CSRD · CBAM · SB 253 · ISO 14067 READY
Audit-grade product carbon certification, built by a regulated pathway operator on 123 government & institutional LCAs and 200+ peer-reviewed papers. Every number traceable by DOI. Zero commercial-database dependencies.
The evidence base
123 government & institutional life-cycle assessments plus 200+ peer-reviewed papers from Nature, Science, the IPCC, and The Lancet — synthesized into 215,000,000+ data points. Every one traceable to a DOI or a public source.
EPA emission factors and WARM, DOE Argonne GREET fuel pathways, NREL's Federal LCA Commons, DEFRA UK conversion factors, ADEME Agribalyse, EC3 construction EPDs, IPCC assessment data, University of Bath ICE materials database.
Food-systems meta-analyses, materials and polymer studies, grid-intensity research, end-of-life accounting — published in Nature, Science, IPCC reports, and The Lancet. Cited by DOI on every certificate they touch.
Branded food products, construction EPDs, GREET fuel pathways, regional grid intensity, end-of-life and recycling credits, packaging formats, and polymer production — cradle to grave.
The shift
CSRD, CBAM, SB 253, and procurement Scope-3 surveys push carbon disclosure down to the individual SKU. Company-level dashboards can't answer a question asked about a product.
Every factor on a Carbon Sight certificate traces to a public or DOI-cited source, cross-validated against at least two independent authorities, and published on an open methodology page with a version number and changelog.
Carbon Sight is built by the team behind a CARB LCFS Tier 2 dairy-biogas pathway. We don't theorize about carbon intensity — we file it, defend it, and get paid on it.
Each certified SKU gets a one-page PDF certificate, a public methodology page, and a clickable verification URL your buyers and auditors can check themselves.
Inside the engine
A real synthesis from the engine. Each line item names its authority. Two or more independent sources cross-validate every number — the result carries a confidence band, not false precision.
| Life-cycle stage | Contribution | Public source |
|---|---|---|
| Primary & recycled aluminum production | 0.31 kg CO₂e | USLCI / NREL FLCAC |
| Can forming & filling energy | 0.09 kg CO₂e | GREET 4.0 · EPA EF Hub |
| Distribution & retail | 0.08 kg CO₂e | EPA EF Hub |
| End-of-life recycling credit | −0.03 kg CO₂e | EPA WARM |
Cradle-to-grave boundary including end-of-life credits. Cross-validated against ≥2 independent public authorities per number.
The comparison
Watershed, Persefoni, and Sweep are corporate accounting platforms running on a single licensed commercial database. Carbon Sight certifies the SKU — on public data, with the audit trail published.
| ● Carbon Sight | Enterprise accounting (Watershed · Persefoni · Sweep) | DIY / spreadsheet | |
|---|---|---|---|
| SKU-level certification | Core product | Limited | Weeks per SKU |
| Data points | 215M+ | ~500K | A handful |
| Public LCA sources | 123 | 1 commercial DB | Variable |
| Cross-validation | 2+ independent sources | Single source | — |
| Cradle-to-grave incl. end-of-life | ✓ | Cradle-to-gate | Cradle-to-gate |
| Methodology published | Public URL on every certificate | Internal & partial | Varies |
| Commercial-DB dependency | Zero | ecoinvent / GaBi | Often ecoinvent |
| Operator pedigree | CARB LCFS Tier 2 | — | — |
| Time to first certificate | Days | 6–12 weeks | 3–6 months |
| Starting price | $99 | $37K–$264K / yr | $5K–$50K / SKU |
| Sells offsets | Never | Some do | N/A |
Pricing
Five tiers, no intake-form wall. Every tier ships a sourced, DOI-traceable result.
Public QA
Anyone can score any product at app.carbonsight.io — free — against the same engine that issues certificates. If a number is wrong, the world can see it and we have to fix it. That's the point.
Most certification schemes hide their math. Ours runs in the open, every day, against thousands of consumer scans.
Runs in any browser · add to your home screen · 3 free scans, no signup
Regulatory alignment
50,000+ EU companies in scope. Value-chain emissions reach the product level.
Embedded emissions priced at the EU border — steel, cement, aluminum, fertilizer, electricity, hydrogen.
California climate disclosure for companies above $500M revenue.
Green-claims ban on unsubstantiated marketing. UK CMA fines up to 10% of global turnover.
The product carbon footprint standards every Carbon Sight certificate is built to align with.
The global climate-disclosure baseline adopted across major capital markets.
Per-product environmental data attached at the SKU level — exactly what a certificate provides.
Who certifies
Major retailers now send supplier carbon questionnaires at the SKU level. A Carbon Sight certificate is a sourced, defensible answer — not an estimate you'll have to walk back.
Embedded-emissions pricing hits steel, cement, and aluminum first. Product-level numbers with public sourcing move you through procurement instead of into the penalty box.
EmpCo bans unsubstantiated green claims. A verification URL on your packaging turns a marketing risk into a trust asset.
"We built Carbon Sight the way we file pathways: every number has a source, every source is public, and nothing leans on a database you'd have to pay $80,000 to inspect."
Get started
From $99, in days — with the full audit trail published.