CaixaBank launches a carbon credit trading platform to help its clients offset their emissions

• The bank is reinforcing its commitment to sustainability and will enable its clients—both large companies and SMEs—to access a wide selection of internationally verified carbon credits and offset their emissions by supporting sustainable projects

CaixaBank CIB has launched a carbon credit trading platform, a tool designed to make it easier for corporate clients and businesses to voluntarily offset CO2 emissions. The platform, which is integrated into the voluntary carbon market, allows companies to buy and sell carbon credits in a simple, secure, and transparent manner, backed by CaixaBank’s expertise.

CaixaBank's proposal is integrated into the bank's platform. Specifically, CaixaBank acts as the sole intermediary and is responsible for identifying and sourcing carbon credits that meet the client’s needs, managing relationships and operations with the various market participants, and handling the processes necessary to execute the transactions. This way, the client does not need to register or go through onboarding processes with each individual market counterparty, significantly reducing operational complexity.

The initiative reinforces CaixaBank’s commitment to the sustainable transition and its role as a leading institution. Through this new tool, CaixaBank’s corporate clients and businesses will be able to access a wide selection of internationally verified carbon credits and offset their emissions by contributing to high-impact sustainable projects (renewables, reforestation, energy efficiency, carbon capture, among others) that reduce or prevent greenhouse gas emissions.

CaixaBank’s platform has been designed to integrate into the day-to-day operations of businesses, offering numerous operational benefits. First, it allows for the centralization of carbon credit management in a “carbon account” linked to the customer, where both purchases and sales of credits, as well as the offset tons, are recorded. Additionally, the bank will provide personalized ESG (environmental, social, and governance) consulting to platform users, helping them select the most appropriate climate projects based on their sustainability strategy.

Security, Traceability, and Transparency

CaixaBank’s platform makes it easier to verify the quality of credits and improves their traceability by using recognized international registries and processes that ensure the uniqueness, proper cancellation, and full traceability of the credits. Thus, when a company purchases credits on the platform, they are immediately removed from the market by being allocated to the customer’s account in the relevant registry, thereby preventing double counting of reductions.

With this launch, CaixaBank contributes to the growth and robustness of the voluntary carbon market, considered a crucial element for advancing the goals of the Paris Agreement. In 2023, the aggregate value of global carbon transactions approached $900 billion, according to a report by Statista.

The launch of this platform is part of CaixaBank’s roadmap to establish itself as a leader in sustainable finance in Europe. Last year, the bank presented its 2025-2027 Sustainability Plan, in which it committed to mobilizing more than 100 billion euros in sustainable finance during that period. In 2025, CaixaBank reached more than €46 billion in cumulative sustainable financing, a 28% increase compared to the same period in 2024, and 17% of the bank’s financial income is now generated by sustainable financing. This new carbon credit platform joins the bank’s other innovative climate initiatives—ranging from the issuance of green bonds to sustainability-linked financing solutions—and strengthens support for companies and projects to help advance the decarbonization of the economy.