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Role

Carbon Emissions (Commercial Supply & Trading).

Deploys carbon emissions sales and trading, including pricing, deal capture, and compliance coordination

SeniorSoftware spend $42,000 / seat / yr (2026)11 contacts in the graph hold this role

Sample taken from the live graph on 7 October 2026; refreshed on demand.

What this role actually does

Responsibilities and pain points, sourced from the production graph.

Key responsibilities

  • Operate the Carbon Allowance and Credit Trading Book Across Compliance and Voluntary Markets Within Approved P&L, VaR, and Position Limits
  • Execute Exchange-traded and OTC Transactions for EUAs, UKAs, CCAs, RGGI Allowances, CORSIA-eligible Credits, and Voluntary Carbon Credits
  • Price Carbon Curves, Spreads, Vintages, Delivery Risk, and Credit-quality Discounts Using Live Market Data, Policy Signals, and Registry Evidence
  • Maintain Accurate Trade Capture, Position Reporting, and Daily P&L Reconciliation Across CTRM, Market-data, and Registry Systems
  • Manage Compliance Exposure Hedges for Internal Emitters or Client Portfolios Against Forecast Emissions and Allowance Surrender Calendars
  • Assess Counterparty, Delivery, Registry, and Project-quality Risk Before Committing to Carbon Credit Purchases or Structured Deals

Software pain points

  • Registry data is fragmented across EU ETS, Verra, Gold Standard, ACR, and national systems, making ownership and retirement evidence slow to verify
  • Daily P&L, VaR, and exposure are often reconciled between Excel and the CTRM after trades have already moved the book
  • OTC carbon credit price discovery is thin, project-specific, and hard to compare against exchange screens
  • Policy shocks from ETS reforms, auction changes, CBAM, CORSIA, or Article 6 can reprice positions before internal models are updated
  • Credit-quality failures, double counting, and invalid claims create delivery, reputational, and compliance risk
  • Trade surveillance and compliance evidence are disconnected from the desk’s execution and chat workflows

How this role buys

The categories they buy, the people who approve.

Top software categories

  • Market Data Platforms
  • Electronic Trading Platforms
  • Commodity/Energy Trading, Transaction, & Risk Management (CTRM/ETRM) Software
  • Carbon Credit Registries
  • Spreadsheet Software
  • Visitor Behavior Intelligence Software

Decision makers

  • Head of Trading
  • Chief Risk Officer (CRO) - Corporate
  • Compliance
  • Digital Forensics Engineering
  • Procurement
  • Carbon Emissions

Workflow

A day in the workflow.

Starts before the European open by scanning Carbon Pulse, Bloomberg Terminal CO2E, ICE screens, and EEX auction calendars for EUA, UKA, CCA, RGGI, and VCM moves; checks overnight positions, VaR, and limit flags in Openlink Endur and Microsoft Excel; spends the liquid morning window pricing curves, quoting clients, and executing hedges through ICE, EEX, CME Direct, or Trayport Joule; joins a Microsoft Teams risk huddle with the power desk, compliance, and settlements to confirm exposures, registry balances, and auction demand; uses LSEG Workspace, Argus Direct, Sylvera, and Verra Registry in the afternoon to assess policy, credit quality, vintages, and counterparties; updates trade capture, P&L, and registry reconciliation in Endur, Power BI, and Excel; closes by sending market color in Outlook or Slack and setting alerts for auction results, policy releases, and limit breaches

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