EMEA > Policymakers agree to slash capital requirements for EU carbon trading, decline to extend treatment to voluntary market

Policymakers agree to slash capital requirements for EU carbon trading, decline to extend treatment to voluntary market

Published 17:50 on June 16, 2023  /  Last updated at 17:50 on June 16, 2023  / /  EMEA, EU ETS, Voluntary

EU institutions have provisionally agreed to lower the perceived level of financial risk associated with EU Allowances, reducing the capital requirements banks need to hold when trading these units but declining to extend the same treatment to voluntary carbon credits.
EU institutions have provisionally agreed to lower the perceived level of financial risk associated with EU Allowances, reducing the capital requirements banks need to hold when trading these units but declining to extend the same treatment to voluntary carbon credits.


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