In August 2021, the state of Hesse became the first German federal state to purchase high-quality Gold Standard CERs from UPM’s flagship project, the Sichuan Household Biogas PoA in China. The emission credits (certificates) purchased and subsequently retired will be used to offset the GHG emissions from the business travel (vehicle fleet, air and rail travel, and business travel by private car) of the Hessian state administration.

For the state of Hesse, the purchase of carbon credits is basically a transitional solution until 100 percent of final energy consumption is covered from renewable energy sources, if possible, and the Hessian state administration has reduced its total GHG emissions to almost zero.

Your contacts at UPM for the Sichuan Household Biogas PoA and its GS CERs are:

Martin Dilger, Managing Director, UPM Germany
mdilger(at)upm-cdm.eu, T: +49 89 1222197 – 50

and

Gaiai Guo, Vice General Manager, UPM China
guog(at)upm-cdm.eu, T: +86 10 6468 0500 – 13