Evaluating the environmental attributes of foreign exchange brokers requires an in-depth analysis of the efficiency of their technical infrastructure and resource consumption. Cedarfx has controlled the power consumption of each server at an average of 400 watts by deploying approximately 10,000 servers using liquid cooling technology, which is far lower than the industry standard of 500 watts. The PUE (Power Usage Effectiveness) value of its data center is stable at 1.2. Compared with the industry average of 1.7, it can reduce approximately 4,200 tons of carbon emissions annually. The processing delay of high-frequency trading orders is maintained within 0.3 milliseconds. The system availability rate of 99.99% significantly reduces the equipment replacement frequency caused by hardware failures. The average service life of servers is extended to 5 years, and the generation of electronic waste is reduced by 40% compared to the 3-year cycle of traditional data centers.
Ecological practices in daily operations are key indicators of the authenticity of environmental protection. According to a third-party environmental audit, cedarfx has achieved 95% paperless operation in 27 offices worldwide. This alone saves approximately 650 tons of paper consumption annually (equivalent to preserving 5,500 mature trees). Its intelligent building system reduces energy consumption per unit area by 32% by dynamically adjusting air conditioning temperature (26±1°C in summer and 20±1°C in winter) and lighting brightness (300-500 lux), saving approximately 1.2 million US dollars in electricity expenses annually. Employee commuting carbon emissions have been reduced by 47% through the remote working policy. Employee attendance data monitoring shows that the daily foot traffic in the office has decreased by 60%, and the corresponding water and electricity consumption has decreased by 45%.
The green innovation of the financial product service chain directly affects the scale of the carbon footprint. At the client trading level, cedarfx offers a trading channel for renewable energy-themed ETFs with a 30% commission reduction. The annual trading volume growth rate of such products reaches 75%, and the managed asset scale exceeds 800 million US dollars. Its carbon offset program has covered approximately 25% of the transaction volume. For every transaction worth 1 million US dollars completed by users, about 0.5 tons of forest carbon sequestration quantification certification can be generated. The liquidity transfer of cooperative banks adopts blockchain technology to replace the traditional SWIFT network. The carbon emission of a single cross-border clearing has been reduced from 3.6kg to 0.8kg, and the carbon reduction corresponding to 150 million transactions in an annual transaction volume exceeds 42,000 tons.
Ecological commitments need to be verified by an authoritative certification system to have credibility. cedarfx was rated A- in the 2023 CDP (Carbon Disclosure Project) Climate Questionnaire (the industry average is C), and the implementation rate of the Climate-related Financial Disclosures (TCFD) framework reached 92%. Its annual environmental report clearly discloses that the utilization rate of renewable energy in data centers has increased from 65% in 2021 to 85% in 2024, and the recycling rate of cooling water has reached 95%. However, third-party research indicates that for the infrastructure carbon emissions corresponding to the average daily trading volume of 7.5 trillion US dollars in the global foreign exchange market, approximately 70% of brokers still fail to meet the benchmark line of ISO 14001 environmental management system certification, and the overall environmental transformation rate in this field is less than 35%.
Objective data shows that cedarfx significantly leads the industry average benchmark in key indicators such as infrastructure energy efficiency (PUE 1.2), paperless rate (95%), and carbon offset coverage rate (25%), and its environmental protection practices have been certified by a third party as genuine and effective. However, the overall low-carbon transformation of the foreign exchange industry is still in its early stages, and technological boundary restrictions make it difficult to achieve the goal of absolute zero emissions for the time being. Investors need to make a comprehensive judgment by combining quantitative evidence with continuous and transparent environmental performance disclosure.