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Pioneer carbon trader to change hands
20 Mar 2019
The trading house that 10 years ago today handled the first trade under New Zealand’s Emissions Trading Scheme is about to change hands.
Aussies polish off green (but not as clean) Kiwis
8 Mar 2019
It mightn’t be greener, but Australia is cleaner than New Zealand, a new report says.
MARKET REPORT: NZUs $25.05
30 Jan 2019
Spot NZUs opened at $25.05 bid and $25.20 offered this morning, after last fixing at $25.05.
We're about to get funds trading in carbon
16 Oct 2018
New Zealand is about to get a managed funds service based on carbon.
MARKET REPORT: NZUs $25.03
21 Sep 2018
Spot NZUs opened at $24.95 bid and $25.12 offered this morning, after last fixing at $25.03.
Global carbon prices too low, warns OECD
20 Sep 2018
Carbon prices in major advanced economies are too low to cut greenhouse gas emissions and stave off the worst effects of climate change, says the OECD.
Calls for Government to act as carbon tops $25
31 Aug 2018
New Zealand carbon is trading over the unofficial cap price of $25, prompting new calls for the Government to hedge the country’s looming carbon debt.
MARKET REPORT: NZUs $24.20
16 Aug 2018
Spot NZUs opened at $24.05 bid and $24.35 offered this morning, after last fixing at $24.20.
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18 Jul 2018
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Z Energy sinks $1.5m into forestry credits
10 Jul 2018
New Zealand’s voluntary carbon market has had a huge boost with the purchase of $1.5 million worth of forestry credits by one of the companies driving corporate support for the low-carbon economy.
TIME'S UP: It's Surrender Day for carbon emitters
31 May 2018
Today is Emissions Trading Scheme Surrender Day – the last day for emitters to surrender units to cover their emissions last year.
Shaw set to talk carbon markets in China
29 May 2018
Climate minister James Shaw is to visit the world’s largest carbon market – China.
Carbon markets back from the brink, says World Bank
25 May 2018
Global carbon markets have been brought back from the brink of collapse by recent developments providing a much-needed boost, according to the World Bank.
MARKET REPORT: NZUs $21.35
9 May 2018
Spot NZUs opened at $21.35 bid and $21.50 offered this morning, after last fixing at $21.35.
MARKET REPORT: NZUs $20.94
19 Mar 2018
Spot NZUs opened at $20.90 bid and $21.00 offered this morning, after last fixing at $20.94.
Early days, but Govt is talking to global markets
7 Mar 2018
The Government says it’s not yet formally involved in any moves to link the Emissions Trading Scheme to other markets, but it is talking to them.
NZ still sets the pace in world of trading schemes
1 Mar 2018
Fifteen per cent of global greenhouse gas emissions are now covered by trading schemes.
NZ could do good carbon deal now, says trader
20 Feb 2018
The Government could hedge against its $10 billion future carbon bill now – with a money-back guarantee, says carbon trader Nigel Brunel.
Carbon breaks through $20 mark
7 Dec 2017
New Zealand carbon is selling for more than $20 a tonne for the first time since March 2011 – and it’s expected to go higher.
Broker backs hedging with European units
20 Nov 2017
Entities with future carbon liabilities should be thinking about hedging with European units – and that includes the country itself, says a leading carbon broker.
Papers show official eyes on cutting free credits
16 Nov 2017
Government officials have looked at cutting the allocation of free credits to some industrial emitters by between 1 per cent and 3 per cent a year.
ETS explained...in video
7 Nov 2017
WANTING TO explain how an emissions tradiing regime can cut greenhouse gas emissions, or having trouble understanding it yourself?
Carbon on a new six-year high
6 Nov 2017
New Zealand carbon has finally burst through the $19 barrier, after hovering teasingly below the mark since October's general election.
MARKET REPORT: NZUs $18.40
20 Oct 2017
Spot NZUs closed yesterday at $18.35 bid and $18.40 offered, after last fixing at $18.40.
MARKET REPORT: NZUs $18.35
5 Sep 2017
Spot NZUs opened today at $18.25 bid and $18.55 offered, after last fixing at $18.35.
Analysts up EU carbon price forecasts
13 Apr 2017
Analysts have significantly increased their forecasts for European carbon prices in the bloc's Emission Trading System for 2018 and 2019 to take into account the progress made in market reforms designed to curb oversupply.
NZ-China work on links despite carbon tax talk
17 Mar 2017
Work on developing carbon-trading links between New Zealand and China is continuing, despite a report this week that China might go to a carbon tax instead of a national emissions trading scheme.
China hints at tax instead of trading in carbon
15 Mar 2017
China is moving closer to a carbon tax for cutting emissions and away from the EU’s emissions trading model, a senior Chinese official has said.
MARKET REPORT: NZUs $18.05
1 Mar 2017
Spot NZUs opened today at $17.80 bid and $18.10 offered, after last fixing at $18.05.
Credits in private accounts worth $2.1 billion
27 Jan 2017
Carbon credits sitting in private accounts are a $2.1 billion liability to the Government.
Carbon ends year having doubled its price
21 Dec 2016
Carbon closes the year nearly twice the price it was fetching this time last year.
MARKET MOVES: NZUs $17
19 Dec 2016
Spot NZUs opened today at $16.70 bid and $17.20 offered, after last fixing at $17.00.
MARKET MOVES: NZUs $17.40
16 Dec 2016
Spot NZUs opened today at $17.00 bid and $17.40 offered, after last fixing at $17.40.
MARKET MOVES: NZUs $17.20
15 Dec 2016
Spot NZUs opened today at $16.90 bid and $17.50 offered, after last fixing at $17.20.
MARKET MOVES: NZUs $17.40
14 Dec 2016
Spot NZUs opened today at $17.20 bid and $17.70 offered, after last fixing at $17.40.
MARKET MOVES: NZUs $17.55
13 Dec 2016
Spot NZUs opened today at $17.40 bid and $17.70 offered, after last fixing at $17.55.
MARKET MOVES: NZUs $17.60
12 Dec 2016
Spot NZUs opened today at $17.55 bid and $17.70 offered, after last fixing at $17.60.
MARKET MOVES: NZUs $17.65
9 Dec 2016
Spot NZUs opened today at $17.55 bid and $17.65 offered, after last fixing at $17.65.
MARKET MOVES: NZUs $17.75
8 Dec 2016
Spot NZUs opened today at $17.70 bid and $17.85 offered, after last fixing at $17.75.
MARKET MOVES: NZUs $17.70
7 Dec 2016
Spot NZUs opened today at $17.65 bid and $17.75 offered, after last fixing at $17.70.
MARKET MOVES: NZUs $17.75
6 Dec 2016
Spot NZUs opened today at $17.55 bid and $17.95 offered, after last fixing at $17.75.
NZ signs up with global carbon pricing group
2 Dec 2016
New Zealand has joined a World Bank group promoting carbon pricing.
Latest Australian auction a smaller affair
2 Dec 2016
Australia’s fourth Emissions Reduction Fund auction was smaller than previous auctions, with no mega-projects and low participation.
China prepares for world’s biggest carbon market
23 Nov 2016
In the wake of Donald Trump’s victory in the US presidential election, and his refusal to recognise climate change, China’s new carbon market is attracting particular attention.
Beware knee-jerk reactions, says business head
14 Nov 2016
Donald Trump’s presidency of the United States is a temporary speed bump in the path to a resilient low-carbon economy, says Business New Zealand.
Stay calm, says transtasman investor group
11 Nov 2016
Investors should not let Donald Trump’s election as president of the United States undermine action on climate change, says the Investor Group on Climate Change.
MEMO INVESTORS: You can't ignore climate change
25 Oct 2016
Investors can no longer ignore climate change, says a global asset-management company.
More trading could cut cost of climate change mitigation
20 Oct 2016
Greater global cooperation through carbon trading could reduce the cost of climate change mitigation by 32 per cent by 2030, according to a World Bank report.
Australian businesses keen to join global carbon trade
18 Oct 2016
AUSTRALIA'S conservative government might have ditched the country’s emissions trading scheme, but businesses across the Tasman still want to get involved in international carbon trading, a survey shows.
Another hit to market as Govt uncouples ETS from international climate target
Wed 5 Nov 2025
By Liz Kivi | The Government’s surprise move to break the connection between the Emissions Trading Scheme and New Zealand’s Paris Agreement climate target is a brutal hit to confidence in an already moribund market.
