this is the right time for companies in ASEAN countries to embark on CDM projects

This is where YTL-SV Carbon can offer tailor-made solutions for your company, starting with the screening of project potentials to the signing of the sales contract for the carbon credits.

YTL-SV Carbon offers to work on a No Cure, No Pay basis, which means we take the main risks involved in CDM project development. We know of experience that the further the project is developed in the CDM approval process, the higher a price the CERs can achieve. We will work with you to maximise the value of your project.