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Carbon Match. Low-cost trading. Direct Contracts. Transparent Prices. Open every weekday between 3pm and 4pm (NZ time).


 

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Introducing Carbon Match

  • New Zealand's first online emissions trading platform for carbon credits which can be used in the New Zealand Emissions Trading Scheme.
  • Independently owned and operated.
  • A simple and cost-effective way of trading your New Zealand Units and other eligible carbon credits.
  • Prices set by the competitive and transparent interaction of buyers and sellers, although identities are withheld (other than as necessarily disclosed when a match is made and both the buyer and the seller become party to a contract).
  • All market data freely available!
 

No joining fee, just low transaction costs.

There is no joining fee for Carbon Match. Buyers and sellers each pay a transaction fee of 5 cents per unit matched (ex. GST), unless otherwise agreed.

So, sign up today to join us and play your part in:

  • Enabling a readily observable, fair market price.
  • Encouraging the development of a forward curve for New Zealand carbon.
 


Disclaimer

Carbon Match Ltd ("Carbon Match") provides a web-based emission unit trading facility and is not a registered securities exchange or authorised securities exchange. Carbon Match is not regulated under section 36B of the Securities Markets Act 1988 or under any other New Zealand securities markets law. The trading facility operated by Carbon Match is not accompanied by the investor protections which accompany a registered exchange.

Carbon Match does not assume any responsibility for ensuring compliance by participants using the trading facility operated by it with securities law or for the accuracy of any statements or representations made by participants on the Carbon Match website. Participants using the Carbon Match website trade at their own risk.

To the extent that services provided by Carbon Match on or through the Carbon Match website are acquired for the purposes of a business by a participant using the website, the Consumer Guarantees Act 1993 shall not apply to the supply of those services.

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Point Carbon Analyst Poll

3 May 2012 09:08:39

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South Korea approves a national ETS

3 May 2012 09:01:39

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