Consignment trading — where firms can transfer unused allowances to a third-party auction platform — will begin in the second half of this year.
South Korea’s main stock exchange plans to roll out futures on carbon emissions to deepen the market for the sector and help with the nation’s push toward net-zero emissions by 2050.
The Korea Stock Exchange will introduce contracts tied to the country’s allocation units in 2026, a representative for the bourse said in response to questions by Bloomberg News.
