About Emission Trading Experts: CantorCO2e

Corporate Overview - History

CantorCO2e was formed on 12 March 2007 by joining CO2e.com LLC, and Cantor Environmental and Energy Brokerage, both of which have a long and proud history within the world's environmental markets.

Cantor Environmental Brokerage was formed as a wholly-owned subsidiary of Cantor Fitzgerald in 1992.  It was founded by Carlton Bartels, a visionary in environmental issues in the USA, to implement the ground-breaking emissions trading markets introduced under the Clean Air Act.  Cantor Environmental Brokerage brought liquidity to these fledgling markets – the world’s first environmental markets – and established a long list of ‘firsts’ in emissions trading. Josh Margolis joined Carton in 1995 and has been running its North American operations since then.

CO2e.com was formed in 2000  to address the prospect of global greenhouse gas emissions trading created by the signature of the Kyoto Protocol in 1997.  CO2e.com rapidly formed a strong reputation world-wide as a leader in greenhouse gas emissions trading, and in 2002 joined with Mitsui & Co. to expand its services in Asia.  CO2e.com has been first to market with most of the trading structures in use around the world, pushing the development of the market through innovative products and through giving time and expertise to the development of the necessary legislative frameworks. 

Sadly, most of our New York team -- including Carlton -- was killed in September 2001, while they were sitting at their in the WorldTradeCenter.  Tribute pages can be found here. 

With increasing recognition of climate change in the USA, and the increasing cross-border activities in other environmental commodities, such as biofuels, and the direct linkage between energy and environmental decisions, it made sense to bring both organizations under one roof. By so doing, we now provide a truly integrated service to our clients. 

Hence the birth of CantorCO2e – now a truly global provider of financial services to the world’s environmental and energy markets.