Frequently Asked Questions

Inset credits represent verified emissions reductions that occur within a company's own value chain, rather than outside of it. They are generated by real decarbonization activities, such as cleaner fuels, efficiency upgrades, or material substitutions, undertaken by suppliers or partners. Insets are designed to directly support supply-chain decarbonization, not generic compensation. They align climate action with commercial relationships.

Offsets typically fund emissions reductions outside a company's value chain, often in unrelated geographies or sectors. Inset credits, by contrast, are tied to value-chain activities that reduce Scope 3 emissions for participating companies. This makes insets more operationally relevant and easier to integrate into procurement, financing, and supplier engagement. Insets prioritize transformation over compensation.

Scope 3 emissions arise from upstream and downstream activities such as purchased goods, transport, and product use. Insetting targets these emissions directly by enabling reductions where they actually occur in the value chain. Inset credits provide a structured way to recognize, allocate, and finance those reductions. This makes Scope 3 action more measurable and actionable.

Yes. When properly verified and issued, inset credits can be traded. Trading enables price discovery, liquidity, and broader participation across supply-chain actors. Credits can also be allocated or retired directly without trading, depending on the use case. The key requirement is robust verification and clear attribution.

Projects are assessed using defined methodologies aligned with leading climate and accounting standards. Verification focuses on additionality, quantification, data quality, and traceability within real supply chains. Carbon3 does not conduct its own validation or verification of projects. Project owners are required to work with third party organizations, such as the International Sustainability and Carbon Certification (ISCC), to confirm project and emissions reductions details. The goal is to ensure credits represent credible, auditable emissions reductions.

Once a project's emissions reductions are verified, inset credits are issued digitally on the platform. These credits can then be held by project owners, or allocated to specific suppliers, value chain partners, or outside buyers. Credit configuration features preserve traceability and prevent double counting. Credits can be held, transferred, or retired depending on participant needs.

Carbon3 provides marketplace infrastructure for listing, pricing, and transferring inset credits. Participants can buy or sell credits based on contract terms, volume, and delivery periods. The platform supports bilateral transactions and standardized market activity. All trades maintain full audit trails.

Yes, the marketplace is live and we have real trading activity.

Participation is open to project developers, suppliers, corporate buyers, and financial participants. Most participants are involved in complex, emissions-intensive supply chains. Engagement can range from pilot projects to active trading. Each participant's role is defined by how they generate, purchase, or allocate credits.

Carbon3 is industry-agnostic but is especially well-suited to hard-to-abate sectors with complex supply chains. Key industries include agriculture, automotive, apparel, aviation, battery recycling, chemicals, heat, maritime, mining, power generation, retail, and others. In aviation, inset credits can support SAF adoption and operational efficiency improvements. In chemicals, they can incentivize shifts to lower-carbon feedstocks such as bio-methane for bio-methanol production. Other sectors with material Scope 3 challenges are encouraged to engage.

A pilot typically requires a defined value-chain use case, an identifiable emissions-reduction activity, and committed counterparties. Carbon3 works with participants to scope data needs, verification pathways, and credit structures. Pilots are designed to be lightweight but commercially realistic. The objective is to move quickly from concept to issuance.

Costs depend on project complexity, verification requirements, and transaction volume. Carbon3's fees focus on the marketplace activity of selling and retiring credits. Carbon3 aims for transparent, predictable pricing aligned with infrastructure-style economics.