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Key Facts

Since 2015, Aera built the largest portfolio of African environmental products and traded millions of tons of CO2 emissions reduction certificates.

As a market leader, Aera expands continuously by adding new product trading lines (renewable energy, biodiversity, water) and always look to reinforce its execution capability by hiring new talents, improving processes and consolidating its capitalistic structure.

At the end of the day, our financial results are directly linked to our environmental performance and social impacts.

Aera at glance

5,9 M€ Turnover (2020)
1,3 M€ Net result (2020)
28.5 M€ Aera valuation
12 Employees
65% Of shares owned by the founders and 35% by Arise International (JV formed by OLAM and Africa Finance Corporation)
Paris Head office
2015 Established in
812 807 329 000 14 Registration number

Portfolio performance

10 MT Total volume traded (CO2 eq.)
3 MT Total volume issued (CO2 eq.)
20 M€ Amount paid to project developers
420 Transactions closed
39 Projects contracted
14 Countries
3,1 MT Annual supply (CO2 eq.)
6.4 M People impacted

Transaction -  Aera signs its largest forward purchase of CO2 certificates for a total value of USD 7,7 million generated by the DR-Congo Tanganyika Improved Households Cookstoves Program. Portfolio -  Ghana: Issuance of 71,934 CO2 certificates under the CDM standard Transaction -  Aera buys forward $4.3M CO2 certificates to be issued from energy efficient cookstoves program in Burundi. Urgent -  Aera's founders sell a 35% stake to Arise IS based on a €28.5 M valuation. Portfolio -  Aera signs a new project : Helios Beau Champ Solar PV in Mauritius. 17,500 tCO2 saved per year. Transaction -  Aera sells 42,000 I-RECs from Bugoye hydro plant in Uganda Transaction -  Aera signs its largest forward purchase of CO2 certificates for a total value of USD 7,7 million generated by the DR-Congo Tanganyika Improved Households Cookstoves Program. Portfolio -  Ghana: Issuance of 71,934 CO2 certificates under the CDM standard Transaction -  Aera buys forward $4.3M CO2 certificates to be issued from energy efficient cookstoves program in Burundi. Urgent -  Aera's founders sell a 35% stake to Arise IS based on a €28.5 M valuation. Portfolio -  Aera signs a new project : Helios Beau Champ Solar PV in Mauritius. 17,500 tCO2 saved per year. Transaction -  Aera sells 42,000 I-RECs from Bugoye hydro plant in Uganda