OPIS Global Carbon Market Report

Daily carbon market price discovery and transparency for the largest compliance markets around the world with a suite of benchmarks, news and market analysis

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Global environmental market transparency to power strategic business decisions.

Ever-evolving compliance carbon market policies and regional carbon emissions reduction programs impose a growing influence in commodities markets. Jurisdictional carbon markets are diverse in their scope and ambition – presenting opportunities and risks for market stakeholders.

OPIS puts daily carbon benchmark assessments and global carbon market intelligence together into one report to help you navigate volatility and strategically evaluate risks to manage your costs.

Request your free trial of the OPIS Global Carbon Market Report. You’ll get hundreds of daily carbon and emissions market assessments as well as market intelligence on more than 20 jurisdictional and regional environmental programs.

 

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Who Benefits From This Global Carbon Market Report

COMPLIANCE ENTITIES

  • Assess the costs associated with complying with carbon programs and initiatives and understand the value chain impact.
  • Mitigate risk and maximize transparency by referencing OPIS carbon market prices in supply contracts.

TRADERS

  • Negotiate prices with counterparties using a compliance carbon index with a methodology that accurately reflects how the market trades.
  • Evaluate price arbitrage opportunities in compliance markets.
  • Obtain fair-market value for carbon compliance instruments acquired in the OTC market.

BROKERS/CONSULTANTS

  • Determine timely carbon market price ranges when assisting clients with transactions.
  • Leverage market insights when conducting cost analysis and advising clients on regulatory programs.

RESEARCHERS/ANALYSTS

  • Use OPIS carbon indices as a basis for global carbon market price forecasting.
  • Stay informed on evolving jurisdictional and regional carbon market policies.

JURISIDICTIONAL AGENCIES

  • Track the impact of environmental policies on carbon market prices.
  • Understand secondary market trends and sector compliance costs to support informed decisions on emissions reduction policies.

Why You Need This Carbon Market Report

  • The OPIS Global Carbon Market Report addresses the demand for transparent compliance carbon market pricing amid the growing number of jurisdictional and regional emissions reduction programs around the world.
  • Compliance carbon market buyers and sellers need a trusted price reporting agency to provide daily carbon benchmark assessments for programs that cover their business operations.
  • This report provides a comprehensive view of the largest compliance carbon markets in the world and informs on evolving environmental policies and their market impact.
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Key Features and Benefits

  • North American carbon markets: Daily physical assessments for emissions reduction programs across the United States and Canada, providing over 100 indices.:
    • OPIS California Carbon Allowances (CCA): Assessments for the largest traded compliance instrument in the California Cap-and-Invest Program.
    • OPIS California Carbon Offsets (CCO) and CCO with a Direct Environmental Benefit in the State (DEBS CCO): Assessments for offsets that are compliant with the California Cap-and-Invest Program.
    • OPIS California Static Carbon Emissions Prices (STAC): Calculated prices evaluate the cost of compliance with California’s Cap-and-Invest Program for Scope 1 emissions produced by refineries in the state during the production of transportation fuels.
    • OPIS California Cap-at-the-Rack Prices (CAR): Calculated prices evaluate the cost of compliance with California’s Cap-and-Invest Program for Scope 3 emissions produced from transportation fuels sold at the rack location.
    • OPIS Quebec Cap-at-the-Rack Prices (Quebec CAR): Calculated prices evaluate the cost of compliance with Quebec’s Cap-and-Trade System for Scope 3 emissions produced from transportation fuels sold at the rack location.
    • OPIS Washington Carbon Allowances (WCA): Assessments for carbon allowances that comply with Washington’s cap-and-invest program.
    • OPIS Washington Cap-at-the-Rack Prices (WA CAR): Calculated prices evaluate the cost of compliance with Washington’s cap-and-invest program for Scope 3 emissions produced from transportation fuels sold at the rack location.
    • OPIS Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative Allowances (RGGI): Assessments for allowances compliant with the multi-state RGGI cap-and-trade program for carbon emissions.
    • OPIS U.S. Renewable Energy Certificates (REC): Assessments for RECs that are compliant with state Renewable Portfolio Standards programs in New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Maryland, Massachusetts, and Connecticut as well as certificates issued by New England Power Pool General Information System (NEPOOL) and PJM Environmental Information Services (PJM).
    • OPIS California Low Carbon Fuel Standard (LCFS): Assessments for credits compliant with the state’s LCFS program, as well as assessments for Carbon Intensity (CI) and Carbon Credit Per Gallon (CPG) value of gasoline and diesel carbon credits.
    • OPIS Oregon Clean Fuels Program (OCF): Assessments for credits compliant with the state’s OCF program, as well as assessments for Carbon Intensity (CI) and Carbon Credit Per Gallon (CPG) value of gasoline and diesel carbon credits.
    • U.S. Renewable Identification Number Credits (RIN): Assessments for Ethanol RIN Credits (D6), Biodiesel RIN Credits (D4), Cellulosic Ethanol RIN Credits (D3), and Advanced Biofuel RIN Credits (D5) as defined under the U.S. EPA’s Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS).
    • OPIS Renewable Volume Obligation (RVO): Assessment calculation of the daily cost of compliance with the RFS.
  • European carbon market prices: Daily price assessments for compliance carbon markets covering EU Member States and the United Kingdom.
    • OPIS European Union Allowances (EUA): Assessments for allowances that comply with the EU Emissions Trading System (ETS).
    • OPIS UK Allowances (UKA): Assessments for allowances that comply with the UK Emissions Trading Scheme.
    • European Carbon Auction Prices for EUA and UKA.

 

OPIS is proud to be a member of the International Emissions Trading Association (IETA). IETA is a non-profit business organization created in June 1999 to establish a functional international framework for trading in greenhouse gas emission reductions.

 

  • Asia-Pacific carbon market prices: Daily price assessments for carbon credits produced by emissions reductions programs in Australia, New Zealand, and South Korea.
    • OPIS Australian Carbon Credit Units (ACCU) Generic: Assessments for credits generated from avoidance-based projects that include landfill gas and alternative waste management and avoided deforestation projects.
    • OPIS ACCU Generic (No AD): Assessments for credits generated from avoidance-based projects that include landfill gas and alternative waste management and excludes avoided deforestation projects.
    • OPIS ACCU HIR (Human-Induced Regeneration): Assessments for credits generated from projects adopting the human-induced regeneration of a permanent even-aged native forest methodology which stores carbon by regenerating native forest on eligible land through activities such as livestock and grazing management.
    • OPIS ACCU SFM (Savanna Fire Management) with and without Indigenous Co-benefits: Assessments for credits generated from avoidance-based projects that reduce the emission of greenhouse gasses from fire in savannas in northern Australia through a reduction in the frequency and extent of late dry season fires. Indigenous co-benefits (ICB) reflect the additional environmental, economic, social, and cultural benefits that a project brings to the indigenous communities.
    • OPIS ACCU EP (Environmental Planting): Assessments for credits generated from projects that establish and maintain vegetation such as trees or shrubs on land that has been cleared of forest for at least five years.
    • OPIS Australian Safeguard Mechanism Credit (AU SMC): Assessments for tradable carbon units issued by Australia’s Clean Energy Regulator that comply with the Safeguard Mechanism.
    • OPIS New Zealand Unit (NZU): Assessments for tradable emission units issued by the government through free allocation or at auction to participants of the New Zealand Emission Trading Scheme.
    • OPIS Korean Allowance Unit (KAU): Assessments for emissions permits issued to liable entities for compliance with South Korea’s Emissions Trading Scheme.
    • OPIS Korean Offset Credit (KOC): Assessments reflect voluntary offset credits generated from greenhouse gas reductions issued by domestic and international projects that are eligible for compliance with South Korea’s Emissions Trading System.
    • China carbon market price reporting and market commentary for Carbon Emission Allowances (CEA) traded on the Shanghai Environment and Energy Exchange.
  • Carbon trade information that provides a summary of confirmed transactions for key compliance carbon markets.
  • Breaking news coverage and market-specific daily analysis that reveals trends and fundamentals impacting the global compliance carbon markets and pricing.
  • Historical price trends for North America, Europe and Asia-Pacific emissions markets.
  • The OPIS Carbon Market Pricing methodology provides full-day physical assessments for voluntary and compliance carbon offset credit prices.

Why You Can Trust OPIS Price Assessments
OPIS follows best practices honed over 47 years providing price benchmarks and follows the rigorous standards set by IOSCO and BMR for price benchmarks.
Markets show trust in OPIS benchmarks by pricing billions of dollars of transactions each year using OPIS price assessments as an index

 

ASEAN Alliance on Carbon Markets (AACM)

OPIS is proud to be a member of the ASEAN Alliance on Carbon Markets (AACM). AACM was formed to promote scaling Voluntary Carbon Markets across ASEAN and to support the implementation of compliance markets.

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The tool helps importers and exporters quantify potential CBAM liabilities using European Commission default values, while the OPIS Global Carbon Market Report provides daily benchmark assessments, market commentary and compliance carbon market intelligence to help users track the price environment shaping carbon cost exposure. For companies that want to understand where CBAM may have the greatest impact, this offers a practical starting point for more informed commercial, risk and sourcing decisions.

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