What Carbon Measures does

Carbon Measures is a nonprofit global coalition founded in October 2025 and headquartered in New York, dedicated to transforming carbon accounting and emissions reporting through product-level measurement and government-mandated carbon intensity standards. It convenes 26 member enterprises spanning oil and gas (ExxonMobil, TotalEnergies, ADNOC), utilities (NextEra Energy), chemicals and industrial gases (Air Liquide, Linde, BASF, Honeywell), steel (Nucor), mining (Vale), automotive (Toyota), and financial services (Banco Santander, Bank of America, BlackRock's Global Infrastructure Partners, EY), with a stated mission to develop an investment-grade, ledger-based carbon accounting framework modeled on financial accounting principles that tracks product-level emissions across value chains so that every tonne is counted once and attributed correctly.

Its core technology offering is not a commercial product but a standards framework: a product-level carbon accounting methodology grounded in double-entry, ledger-based tracking principles; an explicit advocacy posture for government-mandated product carbon intensity standards covering electricity, fuel, steel, concrete, and chemicals (which, citing McKinsey research, collectively represent roughly 70% of energy-related emissions in most major economies); and a Technical Expert Panel of 24 specialists co-convened with the International Chamber of Commerce, supported by knowledge partnerships with S&P Global Commodity Insights, McKinsey & Company, and Resources for the Future. The organization delivered no patents, no API surface, and no AI/ML capability per the input data.

Carbon Measures is funded through annual membership dues from its 26 enterprise members, with the operating team intentionally lean—six permanent SVPs covering policy (ex-CFTC), technical (ex-ExxonMobil), accounting standards (ex-PCAOB), communications (ex-IBM), and member engagement (ex-Microsoft/BlackBerry), plus five secondees contributed in-kind from Vale, Air Liquide, EY, ExxonMobil, and Banco Santander. Go-to-market is coalition- and event-led: high-visibility climate forums (COP30 S\u00e3o Paulo, Davos, London Climate Action Week, UN Climate Week NYC) function as the primary member-recruitment surfaces, supported by executive thought leadership (CEO Amy Brachio, formerly EY Global Vice Chair of Sustainability) and direct enterprise outreach through a [email protected] channel.

Name

Carbon Measures

Legal name

Carbon Measures

Website

https://carbonmeasures.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

2025

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Carbon Measures is a nonprofit global coalition of 26 major enterprises developing a ledger-based, product-level carbon accounting framework and advocating for government-mandated carbon intensity standards across electricity, fuel, steel, concrete, and chemicals.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Carbon Accounting Coalition Services

akta.pro primary industry

Market Standards & Methodology Infrastructure (Standards bodies, methodologies, program rule systems) (EUABAAAH)

akta.pro secondary industries

ESG/Sustainability Reporting & Disclosure Platforms (EUABAEAB), Emissions Factors, LCA & Product Carbon Footprint (PCF) Platforms (EUABAEAD), Carbon Market & Policy Advisory (Compliance Schemes, ETS Design, Article 6) (EUABADAA)

Keywords

• Carbon accounting framework
• Emissions measurement standards
• Product-level carbon intensity
• Climate policy coalition
• Sustainability disclosure framework

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Coalition Membership Dues: Carbon Measures is funded by membership dues from coalition member companies. As a global business coalition focused on policy advocacy and framework development, the organization generates revenue through annual membership fees from participating companies across the industrial, energy, and financial sectors.

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels7 records

Core offering

Carbon Measures operates a global business coalition that develops an investment-grade, ledger-based carbon accounting framework modeled on financial accounting principles, tracks product-level emissions across value chains, and advocates for mandatory product carbon intensity standards covering electricity, fuel, steel, concrete, and chemicals. The coalition also convenes an independent Technical Expert Panel with the International Chamber of Commerce to produce the technical framework and engages governments and regulators to set enforceable standards.

Product overview

Carbon Measures is a global coalition of businesses committed to reducing carbon emissions by aligning market incentives with actions needed to drive impact at scale. The organization is focused on developing a globally adopted framework for product-level carbon accounting and advocating for mandatory product carbon intensity standards. Carbon Measures does not offer a commercial software product; instead, it functions as a standards-development coalition working to establish an investment-grade, ledger-based carbon accounting framework and drive market-based policy solutions. The coalition brings together member companies across industries to support the development of carbon intensity standards for key industrial products such as electricity, fuel, steel, concrete, and chemicals.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Coalition Membership (Carbon Measures Global Coalition) Annual membership in a global business coalition that develops an investment-grade, ledger-based product-level carbon accounting framework and advocates for mandatory product carbon intensity standards. Membership is intended for major industrial enterprises, energy companies, financial institutions, and supporting infrastructure operators seeking to demonstrate lower-carbon performance and shape the standards themselves.

Quantifiable outcome

• 70% of energy-related emissions come from the same 10 products in most major economies
• +1 more outcomes

Named customers10 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

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App detail

Feature3 records

Partnerships

Four partnerships are on record, tiered key and core.

• McKinsey & CompanykeyStrategic or Co-development Partner · 23 March 2026McKinsey serves as a knowledge partner, contributing analytical insights drawn from experience across industrial systems, global supply chains, and sustainability initiatives. Supports technical work by analyzing how standards operate in different contexts, including how carbon intensity standards could affect business investment decisions, industrial production systems, and global value chains.
• Resources for the Future (RFF)keyStrategic or Co-development Partner · 23 March 2026RFF, a nonpartisan energy and environmental economics think tank, serves as a knowledge partner conducting impartial research on regulatory impacts on the industrial sector. Research covers product carbon intensity standards including system boundaries, policy incentives, carbon accounting, and quantifying impacts in terms of economic efficiency, affordability, and international trade.
• International Chamber of Commerce (ICC)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 27 October 2025ICC and Carbon Measures co-launched the Technical Expert Panel on Carbon Accounting to develop a new global ledger-based carbon emissions accounting system. ICC leads the expert selection process, screening applicants to ensure broad global representation and technical depth. The partnership leverages ICC's institutional reach representing 45 million companies in over 170 countries.
• S&P Global Commodity InsightscoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 27 October 2025S&P Global Commodity Insights serves as the independent knowledge partner for the Technical Expert Panel on Carbon Accounting. The partnership provides deep expertise in commodity markets, data, analytics, and sustainability and emissions quantification to support the coalition's objectives.

Scale indicators5 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Emerging players

• Task Force on Climate-related Financial Disclosures (TCFD): Established climate-related financial disclosure recommendations now being consolidated into ISSB. Comparable as a coalition-led framework that shaped corporate climate reporting norms and informs the policy pathways Carbon Measures is targeting.
• Transition Pathway Initiative (TPI): Asset-owner backed initiative assessing companies' preparedness for transition to a low-carbon economy. Comparable as an investor-driven coalition producing standardized carbon performance assessments used in capital allocation.

Broad incumbents

• ISSB (International Sustainability Standards Board): IFRS Foundation body setting global baseline sustainability disclosure standards. Comparable as the broader incumbent setting the rules of the road for corporate sustainability reporting that Carbon Measures' framework must interoperate with.

Direct peers

• GHG Protocol: The dominant global standard for corporate-level greenhouse gas accounting, jointly administered by WRI and WBCSD. Directly comparable as the prevailing carbon accounting framework Carbon Measures is positioning to evolve or complement.
• CDP (Carbon Disclosure Project): Operates the world's largest environmental disclosure platform used by thousands of companies and investors. Direct peer in the carbon data and disclosure infrastructure space, with overlapping enterprise and financial-institution stakeholders.
• Science Based Targets initiative (SBTi): Enables companies to set emissions reduction targets validated against climate science. Comparable as a coalition-led initiative shaping how corporates measure and act on carbon, sharing overlapping members and corporate engagement channels.
• VCMI (Voluntary Carbon Markets Integrity Initiative): Provides guidance on how companies can make credible, high-integrity claims about their use of voluntary carbon credits. Closely comparable as a coalition-led effort to standardize carbon claims and claims-substantiation, complementary to Carbon Measures' product-level work.
• PCAF (Partnership for Carbon Accounting Financials): Global partnership of financial institutions developing standardized methodologies for financed emissions accounting. Directly comparable as a coalition-led effort to embed carbon accounting into financial sector workflows, sharing many of the same enterprise stakeholders.
• ICVCM (Integrity Council for the Voluntary Carbon Market): Sets quality standards for voluntary carbon credits via its Core Carbon Principles. Directly comparable as a coalition-driven initiative developing integrity standards for carbon claims and measurement, with parallel methodological ambitions.
• Climate Action Tracker (CAT): Independent scientific analysis tracking government climate action against Paris Agreement commitments. Comparable as a measurement-and-evaluation coalition producing standardized assessments used by policymakers and investors.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/CarbonMeasures
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/carbonmeasures

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Number of profiles

Profiles11 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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