Spain Launches World’s First Swine Carbon Credits Program

cd1091b4639f04f1813468f078fde592 1 For the first time worldwide, carbon credits for swine sector are available in Spain thanks to SINGEI project
  • Livestock farming currently contributes 12% of the world’s greenhouse gas emissions. A yearly carbon credit valued at 50 to 80 dollars compensates for 45 swine units.
  • A country like Spain can produce one million swine carbon credits annually. These credits are perpetual and become more appealing to futures markets and investment funds.
  • Spearheaded by ASAJA, a farmers’ association in the Murcia region of southeastern Spain, ten strategic challenges are being introduced. These initiatives combine technology and small process adjustments to reduce ammonia nitrogen emissions by 80% and urban odors by 95%.

MURCIA, Spain, Oct. 28, 2024 — In response to the challenges posed by pollution in the sector, ASAJA Murcia, the association representing livestock breeders and farmers in the Murcia region of Spain, unveils its strategic plan, “TEN CHALLENGES (Ten livestock challenges for Mar Menor and the generational change).” The SEPOR agricultural fair, a leading event showcasing innovations in the Mediterranean region, will serve as the platform for the groundbreaking presentation of its action plan.

SINGEI Reduction Greenhouse Gases in livestock Project

These ten strategic challenges, which incorporate technological advancements and process changes aimed at livestock decarbonization (a global first), alongside upcycling, water cogeneration, and Biohacking applications, will collectively foster generational change in a comprehensive and sustainable manner. This initiative will result in the implementation of a carbon credit system. This system meticulously measures and eliminates 80% of nitrates and 95% of odors from pig farms. The reduction in emissions will be transformed into SINGEI perpetual carbon credits. The primary stakeholders in this system are futures markets and investment funds specializing in voluntary carbon markets. Recognizing that livestock accounts for 12% of all greenhouse gases (GHG), this global innovation reshapes the investment landscape, with the cattle sector (which has the highest GHG impact) poised to follow suit.

Challenge No. 1 is the “Elimination of Nitrates and Odors”, also known as SINGEI, an acronym for the Spanish phrase “Without GHG.” Its pilot phase commences in 2025, with farms participating in the “TEN CHALLENGES,” which ensures seamless synergy among all actions.

As Alfonso Gálvez, general secretary of Asaja Murcia, emphasizes, “Ten Livestock Challenges for Mar Menor, and its flagship project SINGEI, will enhance current working conditions, promote environmental respect, and bolster livestock sustainability”.

The SINGEI project commences with 120 farms as its foundation for the International Carbon Credit Certification of 10,000 tC02, facilitated by the ‘Biaurelian Carbon Partners’ loyalty program, a component of Aurelian Biotech, the manufacturer of additives for CO2 GHG mitigation.

The objective of the SINGEI project is to reach 5 million swine units, generating 125,000 tC02 per year, and to maintain farms and companies within the loyalty program, as mitigation comes at minimal cost and does not necessitate investment. Additionally, they will be certified and compensated annually.

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