Platts Voluntary Carbon Market price assessments are the most in-depth in the market, covering a wide range of different projects. They bring much-needed transparency to a market looking to scale and fulfill its potential as an important tool to achieve 2050 climate targets.
Our market-leading pricing methodology and assessment criteria are supported with cutting-edge carbon data, insight, analysis and thought-leadership – so you can see where the voluntary carbon market stands today and where it's headed.
Platts' carbon credit assessments reflect the value for carbon credits available to be freely traded between companies and countries conforming to the standards set out by the Taskforce on the Scaling of Voluntary Carbon Markets (TSVCM).
This assessment reflects the most competitive carbon credits eligible for the International Civil Aviation Organization’s Carbon Offsetting and Reduction Scheme for International Aviation (CORSIA) program.
The International Civil Aviation Organization created CORSIA to help offset international aviation emissions. While airlines are expected to invest in various emissions-reducing options, the expectation is that airlines will primarily rely on the purchase of voluntary carbon credits to adhere to CORSIA's guidelines.
Platts' CEC coverage provides a robust and independent daily price assessment and market commentary for the CORSIA-eligible carbon credit market.
Platts CNC and Household Devices Carbon Credit Price Assessments reflect the most competitive nature-based carbon credits that either avoid or remove GHG emissions.
These assessments are for buyers looking to offset carbon emissions and are focused on how those emissions are offset. The growth in this area has led to a surge in demand for credits generated by nature-based and community-based projects.
This assessment reflects the most competitive renewable energy carbon credits that avoid GHG emissions.
Platts Renewable Energy reflects bids, offers, and trades for renewable energy credits as reported in either the Platts Market on Close process, in the brokered market, or on trading and exchange instruments. This includes any trading activity in instruments that reflect delivery of renewable energy credits.
This assessment reflects the most competitive methane collection carbon credits that avoid or reduce GHG emissions. The assessment reflects bids, offers, and trades for methane collection credits as reported in either the Platts Market on Close process, in the brokered market, or on trading and exchange instruments.
Platts defines methane collection credits as any avoidance or reduction credits that contribute to the development of methane reduction projects.
Platts reflects carbon credit types for projects leading to a reduction or avoidance in GHG emissions. These include credits issued for the following types of projects:
Platts reflects carbon credit types for projects resulting in a removal of existing GHG emissions from the atmosphere. These include credits issued for the following project types:
As part of its partnership with the Xpansiv spot-market exchange, Platts began assessing the daily and monthly settlement prices for Xpansiv’s GEO, N-GEO, C-GEO, and C-GEO Trailing carbon credit contracts, as well as the settlement prices for the CME CBL GEO and CBL N-GEO physically-delivered futures contracts.
Platts assesses these settlements using bids, offers and transaction data directly from the Xpansiv CBL marketplace and the NYMEX exchange.
In partnership with Viridios AI, Platts publishes six 'CARBEX' carbon credit indices. The six indices reflect the value of different types of voluntary carbon credits and enhance market transparency in the complex voluntary carbon credit and co-benefit markets.
Market 'heards' detail confirmed trades, firm bids and offers, tender announcements and transactional activity heard across the market by our specialist market reporters. All this activity is used to inform these assessments and is published transparently for our customers to view.
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