Transparency and traceability in chemical value chains
A Nature paper argues for harmonised accounting, digital verification and collaborative governance. Carbon3 is building exactly that.
Complex supply chains pose an enormous challenge for decarbonising the chemical industry in the face of pressure to move towards net-zero emissions. This paper in Nature Magazine argues that transparency, traceability and end-to-end governance can incentivise companies to invest in verified emissions reductions within their own value chains.
"The chemical industry can overcome these obstacles with three interconnected solutions (see figure):
- harmonised and transparent accounting frameworks,
- digital systems to track and verify reductions,
- collaborative governance and capacity building across the value chain."
At Carbon3 we're already enabling this vision. Our platform issues inset credits from real Scope 3 projects, acts as co-financing instrument, with high additionality, no scope 1-3 double-counting, and facilitates cost & benefit trading/sharing across value chains.
Chemical companies: Invest in your supply chain's future with tamper-evident audits and dynamic allocation. Align with EU CBAM, US IRA, and Paris goals today.
Paper: nature.com Authors: Semra Bakkaloglu, PhD, Nilay Shah, Livio Scalvini, Maurizio Zollo Displayed Image is Figure 1 from paper.
Originally published on LinkedIn, 8 March 2026.