The CCP label transforms the market: price premium up to 25%

Launched in January 2024, the Core Carbon Principles (CCP) of the ICVCM — the Integrity Council for the Voluntary Carbon Market — have in two years become the market's quality benchmark. The 2025 impact report concludes that the market "is being transformed".

A standard that sets the benchmark

The CCPs are ten fundamental, science-based principles for identifying high-quality credits. Across 2024 and 2025, the five largest programs — ACR, ART, Climate Action Reserve, Gold Standard and Verra — were all recognised as "CCP-Eligible", representing 98% of the market. Seven programs and 35 methodologies are now approved.

A price premium that is settling in

The most telling signal comes from the market itself: according to analysts cited by the ICVCM, CCP-labelled credits command a price premium of up to 25% compared with other credits. And demand for these credits is growing significantly faster than market demand as a whole.

Global regulatory uptake

Several countries — including the US, the UK and Singapore — have endorsed the CCPs and begun integrating them into their regulatory frameworks. In France, a Carbon Credit Charter backed by 17 companies invites organisations to use only credits aligned with the CCPs.

The polarisation of the market is accelerating: cheap credits of contested integrity on one side, premium credits whose every link is verifiable on the other. The CCP label materialises that boundary.