Gold Coast – – September 23, 2026 -- Carbon Trade eXchange (CTX) has launched CTX Corporate One, an invitation-only trading account that waives its account-opening fee for the first time in the exchange's 18-year history and replaces percentage-based commissions with a flat US$0.10 charge per credit, per side.
The move targets institutional-scale buyers and sellers of high-quality carbon credits, typically priced above US$10 per tonne of CO2e, rather than smaller retail or SME participants. CTX is extending invitations during New York Climate Week, inviting eligible organisations to 'request an invitation'.
CTX drops standard 2%-5% commission structure for its largest members
Standard CTX membership charges buyers 2% and sellers 5% of trade value plus an annual account fee. Corporate One eliminates both the account-opening fee and minimum balance requirement, replacing them with a flat per-credit fee that holds regardless of price movement.
Trades settle instantly under CTX's Continuous Trading Contract
Corporate One trades clear electronically with no paperwork and settle T+0, 24/7/365. Members can buy-to-transfer or buy-to-retire without maintaining their own registry accounts. Transfer and retirement fees are consolidated into a single one-time charge on Verra VCS credits, while Gold Standard, Global Carbon Registry, BioCarbon Standard, UCR and UNFCCC CDM credits carry no transfer or retirement fee at all. Foreign exchange rates stream live via Westpac Bank at the point of execution, with an instant invoice and statement including co-benefit symbols.
Corporate One members retain access to the millions of credits listed on CTX across varying project types, vintages and price points. For new large-scale listings in the fourth quarter, CTX has waived delisting fees until the second quarter of 2027, though VCS fees still apply.
Accepted invitees can nominate up to twelve counterparties annually for free accounts
Access remains invitation-only rather than self-service. Organisations that accept an invitation by October 31 can nominate up to three major buyers or suppliers per quarter, up to twelve strategic counterparties per year, for their own free Corporate One account on identical terms.
"We've never gone to zero on our account fee, and we've never dropped a percentage commission for our biggest members, until now," said Wayne Sharpe, CEO and Founder of Carbon Trade eXchange. "Corporate One is built for real institutional volume in high-quality credits, priced the way a market this size should be priced: flat fees, no upfront cost and simple, and it puts more of the money from every trade back in the hands of the project developers actually doing the work."
CTX has cleared over 1 billion tonnes of CO2e with zero trade defaults since inception
Corporate One launches on an exchange that has operated continuously for more than 18 years without a trade default, currently listing over 320 projects across more than 40 countries under Verra VCS & Plastics Recycling, Gold Standard, Global Carbon Registry, BioCarbon Standard, Universal Carbon Registry and CDM CERs. CTX has been publicly named as a trading partner on unfccc.int for UNFCCC CDM CERs since 2017. The exchange was named 'Global Leading Fintech Corporation' at the 2025 ASEAN Banking & Finance Summit, while Sharpe won 'Innovator of the Year' at the 2023 EU FinTech Awards, where CTX also received the Diversity & Inclusion Award and Head of Trade Jennifer Shung won Rising Star 2023.
The voluntary carbon market is forecast to grow to US$45.18 billion by 2034.