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Our Resources & Guides page is your hub for essential information and guides on BCX. Explore our collection of downloadable resources and navigate our Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) section where your most common queries on BCX and our products are answered.

Frequently Asked Question

Voluntary carbon markets allow carbon emitters to offset their emissions by purchasing carbon credits generated from projects that remove or reduce greenhouse gases (GHG) from the atmosphere.

Bursa Carbon Exchange (BCX) is Malaysia’s voluntary carbon market exchange (VCM), and the first Shariah-compliant carbon exchange in the world.

BCX is a multi-environmental product exchange that enables corporates to take practical climate mitigation action through the trading of carbon credits and renewable energy certificates (RECs) from projects with measurable climate action outcomes that adhere to international standards.

BCX provides three modes of carbon trading of standardised contracts of carbon credits and renewable energy certificates (RECs), namely:

  1. Auctions
    BCX hold auctions from time to time, at suppliers request, in addition to introducing new products.
  2. Continuous trading
    BCX commenced continuous trading and the facilitation of off-market transactions of carbon credits on 25 September 2023 and RECs on 9 September 2024. Our platform provides continuous trading based on a central order book.
  3. Off-market transactions
    We are able to facilitate Contract deals that are matched outside of our central order book, where buyers and sellers are able to utilise our onboarding (i.e. know-your-client processes), as well as clearing and settlement services for their direct carbon credit transactions.
A VCM offers financial incentives for developing and implementing emission reduction activities.
For Malaysia:
  • Unlocks potential to generate carbon credits from its extensive forests and agriculture and waste sector.
  • Provides cost recovery for businesses to adopt green technologies and reduce their carbon footprint.
  • Spurs conversation projects with economic, environmental and potentially community benefits.
For companies (buyers):
  • Demonstrates commitment to sustainability by decarbonising and offsetting hard to abate emissions with carbon credits.

The setting up of a VCM Exchange is to fulfil a national mandate in which the Government of Malaysia (through MOF and the then KASA) announced in the tabling of national Budget 2022 that Bursa Malaysia shall operate a carbon exchange in preparation for a compliance carbon market to come in the future.

The setting up of our very own VCM exchange aligns with our vision to become ASEAN’s leading, sustainable and globally connected multi-asset exchange. The BCX, represents an important growth lever for us as we strive to build a diversified and sustainable exchange.

Simply download the onboarding application form from above and send it back to us at [email protected] once you have completed it together with the necessary supporting documents to us.

Yes, BCX is the first Shariah-compliant* carbon exchange in the world (*as pronounced by the Shariah Committee of Bursa Malaysia Islamic Services). In addition, the carbon credits have also been recognised as a Shariah-compliant asset by the said Shariah Committee.