Argus Voluntary Carbon Markets
Overview
Argus Voluntary Carbon Markets covers prices, news and developments to empower you with confidence in your negotiations, trading and purchase of carbon credits.
For professionals invested in the voluntary carbon market and carbon-compensated physical commodities, Argus Voluntary Carbon Markets (AVCM) provides an independent third-party reference with uniquely detailed and credible price assessments. AVCM provides assessments of specific project types, with breakdowns by geography and vintage, with the credibility of the assessments assured by employing a purely editorial process backed by well tested methodology and global reach of Argus to all major energy and commodities markets.
Key features
Market overview
Key registry data on issuance, retirements, and project pipeline. Highlights and table of prices covering exchange-traded contracts.
Market prices
Argus price assessments by project type with market reporting specific to each segment.
Customers that benefit
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Carbon trader
Quicker and easier price negotiations depend on accurate, reliable and trusted price assessments. In that case, as a carbon trader faced with negotiation difficulties, you need insight into the traded market price or market developments in the particular type of credit you typically buy or are negotiating. Argus's voluntary carbon market report gives you access to the correct price reference to refer to in negotiations which can be used as a basis for long-term contract negotiation.
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Market risk teams
Suppose you rely on a set of price assessments that enable you to accurately and specifically value the credits held by the trading team, which causes you to adopt unusual processes and rely on internal calculations. Argus voluntary market report gives you a suite of price assessments you can use to reduce the process of manual inputs resulting in less friction and improved workload efficiency.
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Carbon credit sales
As a carbon credit sales manager, you cannot refer to specific price references on the particular carbon credit you are developing because of the lack of accurate and comprehensive price assessments. As a result, you are unable to find the best price possible for spot sales. Argus’s voluntary carbon market report gives you access to a complete suite of price assessments more specific to your project type, ultimately helping you facilitate negotiations and generate demand.
Product specifications
Argus Voluntary Carbon Markets covers prices, news and developments on carbon credits across all major markets.
- Exchange-traded contracts (spot & futures) OTC market prices:
- REDD+
- Renewable energy
- Clean cookstoves
- And other prices
- National-level news and policy developments
- Easily navigate price assessments by project types to refer to in your negotiations that are used as a basis for long-term contract negotiations
- Get a complete view of projects pertinent to a particular type of carbon credit you are developing
- Get a good understanding of market dynamics and news relevant to your market
- Obtain specific prices required for internal reporting
- Save time on manual input of internal markets with fast and easy access to our suite of price assessments
- Accurately value credits without relying on internal calculations, have confidence in the correct price reference and save on cost
Key price assessments
Argus prices are recognised by the market as trusted and reliable indicators of the real market value. Explore some of our most widely used and relevant price assessments.
Argus seasonal NOx allowance
The Argus price assessments for US Cross-State Air Pollution Rule group 2 and group 3 ozone season NOx allowances provide an independent price benchmark for the US EPA’s programs to reduce emissions from power plants during the summer months.
Argus bionaphtha fob ARA
The key price reference for naphtha produced from renewable feedstocks for northwest Europe.
Argus bionaphtha cfr NE Asia
The key price reference for naphtha produced from renewable feedstocks for northeast Asia.
Argus LCFS
LCFS programs are designed to reduce the carbon intensity of on-road transportation fuels with an increasing range of renewable fuel alternatives. State fuel suppliers must blend fuels or buy credits to comply with the annual targets.
Argus Guarantee of Origin (GOO)
Guarantee of origin certificates are used to label the source of electricity. Argus assesses certificates for Nordic hydro, European wind, European solar and European biomass for the current year, previous year and 3 years ahead.
Argus European Renewable Gas Guarantee of Origin (RGGO)
RGGOs label the source of network-injected biomethane. Argus produces independent prices for RGGO wholesale trade.
Argus fob Vietnam wood pellet
The Argus fob Vietnam wood pellet spot index is a leading price reference for industrial wood pellets loading at specified key ports in Vietnam, with a 90-day window.
Argus SO2
Argus publishes current-vintage daily SO2 assessments and weekly and monthly indexes that are the industry-accepted benchmarks in the North American emissions markets.
Argus palm kernel shells (PKS)
Argus assesses a fob east coast Sumatra palm kernel shell (PKS) spot price, for delivery within the next 90 days.
Argus International Renewable Energy Certificate (I-RECs)
International Renewable Energy Certificates (I-RECs) are used to label the source of electricity. Argus produces independent price assessments for I-RECs markets.
Argus seasonal NOx allowance
The Argus price assessments for US Cross-State Air Pollution Rule group 2 and group 3 ozone season NOx allowances provide an independent price benchmark for the US EPA’s programs to reduce emissions from power plants during the summer months.
Argus bionaphtha fob ARA
The key price reference for naphtha produced from renewable feedstocks for northwest Europe.
Argus bionaphtha cfr NE Asia
The key price reference for naphtha produced from renewable feedstocks for northeast Asia.
Argus LCFS
LCFS programs are designed to reduce the carbon intensity of on-road transportation fuels with an increasing range of renewable fuel alternatives. State fuel suppliers must blend fuels or buy credits to comply with the annual targets.
Argus Guarantee of Origin (GOO)
Guarantee of origin certificates are used to label the source of electricity. Argus assesses certificates for Nordic hydro, European wind, European solar and European biomass for the current year, previous year and 3 years ahead.
Argus European Renewable Gas Guarantee of Origin (RGGO)
RGGOs label the source of network-injected biomethane. Argus produces independent prices for RGGO wholesale trade.
Argus fob Vietnam wood pellet
The Argus fob Vietnam wood pellet spot index is a leading price reference for industrial wood pellets loading at specified key ports in Vietnam, with a 90-day window.
Argus SO2
Argus publishes current-vintage daily SO2 assessments and weekly and monthly indexes that are the industry-accepted benchmarks in the North American emissions markets.
Argus palm kernel shells (PKS)
Argus assesses a fob east coast Sumatra palm kernel shell (PKS) spot price, for delivery within the next 90 days.
Argus International Renewable Energy Certificate (I-RECs)
International Renewable Energy Certificates (I-RECs) are used to label the source of electricity. Argus produces independent price assessments for I-RECs markets.
Argus seasonal NOx allowance
The Argus price assessments for US Cross-State Air Pollution Rule group 2 and group 3 ozone season NOx allowances provide an independent price benchmark for the US EPA’s programs to reduce emissions from power plants during the summer months.
Argus bionaphtha fob ARA
The key price reference for naphtha produced from renewable feedstocks for northwest Europe.
Argus bionaphtha cfr NE Asia
The key price reference for naphtha produced from renewable feedstocks for northeast Asia.
Argus LCFS
LCFS programs are designed to reduce the carbon intensity of on-road transportation fuels with an increasing range of renewable fuel alternatives. State fuel suppliers must blend fuels or buy credits to comply with the annual targets.
Argus Guarantee of Origin (GOO)
Guarantee of origin certificates are used to label the source of electricity. Argus assesses certificates for Nordic hydro, European wind, European solar and European biomass for the current year, previous year and 3 years ahead.
Argus European Renewable Gas Guarantee of Origin (RGGO)
RGGOs label the source of network-injected biomethane. Argus produces independent prices for RGGO wholesale trade.
Argus fob Vietnam wood pellet
The Argus fob Vietnam wood pellet spot index is a leading price reference for industrial wood pellets loading at specified key ports in Vietnam, with a 90-day window.
Argus SO2
Argus publishes current-vintage daily SO2 assessments and weekly and monthly indexes that are the industry-accepted benchmarks in the North American emissions markets.
Argus palm kernel shells (PKS)
Argus assesses a fob east coast Sumatra palm kernel shell (PKS) spot price, for delivery within the next 90 days.
Argus International Renewable Energy Certificate (I-RECs)
International Renewable Energy Certificates (I-RECs) are used to label the source of electricity. Argus produces independent price assessments for I-RECs markets.
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