Voluntary carbon prices and news
Your guide to market trends, supply and demand dynamics and prices across the voluntary carbon markets
The voluntary carbon markets can be fragmented, opaque and marked by a lack of transparent pricing. Project type, quality, geography, vintage and co-benefits can all impact the value of a credit, making it difficult for buyers and sellers to navigate the market. As more companies and countries look to meet their carbon emission reduction targets in the coming years, clear price references across the different project sectors are required to allow the market to scale.
Fastmarkets aims to elevate transparency in the sector by providing reliable, objective and timely information to help you approach the market with confidence. The granularity in assessments we produce allows for deeper analysis into what is driving the market. While news and insights into policy developments, issuance and retirements, as well as supply dynamics, will keep you informed and allow for more confident decision making when navigating the voluntary carbon market.
With transparent and robust prices across multiple different project types and regions, buyers can use Fastmarkets’ data to effectively manage their procurement needs while understanding what makes up the value of each credit type. We’re committed to providing news, market intelligence and transparent pricing information to help you secure your resources confidently and efficiently.
A nascent and opaque market such as the voluntary carbon market can make it difficult to manage price risk. Reliable and trusted price references produced by Fastmarkets can allow for mark-to-market of your carbon assets. We offer strategies to help navigate market complexity and mitigate risks, ensuring you’re always one step ahead.
The granularity in Fastmarkets voluntary carbon assessments allows project developers greater insight into your relevant project areas and the value you can expect to receive when coming to market. Differentials such as for ARR native species also gives you an insight into the price premiums for certain project differentiators.
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Fastmarkets produces 22 carbon credit assessments covering the REDD+, ARR and IFM markets, including multiple differentials such as native species premiums to allow for greater insights into what makes up the price of these credits. Price references for Corsia Phase 1 compliant credits also give airlines a clear view of the cost of eligible emissions units today, removing price uncertainty deriving from longer delivery windows. Future price assessments covering other project types and parts of the market are planned for launch later in the year.
Learn more how Fastmarkets prices these regional assessments
- REDD+, Latin America
- REDD+, Sub-Saharan Africa
- REDD+, Southeast Asia
REDD+ credits remain one of the most retired project types, accounting for around 25% of all retirements in 2024. Fastmarkets assessments provide regionalised prices for recent vintage credits, while differentials for earlier vintage credits highlight the vintage curve for REDD+ projects.
- ARR VCS, Latin America
- ARR GS, Latin America
Headline assessments for multi-species projects in Latin America provide a price benchmark for ARR credits from the region. Differentials for vintages, single-species and native-species projects provide greater insight into what makes up the prices of these credits.
- IFM Avoidance, US
- IFM Removals, US
Fastmarkets’ IFM assessments are split between avoidance and removals-tagged to allow the differentiation between credits issued from US IFM projects and allow for insights into what the removals premium is.
- CORSIA Phase 1
Spot assessment of CORSIA Phase 1 eligible emissions units (EEUs) provides airlines, project developers and other market participants a robust price reference for the value of EEUs in the market today. This removes risk and uncertainty around what future eligible supply could be that is associated with longer delivery windows.
Our team of experts and price reporters provide weekly voluntary carbon prices and market analysis.
In Southeast Asia, 75,952 tCO2e of Katingan (VCS 1477) vintage 2015-16 credits were retired on February 13 by Norwegian energy company Equinor, to offset emissions from its employees’ business flights in 2024. The company previously retired credits across Indonesian REDD+ projects, including 32,082 tCO2e of vintage 2020 Katingan credits and 37,331 tCO2 of Rimba Raya […]
Read Fastmarkets’ carbon market coverage on why US President Trump’s executive order to exit the Paris Agreement has sparked uncertainty over CORSIA credit supply and demand.
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