Voluntary Carbon Market
The voluntary carbon market is open to individuals, companies, and other organizations. Consumers can purchase offsets for emissions from a specific high-emission activity2.
The voluntary carbon market is open to individuals, companies, and other organizations
Consumers can purchase offsets for emissions from a specific high-emission activity
Carbon Credits: The Complete 2026 Guide to Markets, Prices &
VCM allows companies, organisations and individuals to voluntarily purchase and sell carbon credits.
Carbon credits explained: a guide to climate action
cumulative VCM value ~$10.8bn as of 2023
The Net-Zero / Carbon-Credit / Climate-Finance Architecture:
Voluntary Carbon Market recorded a ~61% collapse in traded value in 2023, to $723M from $1.9bn in 2022
The Net-Zero / Carbon-Credit / Climate-Finance Architecture:
These are things people say about Voluntary Carbon Market that aren't settled fact — each one attributed to who's actually claiming it, so a claim never quietly passes as established just because it showed up in a document. Weigh it yourself.
"Used correctly, carbon offsets are a way for companies to earn extra PR credit and achieve a more measurable reduction in carbon emissions"
"Carbon offsets let companies address even their historical emissions of CO2e right away"
"the voluntary carbon market is growing rapidly"
"$4bn in 2024 rising to $24bn by 2030 at a CAGR of 35%"