How Credits Are Sold.

Managing exposure is one of the many concerns you will face while engaging in the environmental markets. Leveraging our background and market expertise we are here to guide you through the process: executing trades, minimizing volatility, and generating cutting edge news, research and analysis in the process of obtaining maximum credit value.

The US Carbon Market is a young, emerging, ever shifting environmental market still seeking its identity. Trading exists as participants seek credits for various needs:

  • Speculators - betting on long-term value of credits
  • Corporations - foresee future need for emissions reductions
  • Non-profits/Groups/Entities - initiating a “green campaign”
  • End Users at the retail level

What is traded?

  • VER: Verified Emission Reduction generated by project other than CDM
    • Not a standardized commodity
    • Traded Over The Counter (OTC): OTC Contract is a bilateral contract in which two parties agree on how a particular trade or agreement is to be settled in the future
  • Private sector trade between two independent entities
  • Traded off any listed exchange

Markets/Standards

As we await federal standards and the futures of a cap + trade system in the US many states and regions have begun to initiate their own carbon reduction goals and regulations. Trading Schemes:
  • California Climate Action Registry (CCAR)
  • Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative (RGGI)
  • Western Climate Initiative (WCI)
  • Midwestern Accord
There are also voluntary markets that have set standardized trading schemes.
  • Voluntary Carbon Standard (VCS)
    • Non-profit that strives to keep the highest standards for the carbon market industry and its participants
    • A robust, new global standard for voluntary offset projects. It ensures that carbon offsets that businesses and consumers buy can be trusted and have real environmental benefits
  • Chicago Climate Exchange (CCX)
    • First launched in 2003 as an unregulated "volunteer" market
    • First carbon exchange created in the US

Our Network

  • We boast one of the largest networks of OTC counterparties in the industry
  • Our relationships are your relationships
    • Vast connections help to ensure constant interest in our client projects and credits
  • Results in superior deal flow and maximum credit value