A majority of the audience at the Future of Finance Carbon Credits event picked a shift to compliance markets as the biggest driver of growth in carbon pricing. Securitisation is a potential alternative to the present packaging and distribution of carbon emissions, and can draw on an established modus operandi. An absence of market infrastructure remains a weakness of carbon pricing markets, but there is no confidence that tokenisation offers a plausible way forward. Other te

An audience poll found most still unconvinced carbon is primarily a financial risk, even as European regulators fine banks for carbon shortcomings. Measurement of Scope 3 emissions remains too imprecise for chief financial officers to price with confidence, so capital is shifting toward business-specific projects instead. Data quality remains an issue in carbon pricing tout court, but this should not be treated by companies as an excuse for inaction. A chief financial office