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Four channels — product, regulation, industry and customer stories — tracking the latest in green-compliance digitalization.
The CBAM definitive period is here: an exporter’s actual-value checklist
On January 1, 2026, the European Union's Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (CBAM) concluded its two-year transitional period and entered mandatory enforcement. This represents not merely an escalation of trade barriers, but a central pillar of the EU's three-pronged strategy combining carbon tariffs, emissions trading, and green industrial subsidies — fundamentally designed to protect the competitiveness of EU domestic manufacturing while accelerating decarbonization among global trading partners. This article provides exporters with a comprehensive guide to actual emissions preparation, covering CBAM's core changes in the formal period, the cost dynamics between actual and default values, an eight-step action checklist, AI-driven compliance acceleration, and sector-specific strategies for four key industries.
The Sustainability Data Platform: why “move, don’t compute” is right
Baking accounting logic into the data layer is a common mistake. Here is why the platform should focus on trusted ingestion and leave the “compute” to the products above.
EU Battery DPP 2027 countdown: four steps to a solid data foundation
Less than a year to the 18 Feb 2027 Digital Battery Passport mandate. Rather than tackling items one by one, connect PCF, traceability and ecodesign data once.
PV dual compliance: UFLPA traceability + CBAM filing on one dataset
PV modules face both US UFLPA traceability and EU CBAM/PCF requirements. The data overlaps heavily — the key is unified collection.
A leading EV-battery maker: PCF to DPP in 90 days
How a leading battery maker built a PCF model and connected its Digital Battery Passport data chain in 90 days (anonymized).
Steel’s carbon ledger: from China ETS compliance to CBAM exports
Steel is entering China’s carbon market while facing CBAM on EU exports. How one connected “carbon ledger” serves both domestic compliance and exports.