Statistics

Each site and location requires different strategies to enhance the environmental impact since each site may be more or less polluted, damaged and have different potential for growth.

To solve this, and provide consistent metrics, we have developed a significant bespoke methodology allowing us to manage and measure the positive environmental and social impact generated on the land we manage. This is the Quantum2 360 Sustainability Model. The model Is incorporated in the work we do and the ecosystem you are using now.

In general, we aim to achieve 6 broad areas of improvement:

- Clean Air

- Clean Water

- Clean Land

- Conserve Resources

- Energy Positive

- Social Improvement

Within each section we have a number of targets, goals and methods to improve, which are contractually agreed with our farmers/ developers and monitored monthly, quarterly and/or yearly by our team and expert third parties (for example, harmful pesticide and fungicide elimination is measured yearly via 3^rd party lab analysis). This is then fed back into reports and the ecosystem.

To give an idea, a number of possible improvement strategies include increasing hedgerow, increasing forested areas, creating animal habitats, creating natural areas (natural growth), conversion of conventional to organic agriculture, crop rotation, planting soil-regenerating plants, cover crops, reduced (eliminated) use of (harmful) supplements and chemicals, balanced tillage, amongst many other possibilities.

Gathering data over time, we are able to train our team and AI on what works best in which situations – to generate a predictive model for the optimum results.

While every site is different, we base our general analysis on statistics provided by in a document from the congressional budget office. The reason for this is to deliver a certain neutrality, trust and validity, since the figures have at least congressional status.

In summary from the document, CO2 sequestration per acre is included below (exact names are adjusted/ shortened for brevity):

No tillage 0.64-1.05t

Crop mix 0.12-0.47t

Permanent plantings 0.4-1.0t

Additional trees 2.2-9.5t

Improved tree choice 2.1-3.1t

We use the median value of the congressional calculations, so our metrics are conservative and in practice we can delivery more benefit.

Our calculations

We do not plan any permanent plantings. In our view, temporary platings which are used and any carbon is extracted from the cycle is much more effective.

Total benefit according to congressional statistics = +0.56t/acre

In addition we implement further improvements, such as (choice of) organic crop, elimination of pesticides, (harmful) chemicals, coverage crops, minimisation of supplements, crop rotation and various other soil regeneration techniques. We assume this adds on average +0.76t/ acre.

In total, thus our conservative improvement = +1320kg/acre CO2 reduction

This is equivalent to 3260kg/hectare CO2 reduction

See the link below for the document itself:

https://www.cbo.gov/sites/default/files/110th-congress-2007-2008/reports/09-12-carbonsequestration.pdf

This is the number showing the land value currently held within the Quantum2 ecosystem. Each piece of land is entered according to a 3rd party valuation made before the land was added to the ecosystem. This represents the total value of those pieces of land added together.

For example, £/€/$11,123,456 is eleven million, one hundred and twenty three thousand, four hundred and fifty six £/€/$.

Units sold will never be more than the total original value of land entered into the ecosystem.

Additionally, while the long term value of land increases over time, the number of Units allocated remains at the original valuation of the land when it was entered into the system. This means the ecosystem is inherently stable, conservative and value-positive, since land values increase, Unit values increase, but the number of Units sold always remains below the original value of land. Therefore the excess value of the ecosystem inherently and naturally increases over time.

This is the maximum number of Units which can be sold. It will always be less than the total value of land held in the ecosystem.

Value difference

This is the higher (excess) original value of land in the ecosystem compared to Units allocated for sale. Over time this may increase or decrease (see below), but it will always remain positive, meaning there is always excess value in the ecosystem from Day 1 when new land is bought and added.

This shows the ratio (excess) value of land held by the ecosystem compared to the Units allocated for sale. The value will always be greater than 100%, showing that the land value in the system is larger than Units sold. This means the ecosystem has a positive value balance.

Occasionally these values will change, for example when new land is bought and added to the system or when more Units are allocated for sale (which is always less than the total value of land held).

One part of the Quantum2 360 Sustainable methodology involves 3^rd party lab analysis of soil chemicals, to eliminate (harmful) pesticides, herbicides, insecticides and fungicides as well as improve natural foundational levels of (micro)nutrients in order to reduce supplementation and fertilisation, which leads to air, water and soil pollution, negative leeching into ground water, rivers and eventually the sea, amongst other negative environmental impacts.

Aside from a range of chemicals under organic produce, “forever” chemicals and soil nutrients such as Carbon, Phosphorus, Nitrogen, pH levels, soil composition and other similar broad spectrum tests, our own experts have identified the following chemicals that we additionally analyse to help create a sustainable future.