What We Do
Leading Environmental Markets Innovation
Our deep markets knowledge and strong relationships coupled with an understanding of technology and market based mechanisms positions Mission Markets Earth to become the global leader in environmental capital markets innovation. We believe we have a clear vision of how these markets are evolving and what infrastructure will be needed to scale this evolution.
A Multi-Credit Environmental Markets Platform
The MM Earth platform provides transaction opportunities in a wide variety of environmental markets – from carbon offset credits to fishery catch shares. Many of the markets we support are illiquid and only emerging as asset classes. Standardization, liquidity, and price discovery are essential to developing strong markets.
The MM Earth Platform will begin by providing services to the more advanced markets and we will expand our offerings as other markets develop. Initial clients will be “natural” buyers and sellers in the markets but we hope that with increased transparency and fungibility, these markets will attract the voluntary or “Offset” buyers seeking to reduce their ecological footprints.
Market Mechanisms Transacted on the MM Earth Platform Include:
- Voluntary Carbon Credits
- RECs & Energy Efficiency Certificates
- Sustainable Commodity Certificates
- Wetland Mitigation and Habitat Credits
- Water Quality Credits - Nitrogen, Phosphorus, Sediment, Temperature
- Water Rights and Leases
- Transferable Fisheries Quota
- Transferable Development Rights and Conservation Easements
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Promoting Market Based Mechanisms in Support of Environmental Conservation, Sustainable Agriculture, Emissions and Pollution Reduction
The earth’s diverse ecosystems provide us with fresh water, clean air, food, health, knowledge, inspiration, and peace of mind. These services are, for the most part, taken for granted. The result is increasing over-exploitation and neglect of the earth’s ecological support systems. With our global population growing from 6 billion to 9 billion in the next 50 years, some innovative thinking is needed.
Mission Markets believes that the power of business and markets must be harnessed to maximize investments made to maintain these vital services. Current markets for ecosystem services have been estimated to be between $1.8 and $2.9 billion annually. We believe investments in the earth make great business.
We believe these markets will be growing rapidly, for this reason, we have developed a marketplace for environmental credits and other conservation finance instruments in order to create efficient access to both increased liquidity and information.
