FarmCarbon, a one of its kind carbon financing vehicle of Sistema bio, Inc., has secured a $53 million investment from BNP Paribas Asset Management Alts, British International Investment plc and Shell Foundation.

Cyril Amarchand Mangaldas advised Buen Manejo Del Campo India Private Limited (“Sistema India”) a subsidiary of Sistema.bio, on this transaction.

The Firm's role included structuring the transaction from an Indian law perspective, in relation to the transfer of carbon rights and issuance of carbon credits; drafting, reviewing and negotiating the project documents involved in relation to the same; advising in relation to security package that could be offered to the Investors; and coordinating with various international counsel in relation to the transaction.

The transaction team was led by Manasvini Raj (Partner), with support from Apoorv Jain (Principal Associate) and Sushmitha Ramkumar (Associate).

Santosh Janakiram (Senior Partner) provided strategic inputs and guidance.

SR Patnaik (Partner, Head - Taxation), with support from Shivam Garg (Principal Associate), Reema Arya (Consultant) and Rhea Prasad (Associate) advised on taxation aspects of the transaction.

Arun Prabhu (Partner, Co-Head – Digital | TMT) and Lakshmi Rajagopalan (Partner), with support from Kanav Khanna (Associate), advised on data privacy and data sharing aspects of the transaction.

Clifford Chance advised the investors, NP Paribas Asset Management Alts, British International Investment plc and Shell Foundation.

The transaction team consisted of Angela McEwan (Partner), Marc Mehlen (Partner), David Woolmer (Counsel) and Antonio Arenas Torres (Counsel).

Sistema.bio is a global leader in biogas technology and climate solutions for family farmers focused on small-scale agriculture. It manufactures and installs biodigesters for small-holder farmers in over 30 countries.

FarmCarbon expands Sistema.bio’s mission by bringing carbon financing solutions directly to Sistema.bio’s worldwide farmer network. Farmers receive the biodigester unit at a discounted price, either as an upfront payment or on credit with instalments, in exchange for transferring the associated carbon credits generated by using the biodigester. The vehicle deploys prefinancing to biogas project development, securing future emissions reductions that are later delivered to carbon credits buyers through multi-year purchase agreements.

FarmCarbon will finance more than 90,000 Sistema.bio digesters on farms worldwide to capture and destroy methane, reducing emissions by over nine million tonnes of CO² equivalent.

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