UK consultancy Redshaw Advisors hires offset project expert

Published 18:44 on October 9, 2020  /  Last updated at 12:22 on December 19, 2023  /  Africa, Bavardage, EMEA, EU ETS, Kyoto Mechanisms, Voluntary

UK carbon market consultancy Redshaw Advisors has hired a seasoned offset project developer, aiming to bolster its offering in voluntary offsetting and corporate climate strategies.

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UK judge grants right to appeal in long-running EU ETS tax fraud case

Published 22:31 on October 5, 2020  /  Last updated at 00:13 on May 11, 2021  /  Bavardage, EMEA, EU ETS

A British judge has granted the right to appeal in a £45 million tax fraud case linked to the EU carbon market, meaning the long-running civil suit may still be a ways from seeing finality.

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UK govt fines BP, Repsol Sinopec over EU ETS infractions

Published 16:27 on October 1, 2020  /  Last updated at 17:53 on October 1, 2020  /  Bavardage, EMEA, EU ETS

The UK government has once again fined oil and gas companies BP and Repsol Sinopec for regulation breaches relating to the EU ETS.

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CARBON FORWARD 2020: Experts gather for eminent environmental markets conference

Published 00:08 on September 30, 2020  /  Last updated at 12:37 on December 19, 2023  /  Americas, Asia Pacific, Aviation/CORSIA, Bavardage, Carbon Taxes, CBAM, China, EMEA, EU ETS, International, Nature-based, Paris Article 6, Shipping, Voluntary

**THIS IS A FREE ARTICLE** – The fifth instalment of the premier annual environmental markets conference is back with a stellar virtual line-up, examining how EU climate ambition weighs against the COVID-19 pandemic and why carbon is a key commodity for investors to watch over the next decade.

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UK-based service offers to convert carbon offsets into EU Allowances (spoiler: it’s not possible)

Published 23:48 on September 29, 2020  /  Last updated at 21:47 on September 30, 2020  /  Bavardage, EMEA, EU ETS, International, Kyoto Mechanisms, Voluntary

A new service is offering to “reformat” carbon offsets into more valuable EU Allowances – a conversion that isn’t actually possible based on the European carbon market’s existing rules.

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Trading shop Freepoint parts ways with cross-commodity analyst

Published 17:42 on September 24, 2020  /  Last updated at 00:36 on September 25, 2020  /  Bavardage, EMEA, EU ETS

A senior cross-commodity analyst has left commodities trading firm Freepoint, Carbon Pulse has learned.

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Global trading firm registers for RGGI after operating in California-Quebec ETS

Published 17:44 on August 31, 2020  /  Last updated at 22:37 on August 31, 2020  / /  Americas, Bavardage, Canada, US

A global trading firm opened a RGGI CO2 Allowance Tracking System (COATS) account this week, representing the 10th new speculator and latest financial entity to transition into the Northeast US power sector carbon market after participating in WCI cap-and-trade programme.

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The FT effect: How big EU carbon price moves follow the financial paper’s market coverage

Published 16:57 on August 28, 2020  /  Last updated at 22:49 on August 28, 2020  /  Bavardage, EMEA, EU ETS

Want to make a quick buck – or should we say a quick euro?  When the Financial Times runs its next piece on EU carbon allowances, trade them immediately.

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British carbon fraudster finally behind bars after 3.5 years on the lam

Published 19:03 on August 27, 2020  /  Last updated at 19:14 on August 27, 2020  /  Bavardage, EMEA, International, Kyoto Mechanisms, Voluntary

A carbon trading fraudster is finally behind bars in the UK after he fled an eight-year prison sentence for a £2.4 million scam that saw him and his accomplices sell illiquid and overpriced offsets to over 100 vulnerable investors.

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EU trade commissioner resigns over Irish golf dinner scandal

Published 20:51 on August 26, 2020  /  Last updated at 12:58 on September 1, 2021  /  Bavardage, CBAM, EMEA, EU ETS

The EU’s trade chief, one of the members of the EU Commission in charge of designing the bloc’s carbon border adjustment mechanism (CBAM), resigned on Wednesday over uproar that he breached COVID rules.

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