Why TRACE

Carbon markets need better MRV,
not more spreadsheets

The voluntary market crisis exposed a trust problem. TRACE brings a hardware-anchored measurement layer so your climate claims are backed by verifiable data instead of manual Excel files.

For Brands & corporates

Focus High-integrity MRV

From market collapse to
quality demand

Voluntary carbon markets peaked with high expectations, then faced scandals around overstated credits, weak baselines, and unverifiable monitoring. Buyers now demand fewer, higher-quality credits with transparent MRV.

VCM reality

Quality over volume

Buyers are shifting budgets from low-cost, low-trust offsets toward fewer, high-integrity assets that can withstand regulatory and reputational scrutiny.

Market backlash against opaque accounting.
Demand for traceable, asset-level emissions data.
Premium pricing for verified, durable impact.

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Regulatory trend

ISSB / CSRD

Financial reporting is moving from voluntary disclosures to mandatory, audit-ready climate data — especially in energy-intensive sectors.

Scope 1 & 2 data must be robust and explainable.
Spreadsheet-only workflows are fragile under audit.
MRV becomes part of the financial control stack.

Read how TRACE fits in →

From estimation to
hardware-anchored MRV

Most MRV today is still based on invoices, meter reads and static emission factors. TRACE uses hardware-signed data to make every reading cryptographically provable.

Yesterday: estimation-based MRV

Monthly bills and fuel invoices as the main data source, stitched together in spreadsheets with static factors and limited sub-metering.

Verification based on sampling and trust, not on tamper-evident device-level records.

See why this broke trust →

Today with TRACE: hardware first

CTs and fuel sensors on towers, ports and buildings sign measurements in secure hardware every 15 minutes, with GPS, time-sync and tamper-flags included in every record.

The result is sovereign-grade reporting ready for future methodologies and tokenisation.

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Image: hardware / sensors diagram

Live data stream from field devices into TRACE’s measurement layer, ready for auditors, buyers and regulators.

Carbon markets need better MRV, not more spreadsheets

From market collapse to quality demand

Quality over volume

ISSB / CSRD

From estimation to hardware-anchored MRV

Yesterday: estimation-based MRV

Today with TRACE: hardware first

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Carbon markets need better MRV,
not more spreadsheets

From market collapse to
quality demand

From estimation to
hardware-anchored MRV