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For Cricket Fans worldwide the Ashes is considered the pinnacle of test cricket. So of course nobody could possibly have missed Westpac Banks sponsorship of the Australian team and the Ashes. But of course the UK Media had to pile on criticism in the face of resounding defeat for the English team as if they have no history. In October 2010 Westpac announced their announced their “deal to Support Carbon Trade eXchange” which was officially launched in early 2011. As the Sustainability Matters blog said then “Carbon Trade Exchange and Westpac have teamed up to create what is claimed to be the world’s first electronic interface for the voluntary carbon market. The solution will allow companies to trade as buyers or sellers into the Carbon Trade Exchange from their own bank account”.
15 years later, the technology that Global Environmental Markets built and CTX paid for is still running strong.
Just like the Veterans in the Aussie cricket team. Of course, we wish the English team all the best for the rest of the series, we guess they’ll get used to the Westpac Logo.
COP30 – another COP-out?
Fossil Fuels cement control over the process
After 32 years of ‘negotiations’ it is now very clear that business need to take charge and lead. I’m sure the world agrees the BBC isn’t the bastion of genuine news, but they say In three decades of these meetings aimed at forging global consensus on how to prevent and deal with global warming, this will go down as among the most divisive.
https://www.economist.com/international/2025/11/22/cop30-ends-with-a-whimper
CTX Trades powered ahead while that talkfest was happening
New Nations on CTX
CTX Voluntary Carbon Market don’t just TALK quality – we live it
Burkino Faso, Mongolia, UAE, Sierra Leone, Myanmar and Romania added to our list of over 50 nations
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Projects of The Month
Global Carbon Registry (GCR)
Valle San Leonardo (Italy) Blue Carbon – EUR €15.00
Blue Carbon: Nature Based Carbon Capture and Storage – Coastal ecosystems host the important bio-systems and ecosystems worldwide, including at risk Wetlands and Mangroves; being simultaneously some of the most economically relevant and vulnerable ecosystems on Earth. These Coastal ecosystems, such as salt marshes, seagrass meadows and mangrove forests, provide fundamental Ecosystem Services. Coastal ecosystems provide a unique natural landscape, enhance biodiversity, support commercial fisheries, protect coastal regions against erosion and storms, provide ecotourism revenues, and act as efficient natural carbon sinks, helping to offset CO2 emissions and fight climate change. All contributing to a sense of place.
The Italian “San Leonardo” project is a temperate H.C.W. (human controlled wetland) area.
Global Carbon Registry (GCR)
Blue Carbon – Nature Carbon Capture and Storage – (10 SDG’s)
Italy (Europe) – EUR €7.00
Blue Carbon: Nature Based Carbon Capture and Storage – Coastal ecosystems host the important bio-systems and ecosystems worldwide, including at risk Wetlands and Mangroves; being simultaneously some of the most economically relevant and vulnerable ecosystems on Earth. These Coastal ecosystems, such as salt marshes, seagrass meadows and mangrove forests, provide fundamental Ecosystem Services. Coastal ecosystems provide a unique natural landscape, enhance biodiversity, support commercial fisheries, protect coastal regions against erosion and storms, provide ecotourism revenues, and act as efficient natural carbon sinks, helping to offset CO2 emissions and fight climate change. They sequester carbon at rates that can be several times higher than terrestrial forests.
Global Carbon Registry (GCR)
GHG Emission Reduction Through Reuse and Donating Unsold Items, Assets and Inventory via Reuse ESG Marketplaces (16 SDG’s)
London (United Kingdom) – USD$8.95
Globechain is the world’s largest ESG Reuse Marketplace, connecting enterprises, non-profits, and SMEs to facilitate the reuse and redistribution of surplus items across sectors such as construction, real estate, retail, hospitality, and medical. Our marketplace enables businesses to repurpose and reuse unneeded, obsolete stock and assets, drastically reducing waste, storage, and disposal costs while providing and generating Environmental Social Governance and SDG data on the impact. This helps organisations address sustainability challenges, reduce waste disposal costs while improving operational efficiency and social impact at the same time.
Global Carbon Registry (GCR)
Tiefa Coal Industry Group CMM Utilization Project (3 SDG’s)
China – USD$0.75
Tiefa Coal Industry (Group) Co., Ltd. is a leading energy producer operating six modern coal mines in the Tiefa mining area and two in Kangping. For years, these high-performance mines have generated significant volumes of methane—a valuable energy source—through routine underground extraction designed to ensure the highest safety standards. Historically, the naturally lower methane concentration (averaging 38.2% in 2003) made it challenging to meet the 41% threshold required for large-scale industrial and utility applications. As a result, only a small portion could be used as city gas for workers’ residences, while the remainder was released into the atmosphere. Today, this untapped potential represents a powerful opportunity: transforming a once-overlooked by-product into a clean, marketable energy solution.
