Sebastien Andrew Cross

Bezero Carbon Ltd. is a British climate company that combines expertise across climate science, finance, and policy to provide ratings, risk, and data tools that improve information accessibility and decision making. The company is based in London, UK, and has people working from five continents. Its aim is to build markets for environmental impact, and it is a ratings agency for the voluntary carbon market. Bezero Carbon's carbon credit ratings allow all market participants to price and manage risk. Its 60-strong team combines climatic and earth sciences, sell-side financial research, earth observation, machine learning, data and technology, engineering, and public policy expertise. Bezero Carbon creates market-defining research in areas like earth observation, natural capital, net zero, and carbon removals. It publishes insights, articles, and analysis on carbon credit ratings, the voluntary carbon market, net zero, and climate action. The company was founded in April 2020 by Tommy Ricketts and Sebastien Andrew Cross, and Tommy Ricketts has been the CEO since 2020.

Merrill Lynch International (MLI-UK) is a brokerage firm headquartered in London, UK. The firm was founded in 1988 and is a subsidiary of ML UK Capital Holdings Ltd., ultimately owned by Bank of America Corp. (NYSE: BAC) in the US. MLI-UK provides brokerage services to individual and retail clients.