The Voluntary Climate Marketplace
IncubEx and Trayport bring you best-in-class market access, transparency and trade efficiencies to the voluntary carbon offsets market – live as of March 25th, 2022.
Webinar:
The Future of the Global Carbon Credit Economy
In case you missed it, you can still tune in to the conversation! Watch the entire webinar on demand and learn from market experts Dan Scarbrough (IncubEx) and James Tansey (Klimat X) as they provide insight into the rapidly evolving voluntary carbon marketplace and address key challenges and solutions for market participants.
A New Platform for Voluntary Carbon Markets
With the voluntary carbon markets being largely opaque and inefficient, The Voluntary Climate Marketplace (TVCM) operated by IncubEx aims to bring best-in-class market access, transparent pricing and a more efficient trading process to the growing base of global stakeholders looking to achieve net-zero commitments and those generating offsets from carbon reduction projects.
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Digital Access to Carbon Offsets
The digital trading platform – Joule – is available as of March 25th, 2022 to trade voluntary carbon offsets on The Voluntary Climate Marketplace (TVCM). This innovative marketplace will enable participants to place bids and offers on a live market. TVCM, through Joule, supports the trading of standards recommended by The International Carbon Reduction and Offset Alliance (ICROA).
Streamlined Trading
Offsets will be tradable in a hybrid way, whereby transactions take place through Joule with the final deal execution taking place through bilateral contracts. The TVCM streamlined contracting process simplifies the physical settlement and payment, reducing time and cost to transact. Additional details are forthcoming on this process.
Best-In-Class Technology with Unrivaled Market Experience
Trayport and IncubEx are working together to power and operate The Voluntary Climate Marketplace, an electronic platform for trading Voluntary Carbon Offsets. Trayport is a leading trade execution platform in global energy markets. IncubEx has an unrivaled domain expertise and experience in establishing and growing environmental markets globally, including voluntary carbon. Many of the IncubEx team developed the world’s first and only voluntary, legally binding greenhouse gas reduction and trading program at Chicago Climate Exchange (CCX) nearly 20 years ago. Together, this collaboration combines these experiences to bring a new, innovative solution to voluntary carbon markets.
FAQs
What types of carbon credits are eligible to be listed?
Contracts are offered based on leading voluntary standards including: Gold Standard, Verified Carbon Standard, Climate Action Reserve, American Carbon Registry, and WCI ARB. These registries are recognized by the International Carbon Reduction and Offset Alliance (ICROA). Projects under various registries range from renewable energy such as wind, solar and hydro to forestry and avoiding deforestation and others.
How do you trade these markets using the platform?
What protections are in place for market participants?
What are compliance carbon markets?
A Broad Range of Offsets
Through TVCM, leading voluntary carbon Standards are available to trade electronically. Voluntary carbon markets use several established, respected and proven registries that apply a set of criteria to various projects. Each is verified by a third-party to ensure that emissions reductions are indeed occurring and accurate. This provides credibility for each carbon offset offered. These include:
Gold Standard
Verified Carbon Standard
WCI ARB
Climate Action Reserve
American Carbon Registry

A Trading Screen for Every Market Participant
Voluntary carbon offsets are based on verified projects that allow carbon emitters to offset “unavoidable” emissions by purchasing credits from projects that remove or reduce greenhouse gas emissions. These projects vary widely in design and purpose, and largely occur outside a regulatory or mandated policy.
TVCM allows traders, brokers, businesses, and developers to access and electronically trade voluntary carbon offsets through Trayport’s Joule platform utilizing an efficient matching and contracting structure.