Exclusive OTC Environmental Market Intelligence

Environmental Market Data

Parameta Solutions delivers over-the-counter (OTC) environmental market data sourced from ICAP trading desks, providing transparency across emissions, renewable certificates and biofuels markets.

The Parameta Solutions Difference

  • Data from Leading Environmental Brokerages

    Our environmental data is sourced directly from ICAP trading desks, providing OTC pricing data that reflects real market activity.

  • Comprehensive Environmental Market Coverage

    Pricing data across emissions, renewable energy certificates and biofuels markets, supporting compliance, trading and sustainability‑driven decision‑making.  

  • Execution-grade pricing

    Broker‑sourced prices that reflect negotiated OTC market dynamics, supporting accurate valuation, risk assessment and regulatory reporting.  

  • End‑of‑day pricing for compliance‑driven markets

    Indicative end‑of‑day prices enable clients to track mark‑to‑market, assess value at risk and respond to regulatory and market changes with confidence.  

  • Flexible delivery options

    Environmental data can be consumed independently or seamlessly integrated into existing front, middle and back‑office systems.

  • Strong data governance

    Multiple layers of validation contributes towards high data quality, consistency and audit-ready outputs.

Our Environmental Market Data Coverage

EMEA Emissions & Renewable Certificates

Indicative end‑of‑day pricing for European environmental markets, including Guarantees of Origin (GOs) and UK REGO certificates, covering renewable technologies such as hydro, wind, solar and nuclear.

North American Emissions Markets

Pricing across 49+ products spanning renewable energy certificates (RECs) and emissions markets.

North American Biofuels

Indicative end‑of‑day pricing for biofuels markets including RINs (D3, D4, D5, D6) and Low Carbon Fuel Standard (LCFS) credits.

Low-carbon biofuels

Our low-carbon data is sourced from StarCB, a low‑carbon commodity brokerage specialising in biofuels, carbon markets and renewable fuels, which provides deep OTC market coverage through its global brokerage operations in London, Nyon and Chicago. 

Our environmental data expertise

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Parameta Solutions delivers independent OTC environmental market data across emissions, renewable energy attributes and compliance‑driven fuels, including Guarantees of Origin (GOs), Renewable Energy Certificates (RECs), Renewable Identification Numbers (RINs), and Low Carbon Fuel Standard (LCFS) credits.

These markets are shaped by complex regulatory frameworks, such as the EU Renewable Energy Directive (RED) and the US Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS), where pricing reflects both supply‑and‑demand dynamics and evolving compliance obligations.

By sourcing data directly from ICAP’s environmental brokerage desks and StarCB’s low‑carbon fuels operations, Parameta provides broker‑sourced pricing that reflects real transactional activity across global emissions and biofuels markets, supporting greater transparency, confidence, and decision‑making for market participants.

Data to Support across the trade lifecycle

Pre-Trade

Analyse price trends, volatility and market sentiment across emissions and environmental products to assess risk and identify opportunities before execution.  

Point-of-trade

Use trusted price discovery to support entry and exit decisions and assign fair value as regulatory and market conditions evolve.  

Post-trade

Support valuation, reporting and compliance with sourced environmental pricing and transparent data provenance. 

All your OTC data needs in one place

Three easy ways to connect to our data

Direct

Instant access through API, streaming or SFTP channels.

Cloud delivery

Access via our cloud partners including WebSocket, SFTP and Snowflake. 

Channel partners

Connect via our extensive network of partners including Bloomberg, LSEG, Enverus and Zema. 

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Environmental Data FAQs

Which environmental markets does Parameta Solutions cover?

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Parameta Solutions provides OTC pricing data across environmental markets in EMEA and North America, including emissions, renewable energy certificates and biofuels. Coverage includes European Guarantees of Origin (GOs), UK REGOs, North American RECs and biofuels credits.

Parameta Solutions covers environmental markets through its Biofuels data products, with over 1,800 instruments across multiple packages.

ICAP US Environmental covers US biofuel compliance markets including:

  • RINs (Renewable Identification Numbers)
  • LCFS (Low Carbon Fuel Standard) credits – California’s carbon credit program with quarterly and balance-of-quarter instruments
  • European Environmental Markets

What markets are covered by StarCB Biofuels Price Data?

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StarCB provides end‑of‑day pricing coverage across key biodiesel and renewable fuel markets, including:

  • RRME (Rapeseed Methyl Ester) – Physical and paper markets
  • FAME 0 (Fatty Acid Methyl Ester) – Physical and paper markets
  • PME (Palm Methyl Ester)
  • SME (Soybean Methyl Ester)
  • UCOME (Used Cooking Oil Methyl Ester) – Physical markets with both paper prices and USD flat prices
  • BO/GO (Biodiesel/Gasoil) spreads

How is StarCB’s biofuels data sourced?

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StarCB price assessments are sourced directly from its global low‑carbon brokerage operations using live transactional inputs from matched principal and broking activity.

This allows the product to provide reliable end‑of‑day marks aligned with EN 14214 standards and the EU Renewable Energy Directive (RED), supporting sustainable fuel classification and compliance workflows.

What North American environmental markets are covered?

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Parameta’s ICAP Environmental coverage includes OTC pricing for US compliance instruments such as:

  • Renewable Identification Numbers (RINs – D3, D4, D5, D6)
  • Low Carbon Fuel Standard (LCFS) credits

These instruments are used in regulatory programmes such as the Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS) and California LCFS scheme, supporting compliance obligations for obligated parties and refiners.

How is the environmental data sourced?

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Environmental data is sourced directly from ICAP trading desks, capturing broker-sourced OTC prices that reflect real market activity and prevailing regulatory conditions. 

How is the data delivered?

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Environmental data is delivered via Parameta platforms, APIs, cloud delivery options or selected third-party partners, ensuring seamless integration into trading, risk, and compliance workflows.

Is the data suitable for regulatory use?

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Environmental pricing datasets can be delivered through flexible integration methods to support front, middle, and back‑office workflows:

  • Real‑time or scheduled data feeds
  • Secure file transfer (SFTP)
  • Cloud delivery via Snowflake, AWS S3, Azure Blob or GCS
  • API integration into trading or compliance systems

What support does Parameta Solutions offer?

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Parameta Solutions clients benefit from:

  • Dedicated onboarding
  • Access to environmental market specialists
  • Integration guidance
  • Extended-hours technical support

Our support is designed to ensure environmental pricing data can be deployed efficiently across trading, compliance and risk teams.