Sources & data
Every figure on this site, with its source.
Every proof point on this site is drawn from the named, dated sources below, each linked to the original. Verify against the primary source before relying on a figure, and note the review date — these numbers move.
Compiled September 2026. Figures are refreshed quarterly.
- 01
MSCI Carbon Markets — 2025 Year in Review (opens in a new tab)
Price divergence, retirement value, offtake premium.
regreener.earth/blog/voluntary-carbon-market-update; centerforsustainablefinance.com
- 02
Integrity price gap ~50%.
carbonherald.com
- 03
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South Pole — 2026 Carbon Market Buyer’s Guide (opens in a new tab)
Integrity as baseline.
southpole.com
- 05
Center for Sustainable Finance (2026) (opens in a new tab)
Record ~US$16bn corporate commitments, ~182Mt retirements.
centerforsustainablefinance.com
- 06
carboncredits.com (December 2025) (opens in a new tab)
>US$10bn to new credit generation H1 2025 (~3× 2024); Asia-Pacific centre of gravity.
carboncredits.com
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Grand View Research (2026) (opens in a new tab)
VCM and REC market size; nature-based and engineered removals dominate the premium segment.
grandviewresearch.com
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Puro.earth (2026) (opens in a new tab)
408,000+ biochar CORCs by June 2025; ~43% of durable removal volumes.
puro.earth/insights
- 11
Planet2050 (2025) (opens in a new tab)
Biochar $125–145/t; >90% of industrial supply contracted by late 2025.
planet2050.earth
- 12
AlliedOffsets (2025) (opens in a new tab)
India ~49 CDR projects, ~214,000 credits issued, ~114,000 under offtake.
blog.alliedoffsets.com
- 13
CEEW / S&P Global Commodity Insights (2025–26) (opens in a new tab)
Indian developers transacted ~360,000t durable CDR in 2024.
ceew.in/publications
- 14
GreenPowerHub (2024) (opens in a new tab)
I-REC issuance 188M certificates H1 2024 (+17%); redemptions +58%.
greenpowerhub.com
- 15
Fortune Business Insights / MarketsandMarkets (2026) (opens in a new tab)
REC/EAC market size and CAGR.
fortunebusinessinsights.com; marketsandmarkets.com
- 16
Climate Group / CDP — RE100 (opens in a new tab)
440+ members, 570+ TWh, 15-year facility-age limit, 28% on the CDP A-list.
nossadata.com/blog/re100-cdp
- 17
CDP & Boston Consulting Group (opens in a new tab)
Supply-chain Scope 3 ~26× operational emissions.
cdp.net
- 18
CDP — Scores and A Lists 2025 (opens in a new tab)
22,100+ companies disclosed, more than half of global market capitalisation.
cdp.net/en/data/scores
- 19
European Commission — CBAM definitive regime & 50-tonne threshold (opens in a new tab)
~90% of importers exempt while ~99% of embedded emissions stay covered.
taxation-customs.ec.europa.eu
- 20
Gerlach Customs / Coolset (2026) (opens in a new tab)
CBAM €75.36/t Q1 2026, €100/t penalty, declaration due 30 September 2027.
gerlach-customs.com; coolset.com
- 21
Directive (EU) 2026/470 (Omnibus I) (opens in a new tab)
CSRD thresholds >1,000 employees and >€450m; ~85% fewer companies in scope; FY2027 start; assurance retained.
mofo.com; nortonrosefulbright.com; accountancyeurope.eu
- 22
SEBI BRSR / BRSR Core circulars (opens in a new tab)
Glide path to the top 1,000 by FY 2026-27; value-chain disclosure now voluntary.
perspectives.se.com; onestopesg.com
- 23
S&P Global / ESGsource / ISSB (2026) (opens in a new tab)
IFRS S1/S2 adopted in 28 jurisdictions (April 2026); 30+ moving to adopt; >60% of global GDP.
spglobal.com/sustainable1; esgsource.com
- 24
SBTi — Corporate Net-Zero Standard V2 (opens in a new tab)
11,000+ organisations; 51% of Fortune Global 500 with net-zero targets; V2 mandatory 2028; removals from 2035; net-zero pledges cover 92% of GDP.
terrapass.com; icor.cloud
- 25
EcoVadis methodology (2025-26) (opens in a new tab)
Percentile medals (Platinum 1% / Gold 5% / Silver 15% / Bronze 35%); a theme below 30 disqualifies; weights 25/40/35.
getsunhat.com; yourcarbonsteps.com
- 26
Regulation (EU) 2025/2650 (EUDR) (opens in a new tab)
Large/medium operators from 30 December 2026; micro/small from 30 June 2027; seven commodities.
European Commission Access2Markets; psqr.eu