🔴 CWN is live: my new weekly carbon news show

This week I went live with Episode 1 of CWN: Carbon Weekly News, my new live show on the carbon market.

If you have been reading this newsletter for a while, you know I keep coming back to the same problem: there is a gap between what happens in carbon markets every week and what actually reaches corporate sustainability teams.

The bi-weekly Carbon Outlook deep-dives are one answer to that gap.

CWN is the other.

It is a weekly live format for the news, debates and market signals that are moving too fast to wait for a long-form newsletter.

What CWN is

CWN is a 60-minute live show, every Tuesday at 16:00 CET.

The structure is simple:

• 10-minute news roundup: the 3 to 5 stories of the week, with a clear take.
• 15-minute LinkedIn deep-dive: one or two posts from the week that are worth dissecting.
• Guest interviews: practitioners joining to unpack the most relevant developments in the market.

The show streams live on LinkedIn and YouTube. The full recording stays on YouTube, and the audio version goes on Spotify the day after.

It is editorially independent from Senken. No sales pitch, no decks, no agenda slides. Just what is happening in carbon markets and what I think it means.

CWN  · EPISODE 1

Sylvera ratings, CBAM, and what European procurement should actually do

Episode 1, in three parts

1. The Buying Blind opener

I opened with last week’s release: the 2026 Buying Blind report we published with Sylvera.

39 DAX40 companies analysed. 4.84 million tonnes reported. Zero project IDs disclosed. 45% of the volume untraceable after three months of digging. 57% of the rateable portion below BBB.

For anyone who missed it, the report and the full data are here: senken.io/buying-blind

2. Alistair Furey on ratings and integrity

My first guest was Alistair Furey, CEO and founder of Sylvera.

We talked about how the ratings of DAX40 carbon credit portfolios compare to the rest of the world, and how much ratings now influence pricing.

The line that landed hardest was this:

“The registry is the floor of integrity, not the ceiling.”

That is exactly the point. If supplier diligence stops at “Verra-registered” or “Gold Standard-registered,” it is not real diligence. It is paperwork.

3. Dan Maleski on CBAM

My second guest was Dan Maleski, one of the most senior CBAM specialists in Europe.

The European Commission published a draft implementing act last week that defines how the CBAM bill is reduced by carbon prices already paid in the country of production, including up to 10% via Article 6 credits.

The headlines are loud. But the implications for procurement and supply-chain strategy are not what most people will assume.

So I asked Dan directly what European companies should do with this update.

His first answer:

“Companies should take a big old step back.”

His follow-up surprised me. I am not going to spoil it here, but if you import CBAM-covered goods or supply European buyers from outside the EU, his fifteen minutes on this point are worth watching.

What is coming on CWN

The guest pipeline for the next few weeks includes:

• a project developer running one of the largest ARR projects in Latin America
• a procurement lead from a DAX company that has just signed a removal offtake
• a regulator from the EU working on the Article 6 and CDR-in-ETS workstream

I will tease each guest the week before on LinkedIn.

Why I built this

Two reasons, plainly.

First, the carbon news cycle moves too fast for bi-weekly long-form alone. Important things happen in the gaps, and many procurement teams hear about them weeks too late. A weekly live cadence helps close that loop.

Second, most carbon coverage falls into one of two categories: press release or takedown.

There is room in the middle for honest, practitioner-led analysis. That is what I am trying to build with CWN, in a format people can actually fit into their week.

📺 Catch up on YouTube:

Two carbon market debates worth understanding:

The answer is not either/or. Here’s where each credit type fits.

What changed, what didn’t, and what buyers should watch for now.

Sources

• CWN — Episode 1: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NY1cxPBm-HA
• Senken & Sylvera, Buying Blind: the 2026 DAX40 carbon credit report — senken.io/buying-blind

Information only. Not legal or investment advice.