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Proof of Zero

Social impact & Sustainability

Carbon & eco credits

Data availability & readiness

Scoping emissions

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Europe

About

Proof of Zero allows organizations to measure and mitigate their carbon footprint, while creating blockchain-based disclosures of their scope 3 emissions.

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Acentrik

Mercedes-Benz launched Acentrik, a tool for data-sharing based on Gaia-X principles and the Gaia-X Trust Framework - a European initiative and standards for the data economy. Acentrik has secured a number of partnerships, including with Automaton (an AI platform for the agriculture industry) and Syntegra (an ML platform that generates synthetic healthcare data), among others.

Andes

Andes offers carbon removal credits of businesses and organizations while also developing microorganism technology for to permanently remove CO2 from the atmosphere. Andes has already removed 50k tonnes of carbon dioxide in their first pilot program.

Arkeen Network

Arkeen creates a marketplace between those who supply data around electricity generation and consumption with those who use the data for building applications and services.

Chainalysis

Chainalysis provides intelligence and risk management tools for blockchains and blockchain-based applications.

Circularise

Circularise is a software platform that creates “Digital Product Passports” - similar to “digital twins” - that allow for end-to-end traceability of supply chains. It has formed a number of major partnerships, including with automobile companies (e.g., Porsche and Mitsubishi), plastics companies (e.g., DOMO and Covestro), chemicals companies (e.g., Borealis) as well as Marubeni Corporation (a Japanese trading and investment conglomerate), Neste (Finnish oil refiner), and the City of Amsterdam.

ClimateX

ClimateX developed Spectra, a climate risk intelligence platform that allows organizations to access and integrate climate-related data into their business strategy and meet regulatory disclosures.

Constellation

Constellation is a privately backed, founder-led blockchain ecosystem focused on big data. The US Air Force (UASF) began contracting Constellation through a DOD partnership (”Phase I + II”) in 2019 to modernize the cybersecurity of its backend systems. More specifically, the USAF wants to effectively and efficiently transfer confidential data across their Defense Transportation System commercial airlift partners without sacrificing cost or speed. The USAF and Constellation are now in Phase III of their research and development.

Coorest

Coorest allows farmers and tree planting projects to generate tokens that represent absorbed CO2 linked to real-world trees. These tokens can only be minted through satellite verified on-chain data.

Cultivo

Cultivo sources land for regenerative projects. It was also chosen by the World Bank’s International Financial Corporation (IFC) to help lead its Carbon Opportunities Fund.

DIMO

DIMO allows drivers to gain better insight into their vehicles and get compensated for sharing their car data.

EY OpsChain

EY OpsChain seeks to provide data among the networks in the supply chain to improve tracking and visibility. In one of its applications, EY OpsChain is used for Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) goals by enhancing emission transparency across the entire value chain.

Forest Carbon

Forest Carbon restores degraded wetland forests. Forest Carbon and Mercy Corps Ventures (”MCV”) partnered on a data transparency pilot aimed at integrating reliable forest restoration data into the voluntary carbon market.

KlimaDAO

KlimaDAO created a carbon marketplace with the aim of becoming a major offsets purchaser, making carbon offset credits expensive, and incentivizing more energy-efficient practices.

Lasso Labs

Lasso Labs launched a discovery platform that allows NFT holders a real-time view of any access, offers, rights, or other opportunities tied to their digital assets.

MadHive

Madhive provides blockchain-based advertising and data solution for digital marketers.

Moss

Moss tokenizes ARR carbon credits for liquidity, traceability, security and avoiding double spending. In the past, Moss has also launched Amazon Forest NFTs for users to purchase rights related to property and protection of forested land.

Nori

Nori is building a carbon removal marketplace by supporting regenerative agricultural practices. It has already verified the removal of 125k+ tonnes of CO2 through 18+ carbon removal projects and delivered $2 million to farmers.

Open Forest Protocol

Open Forest Protocol (OFP) is an open platform allowing forest projects to measure, report and verify their forestation data. Through OFP, individuals, communities, NGOs, entrepreneurs and governments create transparent, immutable, proof-of-impact data that is comprehensively verified by a network of independent experts.

Plastiks

A transparent plastic recovery platform utilizing NFTs, that allows companies to directly support recovery projects to remove plastic waste from the environment in regions that lack infrastructure.

Rebalance Earth

Rebalance Earth is a carbon marketplace that aims to improve biodiversity and generate income for local communities globally.

REBO Bottle

REBO bottle measures your water intake, generates credits on blockchain for each measured use, and funds plastic collection from the ocean.

reciChain

Badische Anilin und Sodafabrik (BASF), the largest chemical producer in the world, launched reciChain - powered by Real Items - in Canada to track and sort recycled plastics through a concept known as “digital twins.” The original concept for this project came out of BASF in Sao Paulo, Brazil.

Regen Network

Regen Network is a platform for origination, investment, certification and issuance of high-integrity carbon and biodiversity credits from ecological regeneration projects. Microsoft purchased credits from Regen - called CarbonPlus Grassland credits - to help meet its climate goals and reward Australian land stewards for sequestering carbon on their land.

ReSeed

ReSeed is a marketplace for smallholder farmers that aims to remove carbon dioxide from the atmosphere by supporting regenerative farming practices.

Rice Exchange

Teijin (a Japanese chemical, pharmaceutical and information technology company) partnered with Fujitsu (a Japanese information and communications technology equipment and services corporation) partnered to launch a network - Fujitsu DLT - for tracking and tracing the environmental impact of recycled materials for industrial manufacturers. One project that uses this platform is Rice Exchange that is used for the trade and commercialization of rice.

SIMBA Chain

For supply chain management, SIMBA has already secured contracts with a number of entities including the US Department of Defense - Air Force (USAF) and Navy - Boeing, Department of Energy, among others.

Solid World

Solid World democratizes access to carbon project financing, providing developers of restoration projects with funding and assessing delivery risks with its integrated risk evaluation tool, CRISP. It also addresses buyer and distributor challenges, helping manage their inventory, navigate market volatility, reduce risk, and provide transparent pricing and terms.

Thallo

Thallo is a voluntary carbon marketplace seeking to bring more transparency for carbon credits to build trust and incentivize more usage.

Treeconomy

Treeconomy is a carbon offset marketplace that also tries to incentivize regenerative agriculture practices.

Triangle

The Triangle AssetOS platform links data directly with assets for sustainability tracking, reporting, benchmarking, and analysis.

VIA

VIA’s platform enables verification, integration, and analysis of private, decentralized data and can be used in energy traceability for clean energy and carbon intensity claims. In addition, VIA also has contracts with the US Department of Defense (DoD) and Intelligence Community, including with the Air Force, Navy, and Space Force.

WalliD

WalliD provides an onboarding and data verification solution by aggregating verifiable data sources and infrastructures. The aggregator brings together OAuth providers, Blockchains, Public Key Infrastructures (PKIs), DIDs, and Zero-Knowledge protocols. This allows WalliD to offer a toolkit with different suites of products that cater to the needs of WebApp, dApp developers, and users.

Zero Waste Foundation (ZWF)

ZWF built an incentive system - through its “Proof-of-Environmental-Work” protocol - to track waste and support recycling.