The introduction of the EU Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (CBAM) is set to reshape global trade, presenting significant challenges for manufacturers, producers, importers, exporters and other market players doing business across EU lines. As CBAM embeds carbon costs into cross-border transactions, organizations must quickly adapt to new and complex compliance obligations, cost structures, and reporting requirements.
The CBAM Scenario Planner is a powerful dashboard tool from S&P Global Energy Horizons designed to help businesses understand, plan, and compare potential compliance costs under CBAM. This useful tool provides actionable insights to help you anticipate risks, optimize supply chains, and make informed strategic decisions.
A public, simplified version of our full CBAM Scenario Planner is available on RedThread, our community platform.
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The key commodity markets impacted now by the EU CBAM include iron & steel, aluminum, fertilizer, hydrogen, and cement.
The CBAM Scenario Planner supports a variety of workflows across different sectors to anticipate compliance costs and reduce regulatory risk.
“As an importer, I need to understand and budget for CBAM compliance costs, evaluate suppliers, and manage procurement risk.”
With CBAM Scenario Planner, you can…
“As an exporter, I need to understand how CBAM affects competitiveness in the EU market and justify decarbonization investments.”
With CBAM Scenario Planner, you can…
“As an EU-based manufacturer, I need to remain cost-competitive with imports and manage CBAM-driven cost pressures across complex supply chains.”
With CBAM Scenario Planner, you can…
"As a compliance or sustainability officer, I need to build accurate, auditable CBAM cost expectations for reporting and regulatory planning.”
With CBAM Scenario Planner, you can…
“As a supply chain/procurement leader, I need to understand where CBAM will raise costs and how supplier choices influence exposure.”
With CBAM Scenario Planner, you can…
“As a strategy or corporate planning executive, I need to understand long-term CBAM effects on margins, competitiveness, and trade flows.”
With CBAM Scenario Planner, you can…
“As a trader, I need to build CBAM costs and regulatory risk into models.”
With CBAM Scenario Planner, you can…
The CBAM story varies by commodity and region. We invite you to explore different case studies demonstrating how clients around the world can benefit from using the CBAM Scenario Planner. More coming soon – please check back.
A EMEA Fertilizer Importer Confronts CBAM
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A North American Aluminum Importer Confronts CBAM
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