A Data-Driven Sustainability Ecosystem
Carbonly and DecarbonNode
Written by Saad Masood
saad@carbonly.co
saad@decarbonnode.com
Abstract: An easy-to-use cloud software; “carbonly.co” for all types of businesses. Carbonly will follow the global standards and guidelines for ESG Reporting, and sustainability accounting. It will provide a robust system for GHG emissions calculation, lifecycle assessment (LCA), product carbon footprint (PCF), and significant carbon stories of all types of businesses. Carbon labels will be used to communicate the LCA and PCF to carbon-conscious consumers by leveraging the blockchain technology. “DecarbonNode.com” is an eCommerce platform for sustainable climate consumerism. It will be the world’s first carbon-offset e-Wallet system for carbon-conscious consumers. DecarbonNode will provide a global identity to the carbon-conscious consumer community (CCCC). It will be an innovative social platform – bringing together carbon-conscious consumers and take benefit of sustainable products, conscious community, shared and circular economy. Moreover, as an ecommerce platform – It will be integrated with sustainable suppliers for low-carbon, carbon measured and labelled products. Conscious consumers will be encouraged to adopt climate habits through “Climate Behavior Hacks” – A series of social media content focused on climate behavior modification, these will include videos, podcasts, and blogs. In the end, conscious consumers will receive rewards via their impact and on low carbon purchase. Consequently, conscious community of corporates and consumers create a healthy and positive handprint to overcome their footprint.
Introduction:
Since the 18th century – the industrial revolution, the earth’s temperature has risen by 1 degree Celsius (Approx.) which is equal to the temperature increase due to anthropogenic activities in the previous 10,000 years. This climate risk has put humanity in severe survival danger. The more greenhouse gases are trapped in the earth’s atmosphere, the fast we will head towards our extinction. Now is the time to measure and manage our ecological footprint.
Regulators, Corporates, and Consumers constitute this whole ecosystem. Regulators have been trying to implement laws, regulations, and policies to mitigate the climate risk for many years. however, they have not achieved significant results due to a lack of consensus between corporates and consumers. This gap has triggered the start of Carbonly and DecarbonNode applications – a data-driven sustainability ecosystem. The vision of this sustainability ecosystem is to create an environmental impact and build global communities for “Carbon-Managed Corporates” and “Carbon-Conscious Consumers”.
Carbon-managed corporates community has the potential for several future green benefits, such as.
- Business to business (B2B) sustainable supplier sourcing platform.
- Business to consumer (B2C) carbon labeled eCommerce platform.
- An opportunity to transform the corporate social responsibility (CSR) budget into marketing, advertisement, and brand creation funds.
- Innovative asset depreciation methodology based on environmental efficiency rather than accounting book value.
- The Industrial Internet of things (IIoT) focused on carbon management programs.
- Internet of things (IoT) collaboration with financial institutions for the climate or sustainable financing. Etc.
Similarly, the carbon-conscious consumer community is likely to take plentiful ecological and cost paybacks, such as.
- A platform for sustainable climate consumerism where you can buy sustainable products.
- World’s first carbon offset e-wallet system for carbon-conscious consumers community.
- Consumer to consumer (C2C) platform based on shared economy.
- Consumer to business (C2B) Platform for Community bulk buying.
- Waste collection platform to boost recycling and circular economy.
- Carbon mileage mindset
Carbonly Model:
Its mission is to build intelligent sustainability tools for manufacturers and distributors to transparently measure, manage, and communicate their sustainability impact. It intends to develop an AI sustainability engine with thousands of Data Points.
Carbonly SaaS application will help to create sustainability reports in six easy steps.