Global market coverage

Carbon trading

Governments are increasingly reliant on carbon pricing mechanisms to enable private sector investment in carbon reductions and removals, with markets growing in count and scope each year.

We operate a global footprint across regulatory markets and also manage the largest portfolio of nature based removals assets to best serve customers requiring reliable and competitive compliance grade products.

Market expertise

Regulation is complex. Compliance doesn’t have to be.

Trafigura operates one of the largest carbon trading desks on the planet, with the ability to support customers with global requirements in the midst of a constantly evolving market context.

150Mmt+

volumes delivered annually

577,000 ha+

nature based removals footprint

regional trading hubs

CARBON MARKETS

An integrated team across projects and trading

Regulated markets continue to grow in count and scope, increasingly including project-based credits at their core. Trafigura’s specialist projects team sits alongside the trading desk for an integrated approach to markets.

Project development

We specialise in large scale nature-based removals projects for both regulated and voluntary carbon markets, which are overseen by our in-house projects team from inception through to delivery.

Voluntary carbon markets

Trafigura is active in global voluntary markets and supplies credits certified by registration systems including Gold Standard, Verra, American Carbon Registry and Climate Action Reserve. We work with clients to deliver carbon credits to meet their requirements and specifications in terms of registry, type, vintage and origin. We provide credits either as part of a bundled carbon offering or on a standalone basis.

Compliance carbon markets

Regulated or compliance carbon markets continue to grow in number and scope, bringing new challenges and opportunities. The expansion of the EU Emissions Trading Scheme to cover shipping from 2024 and the introduction of the EU carbon border adjustment mechanism (CBAM) are examples of regulations that extend compliance carbon markets to new industrial sectors to incentivise reductions in emissions.

We are active in global regulated carbon markets with the ability to supply to obligated parties competitively on a spot or long-term basis. We can also help our clients manage risk and volatility.

CARBON REMOVALS PROJECT DEVELOPMENT

Our approach to investing in carbon projects

As regulation continues to increase for direct compliance obligations as well as corporate regulated claims, demand for high quality carbon removals is increasing. We are developing carbon removal projects achieving landmark scale and governance with a strong focus on technology enablement and alignment under Article 6.

CASE STUDY

Brújula Verde, Colombia

Landscape restoration on degraded lands in Colombia.

CASE STUDY

Delta Blue, Pakistan

Our investment in the world’s largest mangrove forest restoration project.

CASE STUDY

Agora supply chain emissions platform

A secure, independent platform which integrates commodity supply chain emissions data from primary and secondary sources.

Why is carbon pricing important?

Carbon pricing has a key role to play in driving the transformation needed to meet the goals of the Paris Agreement on Climate Change. Putting a price on carbon will change behaviour and stimulate the investment required to reduce emissions.

In an insight paper entitled ‘The creation of a global carbon market‘ for the Oxford Institute of Energy Studies, Hannah Hauman, Trafigura’s Global Head of Carbon, argues a one-size-fits-all pricing mechanism is not possible and that diversity is needed if the carbon market is to reach its promised potential.

Carbon trading

Regulation is complex. Compliance doesn’t have to be.

volumes delivered annually

nature based removals footprint

regional trading hubs

An integrated team across projects and trading

Project development

Voluntary carbon markets

Compliance carbon markets

Our approach to investing in carbon projects

Brújula Verde, Colombia

Delta Blue, Pakistan

Agora supply chain emissions platform

Why is carbon pricing important?

Trafigura’s standard terms of business for emissions services and trading

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