Voluntary Carbon Emissions Offset Contracts at CME Group Trade More Than 100 Million Offsets
CME Group Inc.
Volume across CME Group's carbon emissions offset contracts has surpassed 100,000 contracts traded. This is equivalent to 100 million carbon offset credits, or 100 million metric tons of CO2 equivalent. Nearly half of total volume has come from Europe and the Middle East, followed by North America and Asia. CME Group's exchanges offer the widest range of global benchmark products across all major asset classes.
The largest derivatives market in the world, CME Group, revealed today that it had traded more than 100,000 contracts total, or 100 million carbon offset credits, or 100 million metric tonnes of CO2 equivalent, in its voluntary carbon emissions offset contracts.
"CME Group continues to play a critical role in the development of the carbon sector through our suite of voluntary carbon emissions offset products,"
said Peter Keavey, Global Head of Energy and Environmental Products at CME Group.
"This milestone of 100 million offsets traded is an exciting step in the path towards net zero, creating more transparency and liquidity that will be key to advancing strategies and meeting global environmental targets."
Since the original release of CBL Global Emissions Offset (GEO) futures and CBL Nature-Based Global Emissions Offset (N-GEO) futures last year, market participants have quickly adapted to these risk management instruments. Important examples of how these marketplaces have expanded include:
On March 29, 2022, the total open interest for all contracts hit a record 20,763 contracts, or more than 20 million deliverable carbon offset credits, with open interest extending out to December 2024.
Record daily average volume of 1,000 contracts in March 2022.
Since its start, the CME Group has assisted ten successful deliveries, totaling more than 8.8 million offsets, or 8.8 million metric tonnes of CO2 equivalent, with the assistance of several clearing businesses.
Trades in these products have been carried out by over 75 companies or brokers.
Europe and the Middle East have contributed about half of the entire volume, followed by North America and Asia.
The GEO, N-GEO, and C-GEO futures are listed on the NYMEX and are governed by its rules. Please visit www.cmegroup.com/c-geo for additional details.
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