Markets: Analysis
NZUs hit $4.10 on speculation of ETS changes
2 Dec 2013
Speculation on the future of the Emissions Trading Scheme is driving the market at present. OMFinancial reports:
What was going on at the Warsaw climate conference
29 Nov 2013
The Warsaw climate change conference opened as super typhoon Haiyan, the strongest storm to ever make landfall, ravaged the Philippines.
NZUs hit $3.60 mark
29 Nov 2013
The spot market hit $3.60 yesterday as the slow march forward continues. OMFinancial reports:
NZUs trade higher, bid builds
28 Nov 2013
Spot NZUs traded at $3.50 yesterday with momentum building. OMFinancial reports:
NZUs continue slow march forward
27 Nov 2013
The spot NZU market finished at $3.45 yesterday as the slow grind upward continues. OMFinancial reports:
NZUs wax and wane
26 Nov 2013
Spot NZUs got paid on Monday with the market closing at $3.35, up 10 cents. OMFinancial reports:
It’s about more than talking the talk, says award winner
22 Nov 2013
Sustainability makes good business sense – but talking the talk is not enough, says the winner of the supreme award in this year’s NZI Sustainable Business Network Awards.
NZUs continue to track higher
22 Nov 2013
Spot NZUs continued to track higher finishing yesterday at $3.32 on CommTrade. OMFinancial reports:
NZUs starting to move up again
21 Nov 2013
We saw buyers emerge yesterday, with spot NZUs trading at $3.18. OMFinancial reports:
Today's carbon prices
21 Nov 2013
Spot NZUs have opened this morning slightly up on yesterday morning.
Flurry on NZ market
20 Nov 2013
NZUs appeared to hammer out a base yesterday, with the main seller in the market paid out through the day at $3.15. OMFinancial reports:
Market quiet and consolidating
19 Nov 2013
A quiet market yesterday, although we have depth on tight quotes. OMFinancial reports:
Good market interest
18 Nov 2013
Friday saw a continuation of the activity in spot NZUs, with the market trading $3.15 on good volume. OMFinancial reports:
Why it's important that we do our bit
15 Nov 2013
With COP19 under way in Warsaw, CARBON MARKET SOLUTIONS looks at the background to international climate change agreements:
Buyers get interested
15 Nov 2013
The local market was sold down yesterday starting off at $3.25 and hitting $3.10 before closing $3.15 bid. OMFinacial reports:
Still bull...
14 Nov 2013
The market traded $3.30 yesterday, with the volume again from post-1989 switchers. OMFinancial reports:
Buy, bank, and hold....
13 Nov 2013
Despite the market having peeled off from the high $4s to the low $3s, we are not bearish. OMFinancial reports:
Stand-off in NZU market
12 Nov 2013
The NZU fixed at $3.50 yesterday on the back of some light trading at the close of the day. OMFinancial reports.
Market needs to get a move on
8 Nov 2013
The New Zealand carbon market was quiet yesterday with little in the way of NZU trading and fairly light in ERU trades. OMFinancial reports:
Market continues to decline
7 Nov 2013
The New Zealand carbon market continued its declines yesterday, with around 100,000 tonnes going though OMF at $3.45. OMFinancial reports:
Choppy market in Europe
5 Nov 2013
The market was very quiet yesterday, with very little interest from both the buy side and the sell side of the market to cross the spread. OMFinancial reports:
NZUs snapped up in mid-$3s
4 Nov 2013
Spot NZUs closed at $3.53 on Friday after trading down through $3.60 earlier in the day, OMFinancial reports.
Pre-1990 forest owners back in the market for NZUs
1 Nov 2013
Spot NZUs fixed at $3.70 yesterday, with little change in the tone, OMFinancial reports.
Still a buy....
31 Oct 2013
A quiet day yesterday, with spot NZUs marked at $3.65, OMFinancial says.
Post-1989-ers leading the charge
30 Oct 2013
Spot NZUs are lower, but well bid and offered at current levels, OMFinancial reports.
Expect prices to grind this week
29 Oct 2013
The NZU spot market traded down to $3.70 on good volume Friday, OMFinancial reports.
Islands have three-pronged approach to climate change
25 Oct 2013
Carbon Market Solutions chief WAYNE KING continues his analysis of ways in which climate change is being addressed in the Pacific:
Yes, Minister, prices will rise....
25 Oct 2013
A Ministry for the Environment report showing that New Zealand's emissions are set to rise 50 per cent by 2040 means net emissions are set to reach 90 million tonnes in 2040, while the Government is targeting 30 million tonnes by 2050.
Market quiet now below $4
24 Oct 2013
Spot NZUs held the $3.80 level yesterday, fixing at $3.82 on CommTrade. OMFinancial reports.
Nonchalant buyers and disinterested sellers
23 Oct 2013
History doesn’t repeat, it rhymes - and that probably sums up the NZU market at present, OMFinancial reports.
Cheap at these levels
22 Oct 2013
Spot NZUs closed at $3.90 yesterday on CommTrade, OMFinancial reports.
Don't sit back and wait for auction...
21 Oct 2013
Spot NZUs finished under $4 for the first time in six weeks, OMFinancial reports.
Back below $4
18 Oct 2013
NZUs edged under $4 yesterday, finishing the day at $3.95, OMFinancial reports.
Rally continues at home and abroad
17 Oct 2013
Good volume is trading through NZUs at present, with a bid at $4 soaking it up, OMFinancial reports.
Buyers ambivilent about NZUs
16 Oct 2013
Spot NZUs traded $4 on the close last night, OMFinancial reports.
Spot NZUs get active
15 Oct 2013
We saw some good two-way activity with spot NZUs yesterday, with buyers stepping in at $4.20 and to meet the fresh selling in the market, OMFinancial reports.
Large sellers absent from market
14 Oct 2013
NZUs finished closed at $4.25 on CommTrade on Friday, OMFinancial reports.
International update
11 Oct 2013
Westpac's carbon analysts cast their eyes across the international carbon markets.
‘Pick up the phone’ on climate change action, Hipkins urges Luxon
Today 10:30am
By Pattrick Smellie | Prime Minister Christopher Luxon should reach out to the Labour Party if he wants get a political deal on methane reductions and the Paris agreement rather than his two coalition partners, Labour leader Chris Hipkins says.
Meridian reports worst earnings in a decade
Wed 3 Sep 2025
Meridian Energy has posted its weakest result in 10 years, with earnings hit by a combination of droughts, low wind and declining gas supply.
International scientists slam NZ govt's proposed approach to methane
13 Aug 2025
New Zealand's proposed approach to methane emissions has again been attacked by international climate scientists, with a new study saying the attempt to redefine climate target-setting by livestock-exporting countries undermines the transition to a sustainable and equitable food system
Vector hits emissions reduction goal five years early
Fri 5 Sep 2025
By Liz Kivi | Auckland lines company Vector has met its 2030 emissions reduction reduction target five years early, more than halving its direct emissions, and crediting innovation and a laser-focus for its success in a hard-to-abate sector.
NZ needs to be part of a regional SAF strategy: Z, Air NZ
Today 10:30am
By Pattrick Smellie | New Zealand needs to be part of a regional strategic approach to sourcing sustainable aviation fuel (SAF), with domestic production less the aim than ensuring access to the fuel from one of a number of strategically positioned bio-refineries around the world.
Kawerau's new hope: Plan to replace coal with pine ramps up
Mon 8 Sep 2025
By Diane McCarthy, Local Democracy Reporter | Construction on a $300 million wood pellet plant in the Eastern Bay of Plenty is expected to start next month, with hopes it could cut the use of coal in New Zealand.
XRB consults on delaying climate reporting requirements
Thu 4 Sep 2025
The External Reporting Board is proposing a further two years relief for companies to adopt anticipated financial impacts reporting and scope 3 greenhouse gas emissions reporting and assurance.
