Platts launches new Americas IFM carbon credit assessments, Nov. 2

Platts, part of S&P Global Energy, has launched new price assessments for carbon credits originating from Improved Forest Management (IFM) projects in the Americas, effective Nov. 2, 2026.

The assessments expand Platts' coverage of nature-based carbon markets, providing additional price transparency for IFM credits in Mexico and the US.

The new assessments cover removals credits from IFM projects in Mexico, as well as avoidance and removals credits from IFM projects in the US. All of the assessments reflect credits carrying a Core Carbon Principles (CCP) label.

CCP-labeled credits are issued from projects using methodologies approved by the Integrity Council for the Voluntary Carbon Market (ICVCM) and verified and tagged by approved certifiers as meeting high integrity standards for effective governance, transparency, tracking and robust independent third-party verification, as outlined under the ICVCM's Core Carbon Principles.

Details of the new assessments are as follows:

	Platts IFM Mexico Current Year (Removals)	Platts IFM Mexico Yr01 (Removals)
Symbol	IFMMA00	IFMMB00
Registries and Standards	CAR (Mexico Forestry Protocol)	CAR (Mexico Forestry Protocol)
Third-party labels and verification	CCP label	CCP label
Volume	5,000-50,000 mtCO2e	5,000-50,000 mtCO2e
Vintages	2022-2025; vintages roll forward one year on the first working day of July each year.	2023-2026; vintages roll forward one year on the first working day of July each year.
Delivery	Current Year	Year 01

	Platts IFM United States Current Year (Avoidance)	Platts IFM United States Yr01 (Avoidance)
Symbol	IFMUD00	IFMUE00
Registries and Standards	ACR	ACR
Methodology	ACR IFM 1.3, 2.0, 2.1	ACR IFM 1.3, 2.0, 2.1
Third-party labels and verification	CCP label	CCP label
Volume	10,000-100,000 mtCO2e	10,000-100,000 mtCO2e
Vintages	2024+	2024+
Delivery	Current Year	Year 01

	Platts IFM United States Current Year (Removals)	Platts IFM United States Yr01 (Removals)
Symbol	IFMUC00	IFMUF00
Registries and Standards	ACR	ACR
Methodology	ACR IFM 1.3, 2.0	ACR IFM 1.3, 2.0
Third-party labels and verification	CCP label	CCP label
Volume	10,000-100,000 mtCO2e	10,000-100,000 mtCO2e
Vintages	2021-2026; vintages roll forward one year on the first working day of July each year.	2021-2026; vintages roll forward one year on the first working day of July each year.
Delivery	Current Year	Year 01

The assessments were first proposed on Sept. 3 in a subscriber note available here. Platts confirmed it would launch the assessments on Oct. 2 in a subscriber note available here.

The daily assessments reflect market value at 13:30 Houston time and follow the Platts US publishing calendar. The assessments consider bids, offers, trades and other market information deemed relevant to the assessment process.

Platts also publishes monthly averages for each of the assessments.

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