Global business and financial information provider Bloomberg has bought voluntary carbon markets (VCM) data and analytics firm Viridios AI from its parent company. The transaction covers Viridios AI’s database of voluntary carbon credit projects, its pricing and valuation analytics, and several members of staff. This will include Viridios AI CEO Bertrand Le Nezet, according to Carbon Herald. The deal increases the carbon markets data and analytics available to Bloomberg customers. “This agreement with Bloomberg is the culmination of five years of innovative data science, research and analysis by the team at Viridios AI and I would like to acknowledge everyone in the team who has worked to build such a unique and powerful carbon market dataset,” said Eddie Listorti, CEO of Viridios, a global carbon credit origination, climate services and asset management business. “We welcome the voluntary carbon credit data, analytics and expertise that Viridios has transferred to Bloomberg, and we look forward to the valuable ways our new colleagues will contribute to Bloomberg’s expansion of offerings in the carbon markets space,” said Emilie Gallagher, Global Head of Commodities, FX and Macro Product at Bloomberg. “Our goal is to maintain innovation and provide our customers with the quality data and insights they need to navigate these rapidly evolving markets.” Global data provider MSCI acquired UK-based carbon markets intelligence specialist Trove Research in October 2023, rebranding it MSCI Carbon Markets.
