Carbon Markets
![]() | Evolution Markets brings to global carbon markets the industry's deepest knowledge base in emissions trading. The firm's Carbon Markets Team based in London and New York has decades of combined experience executing transactions and its market expertise and global client base uniquely position the company to offer the industry's best trade execution. |
Evolution Markets is the world's highest volume environmental broker, having facilitated more than $50 billion in trades of environmental commodities, including more trades of Certified Emissions Reductions (CERs) than any other broker. Evolution Markets can also leverage the expertise and carbon finance deal making capabilities of Evolution Markets Financial Services, Evolution Markets' merchant banking division.
Evolution Markets has been at the forefront of global greenhouse gas emissions market development, assisting local, national and foreign governments in designing effective and efficient carbon markets. We have also facilitated trades that have met some of the market's most important milestones - including the first trade of Assigned Amount Units (AAUs) under the Kyoto Protocol's "International Emissions Trading" program, the first brokered trade of EU carbon allowances, and the first indexed-CER trade. (For more firsts see side bar below.)
| Evolution Carbon Market Firsts | ||
| Dec. 2002 | First Trade of Kyoto Allowances (green-AAUs) | |
| Apr. 2003 | First Brokered EU ETS Trade | |
| Jun. 2004 | First EU ETS Trades Using the ISDA Contract | |
| Nov. 2004 | First Large-Scale EUA Transaction (400K EUAs) | |
| Nov. 2004 | First EUA Trade for settlement in 2008 | |
| Sep. 2005 | First Brokered EUA Option | |
| Mar. 2006 | First Indexed CER Trade | |
| Mar. 2007 | First "Phase Three" (Post-2012) EUA Trade | |
Evolution Markets has consistently been recognized for excellence in carbon markets. Honors relating to carbon markets include being twice named "House of the Year" for European carbon markets by Energy Risk magazine and consistent ranking as the top carbon market brokerage in industry surveys conducted by Environmental Finance magazine. Be sure to view the complete listing of Evolution Markets industry recognition in global carbon markets.
DAILY PRICING
| SPEC | TERM | BID PRICE | OFFER PRICE |
| EUA | 2009 | €13.00 | €13.10 |
| EUA | 2010 | €13.45 | €13.55 |
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