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Market report

Desk Note: Tight Base Oils, Steady Carbon

ACCUs stall above A$38 and Verra issuance ticks along, while Middle East outages keep US base oils on allocation and re-refiners effectively sold out.

July 13, 20263 min read

CXF Methodology

Introducing CXF: how waste oil recycling generates traceable carbon credits

Why the most overlooked stream in the circular economy deserves its own carbon standard — and how the CXF framework works, from evidence to serialized units.

July 20265 min read

Physical markets

How many carbon credits does a gallon of used oil generate? The CXF factors, explained

10.8, 19.3 and 25.7 tCO₂e per 1,000 gallons — where the CXF quantification factors come from, what EPA and ACR/IPCC anchors they sit between, and what evidence turns them into credits.

July 20264 min read

Market report

How voluntary carbon credits are priced: a buyer's primer

Why one tonne of CO₂ trades at $9 and another at $31 — project type, vintage, co-benefits, integrity labels, and how to read an indicative price.

July 20266 min read

Regulation

ICVCM Core Carbon Principles: what institutional buyers need to know

The CCP framework in plain language — the ten principles, what the label changes in procurement, and where proprietary platform credits like CXF stand.

July 20266 min read

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