CBL partners with environmental registries to facilitate the trading of compliance and voluntary Renewable Energy Certificate (REC) contracts, providing same-day clearance and settlement for:

• NEPOOL GIS
• PJM GATS
• ERCOT

North American Renewable Registry (NAR) CBL plans to launch contracts for MiRECS, NYGATS, NC-RETS and MRETs in 2020.

CBL provides cleared spot trading for products associated with the Renewable Energy Target (RET) and Energy Efficiency Market in Australia.

• Large-scale Generation Certificates (LGCs)
• Small-scale Technology Certificates (STCs)
• Energy Savings Certificates (ESCs)

CBL has operated in the carbon-offset market for more than a decade, and has access to 1000+ projects through partnership agreements with all major carbon standards and access to international products, including:

• Australian Carbon Credit Units (ACCUs)
• American Carbon Registry (ACR)
• Clean Development Mechanism (CDM)
• Climate Action Reserve (CAR)
• Gold Standard (GS)
• REDD.plus
• Verra (VCS)

CBL partnered with the International Air Transport Association (IATA) to develop the Aviation Carbon Exchange (ACE). ACE provides a centralized marketplace that helps airlines identify, select, and transact both voluntary as well as CORSIA eligible emission units from the following programs:

• American Carbon Registry (ACR)
• Clean Development Mechanism (CDM)
• Climate Action Reserve (CAR)
• Gold Standard (GS)
• Verified Carbon Standard (VCS)

CBL offers cleared spot trading of products associated with the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative (RGGI) and California Cap-and-Trade Program. Through a partnership with the CME Group, CBL also facilitates the trading of California Carbon Allowance Futures, centralizing the pool of liquidity for both contracts. Products for these programs include:

• RGGI CO2 Allowances
• California Carbon Allowances (CCAs)
• CME Futures Contracts for CCAs

CBL offers cleared spot trading of products associated with the Cross-State Air Pollution Rule (CSAPR), which addresses local air pollution from coal and natural gas power generation from upwind states that crosses state lines and affects air quality in downwind states. The emission products available for trading on CBL include:

• NOx Annual and Seasonal Allowances
• SO2 Group 1 & 2 and Acid Rain Allowances

As consumers demand more environmentally sustainable products, Xpansiv is leading the development of data-driven products, valued according to factors like methane emissions and water utilization. In 2019, CBL facilitated the first exchange-driven transaction for an energy commodity based on its environmental impacts. This product is available to trade as Trustwell Certified Responsible NatGas Certificates, certified by Independent Energy Standards (IES), a risk and responsibility ratings firm.

CBL partnered with the Tasmanian Gas Pipeline (TGP) to facilitate the trading of a range of gas-storage products on the TGP, with a view to increasing trading, transparency, and efficiency of Australian gas and energy markets. The partnership allows for trading of the following products:

• Primary capacity
• In-pipe loan gas

The H2OX water market helps balance competing demands for scarce resources, and ensures more efficient investment, allocation, and use of water. H2OX facilitates the trading of the following water products:

• Entitlements—rights to an ongoing share of water within a system
• Allocations—volumes of water distributed to users in a given year
• Parking—facilitating the movement of water allocations between seasons
• Options—physically settled water allocation call options to mange interseason water risk
• Leasing—long term leasing of water entitlements to secure access to the entitlement’s seasonal allocation