Voluntary Carbon Markets
Voluntary carbon markets are a proven tool for directing corporate finance toward critical but underfunded climate solutions like nature protection and restoration, carbon dioxide removal, and superpollutant mitigation. Beyond works to ensure companies have the knowledge, tools, and confidence to engage credibly.
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VCM Buyer's Bootcamp
Monday, June 22, 2026 - 9:30 to 5:00
From the Ground Up
Importance of the VCM
The voluntary carbon market (VCM) is a powerful tool for climate progress. By directing finance toward proven and emerging climate solutions, it helps scale the technologies and projects needed to reduce global emissions and protect critical natural systems.
Since 2002, the VCM has enabled more than four billion metric tons of greenhouse gas reductions and removals—roughly equivalent to the annual energy use of nearly 500 million U.S. homes.
Beyond reducing carbon pollution, the VCM helps protect forests, restore ecosystems, and support sustainable economic growth. It also drives faster corporate climate action: companies engaged in carbon markets are decarbonizing at twice the rate of their peers.
High-integrity carbon markets create a shared framework for businesses, governments, and individuals to invest in a more resilient climate future.