Nasdaq launches new Carbon Issuance Calendar in collaboration with Relae. October 30, 2026 * Nasdaq, in collaboration with Relae, has launched a Carbon Issuance Calendar, providing structured insights on future offtake availability * The platform offers information on carbon removal projects, with a focus on credit availability, indicative pricing, and project delivery status * Currently, it features engineered pathways, including direct air capture (DAC), enhanced rock weathering (ERW), biochar, and bioenergy with carbon capture and storage (BECCS) Nasdaq, in collaboration with Relae, has released the Nasdaq Carbon Issuance Calendar, providing buyers with a one-stop platform with data on future offtake availability. The calendar combines structured, developer-provided carbon removal project data with project maturity assessment informed by Relae's assessment framework and technical diligence. Specifically, the platform provides users with information on future credit availability, indicative pricing, and project delivery status. The calendar brings together project information typically scattered across developer websites, offering a user-friendly tool with structured data displays. This enables project comparison, easing both interested buyers and carbon dioxide removal (CDR) suppliers in accessing what is currently available and projected to be released on the voluntary carbon market. The platform creators point out that buyers currently interested in procuring durable carbon removal credits are likely to notice a lack of a clear starting point. The procurement process conventionally involves visiting individual developer sites, requesting information via scattered channels, and comparing projects with data presented in different formats. To address this issue, the Carbon Issuance Calendar provides a central starting point that displays data with a delivery-oriented lens developed by Relae. Its team draws from the experience of screening 900+ CO2 removal projects, applying the same rigor as the one used in the creation of Relae's Criteria for High-Quality Carbon Dioxide Removal, released annually in partnership with Microsoft. "Our experts apply rigorous pathway-specific criteria to live projects, evaluating delivery risk and status, and identifying where questions remain is the core of what we bring to the carbon removal market," Relae said. The pathways featured on the Nasdaq Carbon Issuance Calendar. For the moment, the Carbon Issuance Calendar displays data on engineered and hybrid CDR projects centered around direct air capture (DAC), biochar, enhanced rock weathering (ERW), and bioenergy with carbon capture and storage (BECCS). The platform creators state that in the future, the calendar might also include nature-based carbon removals that would be displayed in a separate segment. Buyers working on procurement strategies can use this tool as a solid starting point and can reach out to Relae's advisory team for the following stages of technical diligence, contracting, and project assurance.

Relae, formerly Carbon Direct, has launched The Diligence Collection, a subscription platform that gives carbon dioxide removal (CDR) buyers and investors self-service access to expert desk reviews and deep diligence reports. Each project has met Relae's Criteria for High-Quality Carbon Dioxide Removal, written with Microsoft. Fewer than 10% of the more than 900 projects Relae has reviewed cleared that bar. Subscribers get executive summaries and project overviews, and can buy desk reviews or deep diligence reports on individual projects. An all-access subscription covers the full library. Relae says project evaluation has become a costly bottleneck for buyers. Microsoft's Phillip Goodman said off-the-shelf reports help teams with limited resources decide faster.