Voluntary Carbon

Across the energy transition landscape, few markets have attracted as much fanfare and derision in recent years as Voluntary Carbon. “The VCM” as it’s commonly known, has been on a rollercoaster ride.

 

Carbon markets and emissions offsetting which have been around for decades have exploded onto the scene as a way for seemingly anyone and everyone wanting to reduce their carbon footprint.

 

One firm looking to help VCM turn this corner and encourage better standards is BeZero Carbon.

 

GX and BeZero recently announced a partnership to establish clearer links between carbon credit quality and price. And BeZero’s Co-founder and Chief Innovation Officer Sebastien Cross joined us for the first episode of the new series.

 

This episode of The Price of Everything was introduced and presented by Neil Bradford and David Elward. It was produced by Andrew Wheeler at General Index, in collaboration with Sassy Clyde and Fraser Heanue of Janno Media. The guest was Sebastien Cross.

 

If you’ve enjoyed this episode, or if you have any ideas and would like to be involved in future episodes, then please get in touch.

 

Learn more about GX and how we’re bringing robust, reliable price transparency to the world’s commodity markets.

 

About BeZero Carbon

 

BeZero is the carbon ratings agency. Its ratings and risk products equip world-leading organisations with the knowledge, tools and confidence to make better climate decisions. Its aim is to scale investment in environmental markets that deliver a sustainable future. 

 

 

What is The Price Of Everything?

Welcome to The Price of Everything, a podcast that aims to shine a light on pricing. The cost of commodities – energy, food, etc. – play such an important role in our lives: accounting for around $5trillion worth of worldwide trade. But how are those prices actually calculated? Why do they move up and down so much? And what’s next?

The Price of Everything is the first podcast dedicated purely to how pricing works. Introduced by Neil Bradford, Founder & CEO of General Index (GX), and hosted by David Elward, Senior Pricing Analyst at GX, The Price of Everything takes listeners through how the world’s commodities are priced and what the future looks like for them in the age of climate change and the energy transition.

In this second series, we’re exploring the new markets coming to prominence, and how commoditisation in those sectors – hydrogen, voluntary carbon, sustainable aviation fuel and others – is often elusive; pricing and standards far less well defined; and value derived by their capacity to help combat climate change.