Understanding the Carbon Market --- May 25, 2022 --- ONLINE

May 06, 2022

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The carbon trade market is evolving at a dizzying pace as companies seek to reduce their carbon footprint. But the market can be confusing to many: executives newly confronting the need to address environmental issues, investors eager to know more about how the market functions and anyone interested in evaluating companies' impact on climate change.

Join journalists from OPIS, a Dow Jones energy data and analysis service, in conversation with industry experts as they examine how to navigate the complexities of the $1 billion voluntary carbon market.

Learn about how investors are seizing new opportunities in climate projects and injecting capital into a market that has grown faster than it has matured. Understand how the debate over the quality of carbon credits is revealing misaligned goals between stakeholders racing to scale the market while meeting environmental objectives. READ MORE

12:00 p.m. Welcome Remarks

Bridget Hunsucker, Associate Director, Carbon Markets, OPIS

12:00 p.m. - 12:20 p.m: How to Make a Smaller Footprint

Companies under pressure to reduce their carbon footprint are turning to carbon-offsets trading. Take a look at the carbon market, the projects and financial institutions behind it, and how companies use it to fulfill carbon-neutrality pledges.

Chelsea Bryant, Managing Director, Global Markets & Strategy, Radicle

Bridget Hunsucker, Associate Director, Carbon Markets, OPIS

12:20 p.m. - 12:40 p.m: Understanding Climate Projects

Investors are funneling billions of dollars into climate projects and developers must be nimble to keep pace. Examine projects attracting investments and making a difference -- reducing carbon emissions or removing carbon already in the atmosphere.

Janaina Dallan, CEO, Carbonext

Bridget Hunsucker, Associate Director, Carbon Markets, OPIS

12:40 p.m. - 1:00 p.m: Under the Hood of Carbon Markets

Sound data is required to create efficient markets and give investors confidence. Understand the standardization and transparency efforts underway to improve the historically opaque carbon market.

Dan Scarbrough, President and COO, IncubEx

Bridget Hunsucker, Associate Director, Carbon Markets, OPIS