Frequently asked questions

A reduction you already paid for becomes credits you own, to sell or share with customers who co-fund it. Listing is free.

It takes a defined reduction, a baseline, monitoring data and an independent verifier. The Carbon3 team helps you scope it.

An independent third party such as ISCC always verifies them, never Carbon3, using a recognized methodology that fits the project.

Yes. Once the project is validated, future credits can be issued to the project developer, labeled Future on the Carbon3 registry. Funders can buy them early to finance implementation. They co-invest before the reduction exists and carry the risk that it is not delivered, which is why future credits are usually priced lower. Realized credits are issued after the verification report confirms the tonnes.

They are issued to the project developer, in its own name, on the Carbon3 registry, after independent verification. Allocation then moves each co-funder’s agreed share into that co-funder’s account. From then on, each holder decides whether to keep, sell or retire.

Yes, if an independent verifier has confirmed it for a past monitoring period. The credits are then issued as realized credits, one per verified tonne.

It is Carbon3’s free public research on company emissions, climate targets, credit retirements, projects and reports.

The data comes from public disclosures and registries, collected and refreshed by Carbon3’s research agents. Check AI summaries against the source.

Signing up takes a name, email, company and role. The account adds fresh AI company reports and outlook downloads. Trading stays with members.

Before scoping, look up a supplier’s reported Scope 1, 2 and 3 emissions and its climate targets. It shows where the emissions sit, and which suppliers are worth a conversation.

When a supplier in the buyer’s own chain reduces emissions, the buyer’s Scope 3 goes down through lower supplier emissions data. The inset credit is the proof of that emissions reduction and who funded it, and it is not counted a second time. An emissions reduction outside the buyer’s own chain is reported separately, not as a lower Scope 3 figure. The GHG Protocol’s work on actions and market instruments is still in consultation, with a revised standard expected in 2028. Carbon3 builds to the strictest reading, so the record will hold up whichever way the rules land.

Each credit has one identifier and one holder. Transfers move it, never copy it, and retirement is final.

No. Inset credits support Scope 3 reporting, not neutrality claims, and never replace a company’s own emissions reductions.

It is marked retired, with the date and the company that retired it. It can never be moved, sold or retired again. That is how each tonne is claimed only once.

No. Independent bodies validate each project and verify each reduction. Credits are issued to the project developer after independent verification. Carbon3 is the registry. It records each credit and who holds it, and runs the marketplace.