Nicholas Neuberger

Oct 10, 2024 | mondaq.com | Nicholas Neuberger |Michael Brooks |Leslie Hansen |Charles Mills

On October 2, 2024, the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), the US Department of Justice (DOJ), and the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) announced1 parallel prosecutions charging a carbon credit project developer and several of its former officers with fraud in connection with the issuance of voluntary carbon credits (VCCs) through a scheme to fraudulently inflate the number of VCCs issued for a number of the developer's projects.

Oct 9, 2024 | natlawreview.com | Nicholas Neuberger

Over the last few months, we’ve seen some loud governmental rallying calls to support the scaling of the voluntary carbon market (VCM). With some macro and market-specific uncertainties, these endorsements provide a valuable impetus. The market has been further bolstered by continued endorsements from the size of the credit deals to regulatory scrutiny as well as a roll out of standardised transaction documents.

Oct 8, 2024 | natlawreview.com | Nicholas Neuberger

On October 2, 2024, the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ), and the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) announced[1] parallel prosecutions charging a carbon credit project developer and several of its former officers with fraud in connection with the issuance of voluntary carbon credits (VCCs) through a scheme to fraudulently inflate the number of VCCs issued for a number of the developer’s projects.

Sep 26, 2024 | mondaq.com | Leslie Hansen |Nicholas Neuberger |Elizabeth McGinley |Charles Mills

Last week the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) announced final guidance for voluntary carbon credit (VCC) derivatives contracts traded on CFTC-regulated designated contract markets (DCMs). This demonstrates further endorsement from the US government of the voluntary carbon market following the Joint Policy Statement and Principles (Principles) from the Biden administration in May this year.

Sep 26, 2024 | lexology.com | Leslie Hansen |Nicholas Neuberger |Elizabeth McGinley |Charles Mills

Last week the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) announced final guidance for voluntary carbon credit (VCC) derivatives contracts traded on CFTC-regulated designated contract markets (DCMs). This demonstrates further endorsement from the US government of the voluntary carbon market following the Joint Policy Statement and Principles (Principles) from the Biden administration in May this year.