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Insights, guides, and analysis on carbon credits, carbon markets, and carbon trading for businesses
September 2026 Climate Brief: CCTS Nears First Trades, CBAM Widens, BRSR Core Counts Down
India's CCTS moves from compliance filing towards its first exchange trades, EU finance ministers back extending CBAM across 180-plus downstream products, and BRSR Core assurance is one cycle from the top 1,000. Our September 2026 brief covers what changed across India's carbon market, CBAM, Article 6.4, voluntary market integrity and the road to COP31 in Antalya.
C² Team
6 days ago6 min read
How Carbon Credit Verification Works: A 2026 Guide for Indian Buyers
How carbon credit verification works in 2026: validation, monitoring, VVB audits, issuance timelines and what Indian buyers should check before purchase.
C² Team
6 days ago4 min read
How to Trade Carbon Credit Certificates in India: The CERC 2026 Rulebook Explained
India's carbon market finally has a trading rulebook. The CERC Regulations, 2026 set out how Carbon Credit Certificates move on power exchanges: two market segments, monthly sessions, floor and forbearance price bands, and a default rule that can bar an entity for six months. Here is what obligated and non-obligated companies should set up before the first session.
C² Team
Aug 316 min read
Biochar Carbon Credits in India: A 2026 Buyer's Guide to Durable Carbon Removal
Biochar accounted for 93% of durable carbon removal volume contracted in Q1 2026, and India has become one of its largest supply hubs. This guide covers how biochar credits are made, what VM0044 and Puro.earth actually certify, what Indian tonnes cost, and the six checks every corporate buyer should run before signing a multi-year offtake.
C² Team
Aug 186 min read
Carbon Credits and Decarbonization for India's Aluminium Sector in 2026: CCTS Targets Meet CBAM Costs
India's aluminium industry is now the country's most carbon-exposed export sector: binding CCTS intensity targets at home, a EUR 75-plus CBAM certificate price in Europe, and unwrought aluminium shipments to the EU already down nearly 42% year on year. Here is what the numbers mean, which abatement levers move them, and where carbon credits legitimately fit.
C² Team
Aug 106 min read
Carbon Credits and Decarbonization for India's Chemicals and Petrochemicals Sector in 2026
Chlor-alkali was notified under CCTS in October 2025 and petrochemicals followed in January 2026, putting India's chemicals sector squarely inside the country's first compliance carbon market. Add CBAM exposure through fertilisers and chemicals exports, and the sector now faces two carbon regimes at once. Here is what your targets mean, which abatement levers actually move them, and where carbon credits legitimately fit.
C² Team
Aug 55 min read
August 2026 Climate Brief: CCTS Compliance Filed, CBAM's Free-Allocation Rethink, and the Road to First Trades
India's first CCTS compliance filings are in, Brussels has proposed stretching free EU ETS allocation out to 2038, and BRSR Core assurance widens to the top 1,000 next year. Our August 2026 brief unpacks what actually changed across India's carbon market, EU CBAM, Article 6.4 and voluntary market integrity - plus five things Indian companies should act on this quarter.
C² Team
Aug 35 min read
What Makes a Carbon Credit "High Integrity"? The ICVCM CCP Label Explained for Indian Buyers in 2026
High-integrity carbon credits carry the ICVCM CCP label. Here's what it means, why most Indian supply doesn't have it, and how buyers should use it in 2026.
C² Team
Jul 294 min read
India's First CCTS Compliance Deadline (31 July 2026): Filing, Penalties and What Happens Next
India's Carbon Credit Trading Scheme faces its first real test on 31 July 2026, when obligated entities must file ACVA-verified emissions data for FY 2025-26. Here is what gets filed, how Carbon Credit Certificates are issued and traded on power exchanges, what a shortfall costs under the environmental compensation rules, and what compliance teams should do next.
C² Team
Jul 275 min read
Verra vs Gold Standard: How to Choose a Carbon Credit Registry in 2026
Verra vs Gold Standard in 2026: compare the two main carbon credit registries on scale, co-benefits, CCP labels and price — and where India's ICM fits.
C² Team
Jul 263 min read
Carbon Credit Taxation in India: GST, Income Tax and Accounting Rules for 2026 Buyers
GST, Section 115BBG income tax and accounting rules for carbon credits in India — a practical 2026 guide for corporate buyers and finance teams.
C² Team
Jul 233 min read
Article 6.4 Goes Live: What the Paris Agreement Crediting Mechanism Means for Indian Companies in 2026
The UN issued its first Article 6.4 credits in 2026, the CDM transition window closed on 30 June, and India has named green hydrogen, storage and CCUS among its eligible activities. What the Paris Agreement Crediting Mechanism means for Indian project developers and corporate buyers — supply, quality, pricing and practical next steps.
C² Team
Jul 65 min read
How Carbon Credit Verification Works: MRV, VVBs and What Indian Buyers Should Check in 2026
Carbon credit verification explained for 2026: how MRV, validation and third-party VVBs turn a project into credits Indian buyers can actually trust.
C² Team
Jul 44 min read
Nature-Based vs Avoidance Carbon Credits: Which Should Your Company Buy?
Nature-based removals or avoidance credits? A 2026 guide for Indian companies on the difference, the price gap, what buyers and rating agencies prefer, and how to choose.
C² Team
Jun 252 min read
What Are Carbon Credits and How Do They Work? The Complete India Guide
What are carbon credits, who verifies them, what do they cost in India, and how do companies buy them? The complete plain-language guide for Indian businesses.
C² Team
Jun 102 min read
What Is Csquare? India's Carbon Credit & Sustainability Partner, Explained
Csquare (C²) is an India-based company that sells verified carbon credits and delivers ESG reporting and afforestation. Here's who we are — and how to buy carbon credits from us.
C² Team
Jun 72 min read
How Much Do Carbon Credits Cost in India in 2026? A Corporate Buyer’s Price Guide
How much do carbon credits cost in India in 2026? A buyer’s price guide to nature-based, avoidance and engineered credits, why prices vary, and how to budget.
C² Team
Jun 72 min read
How to Buy Carbon Credits in India: A 2026 Buyer’s Guide for Companies
A practical 2026 guide to buying carbon credits in India — credit types, prices, verification standards, a 7-step process, and the red flags to avoid.
C² Team
Jun 73 min read
The Carbon Credit RFP Template: 27 Questions to Ask Before You Buy in 2026
Most corporate carbon credit purchases happen via casual email exchanges or broker spreadsheets, and that is exactly why so many of them end in regret. This post is a complete carbon credit RFP template: 27 questions across project integrity, vintage, additionality, permanence, co-benefits, pricing, and contract terms. Use it before you sign the next purchase order.
C² Team
May 253 min read
Voluntary Carbon Market H2 2026 Outlook: Prices, Supply, and What Buyers Should Do Now
The voluntary carbon market has spent eighteen months bifurcating between premium high-integrity supply and discounted legacy supply. Heading into H2 2026, three forces (Article 6.4 issuances, EU CBAM definitive-regime pricing, and India CCTS launch) are about to reshape pricing again. Here is the outlook and what corporate buyers should do this quarter.
C² Team
May 253 min read
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