New York, NY and London - Markit, a leading, global financial information services company, today announced that Markit Environmental Registry has been selected by the readers of Environmental Finance as the Best Registry Provider in the publication’s 2009 voluntary carbon market survey.  The results of the survey are available at www.environmental-finance.com.

A robust, global registry is essential to providing transparency and credibility to the management of environmental assets.  A credible and robust infrastructure with inherent flexibility will give market participants confidence in the singularity and provenance of credits listed, tracked and retired.

Recognised as the world's "meta-registry", Markit’s Registry lists the majority of leading standards and provides customers with a unique portfolio approach to managing all their carbon, water and biodiversity assets in one place.

Helen Robinson, Managing Director of the Markit Environmental Registry, said: “The recognition of the Markit Registry as the Best Voluntary Carbon registry, by the readers of Environmental Finance, validates the importance we place on providing an excellent service to our customers and being responsive to their needs, in order to promote a truly robust and liquid carbon market.”

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About Markit Environmental Registry
Markit’s Registry is a pre-eminent environmental markets infrastructure provider.  As the global trend in managing environmental assets moves towards price-based mechanisms, a robust registry is an essential tool to provide transparency and credibility.  For more information, see: www.markitenvironmental.com