Zefiro Methane Corp. CFO Pens Sustainability-Focused Thought Leadership Piece for CFO.com

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Zefiro Methane Corp (ZEFIF) announced the publication of a thought leadership article by CFO Mohit Gupta on CFO.com on February 20, 2025. The article, titled 'Why Carbon Credits are Becoming a Core Capital Strategy for CFOs,' explores how environmental commitments impact corporate financial strategies.

Gupta, who joined Zefiro in July 2024 with over three decades of banking and energy trading experience, discusses how carbon credits can effectively support company sustainability goals while aligning with stakeholder interests. The article provides a detailed checklist for assessing carbon credit quality to validate environmental claims.

This publication follows recent media appearances by Zefiro's leadership, including CEO Talal Debs' interview on Bloomberg Wall Street Week (February 14, 2025) and Gupta's podcast appearance on The Armchair Trader (November 14, 2024). CFO.com, reaching over 130,500 industry decision-makers, serves as a strategic platform for Zefiro's message about methane remediation projects and their collaboration with institutional partners like Mercuria and EDF Trading.

Zefiro CFO Mohit Gupta, who took on the role in July 2024, was the CFO of Global Operations for Wells Fargo and has over three decades of banking and energy trading sector experience. Mr. Gupta was also one of the founding members of J.P. Morgan’s Energy Trading business.

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla., March 05, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- ZEFIRO METHANE CORP. (Cboe Canada: ZEFI) (Frankfurt: Y6B) (OTCQB: ZEFIF) (the “Company”, “Zefiro”, or “ZEFI”) today announced that an opinion article penned by its Chief Financial Officer Mohit Gupta was published on February 20, 2025 by CFO.com, a digital publication operated by Informa TechTarget. This feature is the latest in a series of recent publications and appearances for Zefiro’s senior management team, which includes Zefiro Founder and CEO Talal Debs’ interview on the televised February 14, 2025 episode of Bloomberg Wall Street Week, and Mr. Gupta’s November 14, 2024 podcast with Stuart Fieldhouse of The Armchair Trader where Gupta shared insights about carbon credits and Zefiro’s near-term growth plans.

In the CFO.com article, which is titled “Why Carbon Credits are Becoming a Core Capital Strategy for CFOs”, Mr. Gupta explains how corporate commitments to environmental responsibility can fall within the purview of Chief Financial Officers, due to the potential effects of these commitments on brand loyalty, growth opportunities, capital access, and lending terms. Mr. Gupta then went on to explain how carbon credits can be an effective component of a given company’s sustainability strategy with respect to meeting climate targets in line with the interests of customers, lenders, and investors. Additionally, Mr. Gupta provided a multi-point checklist of the top considerations with respect to assessing the overall quality of carbon credits, which can help to withstand scrutiny of a company’s environmental claims.

The full version of Mr. Gupta’s article on CFO.com can be accessed through the following link: https://www.cfo.com/news/why-carbon-credits-are-becoming-a-core-capital-strategy-for-cfos/740213/

CFO.com reaches over 130,500 industry decision makers¹, including 41,000 subscribers to its newsletter, which is called The Balance. More information about CFO.com can be found on its “About” page: https://www.cfo.com/about/

Zefiro CFO Mohit Gupta authored an opinion article on CFO.com about how Chief Financial Officers can utilize carbon credits as a core capital strategy in a business world that is increasingly conscious of the environment

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Zefiro Chief Financial Officer Mohit Gupta commented, “I am grateful to CFO.com for offering a platform to share what I believe is an important message for chief financial officers everywhere, when it comes to better understanding the building blocks of a robust sustainability strategy. As the stakeholders of organizations worldwide account for their environmental liabilities, high-quality carbon credits can have tremendous utility for mitigating an organization’s carbon footprint. At Zefiro, this is something that we strive to achieve for carbon credit purchasers through transparent, auditable, and high-impact methane remediation projects, working with institutional-level counterparties, including Mercuria and EDF Trading, to ensure our team can help more communities remediate critical air, water, and land resources.”

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1 - https://www.cfo.com/advertise/

Reporters/Media: For any questions or to arrange an interview, please contact Rich Myers of Profile Advisors (New York City) by email at media@zefiromethane.com or by telephone at +1 (347) 774-1125.

About Zefiro Methane Corp.

Zefiro is an environmental services company, specializing in methane abatement. Zefiro strives to be a key commercial force towards Active Sustainability. Leveraging decades of operational expertise, Zefiro is building a new toolkit to clean up air, land, and water sources directly impacted by methane leaks. The Company has built a fully integrated ground operation driven by an innovative monetization solution for the emerging methane abatement marketplace. As an originator of high-quality U.S.-based methane offsets, Zefiro aims to generate long-term economic, environmental, and social returns.

On behalf of the Board of Directors of the Company,

ZEFIRO METHANE CORP.

“Talal Debs”

Talal Debs, Founder & CEO

For further information, please contact:

Zefiro Investor Relations
1 (800) 274-ZEFI (274-9334)
investor@zefiromethane.com

For media inquiries, please contact:

Rich Myers - Profile Advisors (New York)
media@zefiromethane.com
+1 (347) 774-1125

Forward-Looking Statements

This news release contains “forward-looking information” within the meaning of applicable Canadian securities legislation. Forward-looking information is often, but not always, identified by the use of words such as “seeks”, “believes”, “plans”, “expects”, “intends”, “estimates”, “anticipates” and statements that an event or result “may”, “will”, “should”, “could” or “might” occur or be achieved and other similar expressions. In particular, this news release contains forward-looking information including statements regarding: the Company’s intention to reduce emissions from end-of-life oil and gas wells and eliminate methane gas; the Company’s partnerships with industry operators, state agencies, and federal governments; the Company’s expectations for continued increases in revenues and EBITDA growth as a result of these partnerships; the Company’s intentions to build out its presence in the United States; the anticipated federal funding for orphaned well site plugging, remediation and restoring activities; the Company’s expectations to become a growing environmental services company; the Company’s ability to provide institutional and retail investors alike with the opportunity to join the Active Sustainability movement; the Company’s ability to generate long-term economic, environmental, and social returns; and other statements regarding the Company’s business and the industry in which the Company operates. The forward-looking information reflects management’s current expectations based on information currently available and are subject to a number of risks and uncertainties that may cause outcomes to differ materially from those discussed in the forward-looking information. Although the Company believes that the assumptions and factors used in preparing the forward-looking information are reasonable, undue reliance should not be placed on such information and no assurance can be given that such events will occur in the disclosed timeframes or at all. Factors that could cause actual results or events to differ materially from current expectations include, but are not limited to: (i) adverse general market and economic conditions; (ii) changes to and price and volume volatility in the carbon market; (iii) changes to the regulatory landscape and global policies applicable to the Company's business; (iv) failure to obtain all necessary regulatory approvals; and (v) other risk factors set forth in its Prospectus dated April 8, 2024 under the heading “Risk Factors”. The Company operates in a rapidly evolving environment where technologies are in the early stage of adoption. New risk factors emerge from time to time, and it is impossible for the Company’s management to predict all risk factors, nor can the Company assess the impact of all factors on Company’s business or the extent to which any factor, or combination of factors, may cause actual results to differ from those contained in any forward-looking information. Forward-looking information in this news release is based on the opinions and assumptions of management considered reasonable as of the date hereof, including, but not limited to, the assumption that general business and economic conditions will not change in a materially adverse manner. Although the Company believes that the assumptions and factors used in preparing the forward-looking information in this news release are reasonable, undue reliance should not be placed on such information. The forward-looking information included in this news release is made as of the date of this news release and the Company expressly disclaims any intention or obligation to update or revise any forward-looking information whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise, except as required by applicable law.

Statement Regarding Third-Party Investor Relations Firms

Disclosures relating to investor relations firms retained by Zefiro Methane Corp. can be found under the Company's profile on SEDAR+ at www.sedarplus.ca/.

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FAQ

What is the main focus of Zefiro CFO Mohit Gupta's article on CFO.com published in February 2025?

The article focuses on how carbon credits can be integrated into corporate capital strategies and their role in meeting climate targets while maintaining stakeholder interests.

How many industry decision-makers does CFO.com reach, where ZEFIF published its article?

CFO.com reaches over 130,500 industry decision-makers, including 41,000 newsletter subscribers.

What recent media appearances has Zefiro Methane (ZEFIF) leadership made before the CFO.com article?

CEO Talal Debs appeared on Bloomberg Wall Street Week on February 14, 2025, and CFO Gupta was featured on The Armchair Trader podcast on November 14, 2024.

Who are Zefiro Methane's (ZEFIF) main institutional-level counterparties for carbon credit projects?

Zefiro works with Mercuria and EDF Trading as institutional-level counterparties for their methane remediation projects.

What is Mohit Gupta's background before joining Zefiro Methane (ZEFIF) as CFO?

Gupta was CFO of Global Operations at Wells Fargo and was a founding member of J.P. Morgan's Energy Trading business, with over 30 years of industry experience.