The climate value
Proof is
the lever.
The carbon border was built to make clean production pay. It only works if a supplier’s real emissions can be proven — so we made the proof legible, line by line. Prove the actual, and the carbon comes down on the record, not just the bill.
Same goods, same year — the difference is what you can prove
Why this matters
The default punishes the producer who cleaned up.
CBAM’s default values are pinned to the dirtiest production. Without a supplier’s actual on the line, the cleanest mill and the dirtiest one are billed the same — and the recorded carbon is the worst case for both. That’s the incentive running backwards: the climate gain is invisible, so it goes unrewarded.
Pay less
fewer certificates — you’re not charged for emissions the cleaner producer never made
Record less
lower embedded tonnes against your import, on the declaration that’s filed
Win the order
the proven-clean supplier becomes the cheaper one at the border, and demand follows
How it cuts emissions
How a border tax becomes a decarbonization signal.
Nothing here is wishful — each step follows from how CBAM is written. Make the proof easy, and the same rule that overcharges for the unknown rewards the producer who can show their work.
- 01
DEFAULT
With no proof on the line, CBAM bills the EU default — set to the highest-carbon way the good is made. The importer overpays.
- 02
PROVE
Bring in the supplier’s actual emissions and put them on the line. The bill and the carbon recorded against the import fall together.
- 03
STEER
The cleaner supplier is now the cheaper supplier at the border. The next order moves toward the producer who earned it.
- 04
INVEST
Staying below the default becomes worth money — so the incentive to clean up production finally points the right way.
Default vs proven actual
Watch the bill and the carbon fall together.
The same instrument the app runs. Hold the EU default, then bring in the supplier’s proven actual — the certificate cost and the embedded tonnes recompute as one, because under CBAM they are one.
supplier-declared, verifier-ready
What this is, and isn’t
We make one number provable. We don’t sell the rest.
The impact here is specific and it has edges. Naming them is how you tell substance from greenwash.
What we do
- Resolve the embedded emissions behind every CBAM line — direct and indirect.
- Put the proven actual next to the EU default, in € and tCO₂e.
- Carry the data-quality tier with the number, so you know what’s proven.
What we don’t
- Claim to reduce anyone’s emissions — production does that; we make it legible.
- Sell offsets, credits, or company-wide emissions reporting.
- Verify the supplier’s data ourselves — we carry and display the figure you source.
The mission
A border tax can sit on a shelf as a cost, or it can move the market toward cleaner production. The difference is whether the cleaner producer can prove it and win the order. We built the rail that makes the proof legible — so the mechanism finally pulls toward cleaner production.
Why we built it →Read on
Where the number comes from — and goes.
Know the embedded carbon
The instrument behind the number: direct and indirect emissions per line, EU default or proven actual, priced in € and tCO₂e at once.
See the carbon →For suppliers
The other side of the loop: enter your production data once, prove you’re below default, and let the border send the order your way.
For suppliers →CBAM-as-a-Service
See the carbon you can prove down.
Run the free calculator for a € and tCO₂e estimate — or join the waitlist to resolve your first declaration line by line.