Announcing the launch of our scope 3 verification platform

SustainCERT, a global leader in climate impact verification, has launched a pioneering platform that will accurately verify and track the decarbonization impact of Scope 3 (value chain) projects.   

A world’s first, this platform combines climate and environmental accounting expertise with industry-leading technology to accurately verify, track, and co-claim emission reductions and removals from a value chain project (also known as ‘an intervention’). This concept will allow companies to co-invest in reductions and removals in their supply chains, share costs of decarbonization, and scale action faster. 

This solution will help companies tackle the largest source of their carbon footprint - value chain or Scope 3 Greenhouse Gas (GHG) emissions. These account on average for 75% of a company’s carbon footprint (rising to as much as 99% for some sectors). To date, the lack of clear guidance and rules around claiming, the complexities of many supply chains, and the challenge of collecting on-the-ground data are some of the issues preventing the acceleration of value chain decarbonization. 

The platform enables companies to account for and claim GHG impact from interventions in their value chain. It also allows transferring GHG impacts – verified by SustainCERT’s auditors – between supply chain partners and other eligible entities. This makes ‘co-claiming’ of shared Scope 3 intervention outcomes possible, which when verified can be used to show progress towards reporting a company’s Scope 3 climate targets.

To provide transparency, information on the intervention is available on a public database that provides details on validated and verified projects as well as information on impacts that have been claimed from those projects.

Marion Verles, CEO of SustainCERT said:

"We need significant progress in Scope 3 action to address emissions to reduce global warming as called for in the Paris Agreement. Substantial scaling of market and policy mechanisms that incentivize decarbonization – and collaboration between market players - is key. The regulations to drive Scope 3 action are increasing – but we need scalable action now."

"We have been committed to bringing credibility to climate action since 2018, and we are excited to offer corporations the ability to be recognized for their co-investments in the same value chain decarbonization program while maintaining environmental integrity and ensuring the intervention impact reporting is accurate, credible, and representative of on-the-ground impact."

"We believe this will be a game changer in Scope 3 action and we look forward to working with companies to credibly scale their value chain climate impact action."

SustainCERT has been innovating digital verification solutions for value chains and carbon markets since its inception and this new offer builds on its established Scope 3 services. SustainCERT supports corporates pursuing Scope 3 impact verification and its emission factor software that accounts for and tracks the impacts of climate action.

It also builds on leading guidance from the Value Change Initiative, a multi-stakeholder forum that brings together some of the world’s largest companies, leading civil society actors, and internationally recognized frameworks to collectively focus on defining best practices for Scope 3 emission reductions at scale.