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Our flagship event, Carbon Forward Expo London, will take place from 7-9 October 2025 and celebrate its tenth year analysing European and global compliance and voluntary carbon markets. Over three information-packed days, we’ll bring you leading experts, thought-provoking content, trailblazing organisations, lively discussions, and innovative thinking across the compliance, voluntary, removal, and renewable energy markets.

In 2024, we attracted 27 sponsors, 100 speakers, and 750 attendees across the finance spectrum, as well as buyers, exchanges, insurers, project developers, industry and regulatory bodies, and government.

For interest, view 2024 agenda here.

Day one: European compliance markets

• EU 2040 climate target
• ETS2 – the elephant in the room
• EU ETS – UK ETS linkage
• UK and EU ETS update: The changing rules
• The impact of electrification on demand for carbon
• CRCF
• Expanded Analyst Showdown

Day three: The road to Net Zero

• VCM Standards & the price of integrity
• One directive to rule them all? The importance of the Green Claims Directive (GCD)
• How to be a successful project developer
• The cost of getting it wrong: integrity scandals, ratings downgrades, and lawsuits
• Scaling removals
• Removals investors
• Industrial decarbonisation
• VCM Analyst Showdown

Deep Dive Workshops (held across 3 days)

• to be announced soon

SPONSORS

• Sponsors benefit from joining panels on the main stage, table-top exhibition space, branding opportunities, client invitations, and team access
• They receive high profile marketing reach to our database of 7000+ names, our social media channels and on the day
• This opportunity would suit organisations seeking high visibility and influence. Please email us for further info

PRESENTERS 

• As we mark a decade of bringing together the global carbon market community, we’re looking for speakers to join us – to bring fresh insights, expert analysis, and cutting-edge perspectives across the compliance, voluntary, and removal markets
• If you’re interested in being a part of the agenda this year, please send us your proposal

START UPS

• We’re offering start-ups the chance to showcase their business to our highly engaged carbon markets audience
• Selected start-ups will have the opportunity to do a pitch, and have their logo displayed, connecting them directly with industry leaders, innovators, and potential partners
• To get involved, please email us a brief synopsis about your organisation

WORKSHOP LEADERS

• If there is a topic you feel needs unpacking – a challenge the industry faces or an opportunity to be had – please get in touch
• We’re offering 30 minute workshop slots to those organisations that align with the agenda and criteria.
• Sessions can be run solo or in collaboration with others

BUYERS

• We offer complimentary passes to attendees from medium and large companies that buy and retire voluntary carbon credits or are looking to do so in the future
• Note this excludes organisations from the energy, financial, or consulting sectors
• Please email us.

If you’d like to find out about our bespoke sponsorship packages, tailored to your organisation’s requirements, please email [email protected]