NZ Market: NZU price rangebound with steady, ‘boring’ activity as stockpile expected to fall significantly longer term

Published 07:47 on September 25, 2024  /  Last updated at 07:47 on September 25, 2024  / /  Asia Pacific, New Zealand

The NZU market has been drifting through calm waters with prices largely rangebound in line with market expectations, as it now looks to the supply shortfalls on the horizon. 

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Global dairy giant Fonterra cuts operational emissions by 18%, but Scope 3 remains stubbornly high  

Published 05:34 on September 25, 2024  /  Last updated at 05:34 on September 25, 2024  / /  Asia Pacific, New Zealand

New Zealand-headquartered dairy co-op Fonterra cut operational emissions by 18.5% in FY2024, according to its annual report published Wednesday, but has made little little progress on its Scope 3 emissions.

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Safeguard ACCU holdings continue to grow as issuance climbs

Published 05:32 on September 24, 2024  /  Last updated at 05:32 on September 24, 2024  / /  Asia Pacific, Australia

Entities covered under Australia’s Safeguard Mechanism have continued to hoard carbon credits to meet their expected compliance demand as unit issuance grows, albeit not as fast as the Clean Energy Regulator (CER) previously expected.

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Safeguard Mechanism baselines likely to tighten in upcoming review, bank predicts

Published 08:28 on September 23, 2024  /  Last updated at 08:28 on September 23, 2024  / /  Asia Pacific, Australia

The legislated review for Australia’s Safeguard Mechanism will likely see the scheme’s baselines tighten to meet more ambitious emissions reduction targets, which would ultimately be bullish for carbon credit prices, according to a bank’s analysis.

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Chubb review in the spotlight as lead scientist calls CER’s interference “entirely inappropriate”

Published 05:45 on September 23, 2024  /  Last updated at 07:52 on September 23, 2024  / /  Asia Pacific, Australia

The lead scientist in the government’s independent review of Australia’s carbon market has described Clean Energy Regulator (CER) executives contacting scientists submitting feedback as “interference” and “entirely inappropriate”.

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AU Market: Bank forecasts ACCU price to climb 50% by next year as Safeguard demand begins to awake

Published 08:00 on September 20, 2024  /  Last updated at 08:00 on September 20, 2024  / /  Asia Pacific, Australia

One of Australia’s largest banks have forecast the price of the country’s carbon credits to double by this time next year.

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INTERVIEW: Either have a market or don’t, Australian project veteran tells government, industry

Published 05:59 on September 20, 2024  /  Last updated at 05:59 on September 20, 2024  / /  Asia Pacific, Australia

A carbon project developer who went public this week over what he sees as a self-serving and nepotistic industry has urged the government to remove so-called flexibility measures under the Safeguard Mechanism.

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Australian carbon trading firm raising A$25 mln – media reports

Published 02:50 on September 20, 2024  /  Last updated at 02:50 on September 20, 2024  / /  Asia Pacific, Australia

An Australian carbon trading company is seeking A$25 million ($17 mln) to expand into Asia, according to local media.

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Australian trio’s reef credits method approved by market administrator

Published 08:02 on September 19, 2024  /  Last updated at 08:02 on September 19, 2024  / /  Asia Pacific, Australia, Biodiversity

Three Australian companies have announced their method to allow landholders to earn reef credits from improved grazing land management that seeks to boost soil health and improve water quality at the Great Barrier Reef (GBR) has been approved by the market’s overseer.

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Xpansiv, S&P, CME Group collaborate on ACCU market products

Published 02:02 on September 19, 2024  /  Last updated at 02:02 on September 19, 2024  / /  Asia Pacific, Australia, International

A group of global trading houses will collaborate to offer new price assessments and products focussed on the growing Australian Carbon Credit Unit (ACCU) market, they announced Thursday.

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