Nset: Digital Decarbonization on Hedera

Nset announced it is building on Hedera to launch the world’s first digital infrastructure for embedding primary carbon data into physical commodity flows in response to accelerating climate disclosure requirements such as SB 253, CSRD, and SBTi FLAG, that are pushing companies beyond modelled emissions factors toward auditable, supply chain linked data.

The partnership leverages Hedera’s distributed ledger and open-source Guardian framework to anchor Nset’s Product Carbon Footprint (PCF) methodology and Carbon Inventory Certificate (CIC) instruments – creating the missing rails between farm-level emissions and corporate climate reporting.

The first inventory of CICs will support commercial beef and pork flows beginning in 2026, with expansion planned across additional commodities. 

The initial partnership brings together:

• Producers - representing 50M lbs of decarbonized supply
• Auditors - third-party auditors delivering verification and assurance
• Buyers - participating in supply chain-linked decarbonization

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CICs convert environmental attributes into green premiums embedded within physical commodity flows - aligning corporate climate action with farmer success to scale decarbonization across supply sheds.

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The Problem: Ambition Without Infrastructure

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Corporate climate commitments have outpaced delivery systems. Companies targeting Scope 3 reductions face critical gaps in demonstrating progress:

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• No primary data: Reliance on models and generic emissions factors limits accuracy and credibility.
• Disconnected accounting: Inability to tie emissions directly to physical product, limiting progress against Scope 3 frameworks like SBTi.
• Fragmented governance: Environmental claims rely on siloed databases and manual documentation, making verification and auditability difficult at scale.

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Scope 3 standards exist. The infrastructure required to operationalize them has been missing.

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The Solution: Integrated Climate Architecture

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Nset’s platform connects measurement, allocation, and accounting into a single system designed for Scope 3 reporting.

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• Continuous monitoring – Flux towers paired with Hyphen’s upscaling technology continuously measure real-time emissions fluxes in agricultural and livestock systems, replacing assumptions with empirical evidence. 
• Allocation engine – Verified carbon intensity improvements are proportionally allocated across specific supply sheds and commodity volumes, enabling defensible attribution to physical commodity flows aligned with emerging regulatory reporting requirements. 
• Accounting instruments – Serialized digital records that embed audited and verified emissions data directly into physical commodity flows, supporting inventory-aligned Scope 3 reporting.

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"The first era of climate markets created instruments. The next era requires systems," said Richard Cohen, CRO of Nset. "Measurement without allocation doesn't scale, and allocation without governance doesn't withstand scrutiny."

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