Buy and sell New Zealand carbon credits
List your own units, set your price, and sell to other New Zealand holders. The buyer pays into escrow before any units move, and your name is never shown on a listing.
- $29 to list, no success fee
- No ID needed until a trade goes into escrow
- Seller kept private
Units for sale
Fixed-price lots from New Zealand holders. Buy a whole lot or part of one.
Sell your units in three steps
You list, you set the price, and you keep your units until the buyer's money is in escrow.
List them
Say how many units and choose a price: match the daily market reference, or set your own. A listing costs $29 including GST.
A buyer pays into escrow
The buyer pays the full amount to Carbon Trader before anything moves. This is the one point where we check ID.
Transfer and get paid
You transfer the units on the Register, we confirm they arrived, and the money is released to your bank account.
Tracking your forest on Carbon Tracker®?
Your Carbon Tracker login works here. Press Sell in any dashboard and the units you have earned come across, ready to list.
Free calculators
Work out what you hold or what you owe before you trade. No account needed.
Market data and history
Published figures, free to read and free to use.
How a trade is protected
Money in escrow first
The buyer pays Carbon Trader before the seller transfers a single unit. Nothing is released until the units have arrived.
Sellers stay private
A listing shows the units, the price and the closing date. It never shows who is selling.
ID once, at escrow
Browse, register and list without ID. We check it once, when your first trade goes into escrow.
Fees published
A listing costs $29 including GST. There is no success fee for the buyer or the seller.
Common questions
Do I need an account to use the calculators?
No. The calculators, the emission factor catalogue, the free API, the auction history and the NZU reference price are open to everyone. You only need an account to list or buy units.
What do I need to register?
Your name, an email address and a password. Registering, browsing and listing need nothing more. Identity is checked once, for the buyer and the seller, when a trade goes into escrow, because that is when Carbon Trader holds money for the parties.
Does Carbon Trader sell units for me?
No. Carbon Trader does not act as a broker and does not sell units on anyone's behalf. You list your own units, you set the price, and buyers deal with the listing directly.
Will buyers see who I am?
No. A listing shows the quantity, the price, where the units are held and the closing date. The seller's name is never shown.
What does it cost?
A listing costs $29 including GST, paid by the seller. There is no success fee for the buyer or the seller: the buyer pays the units total and the seller receives the full sale price. Extending a listing, or relisting the same units, is free until they sell.
Does Carbon Trader need my Register login?
No. Carbon Trader never asks for Emissions Trading Register or RealMe login details. The seller transfers the units on the Register after the buyer's money is in escrow.
Is agriculture in the ETS?
No. There is no farm-level emissions return or surrender obligation in New Zealand law today. The farm calculator reports an emissions profile, never a liability.
Track it on Carbon Tracker®. Sell it on Carbon Trader®.
Carbon Tracker works out the units your forest earns and what your business owes. When you have units to sell, they list here in a couple of clicks.