Vintage

Refers to the period – usually a calendar year – in which an emissions reduction, avoidance or removal takes place. Carbon credits are often listed as being of a particular vintage.

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The iron and steel industry faces a significant challenge: how to continue producing the steel needed for infrastructure and economic growth while cutting carbon emissions.
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VER

Voluntary Emission Reductions or Verified Emission Reductions. A general term used to describe project-based carbon credits.
The iron and steel industry faces a significant challenge: how to continue producing the steel needed for infrastructure and economic growth while cutting carbon emissions.
A mechanism deployed under the EU Emissions Trading System to remove a volume of carbon allowances from circulation in the market.

24 September 2026

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VER

Voluntary Emission Reductions or Verified Emission Reductions. A general term used to describe project-based carbon credits.

9 September 2025

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What Does California’s Cap-and-Invest Program Mean for the Steel Sector?

The iron and steel industry faces a significant challenge: how to continue producing the steel needed for infrastructure and economic growth while cutting carbon emissions.

2 September 2026

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Market Stability Reserve

A mechanism deployed under the EU Emissions Trading System to remove a volume of carbon allowances from circulation in the market.

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