Verdana offers a digital carbon consultancy platform that utilizes blockchain technology for secure and transparent carbon credit management and trading. The company addresses issues of unreliable carbon credit provenance and greenwashing by providing high-integrity carbon credits backed by financial protections and third-party insurance.
Funding
Funding not disclosed
Founders
Product
Problem
The voluntary carbon market suffers from a lack of transparency and reliability, leading to concerns about unreliable carbon credit provenance and greenwashing. Existing systems often lack the digital infrastructure needed for efficient carbon credit management and trading.
Solution
Verdana offers a SaaS platform that provides integrated digital carbon solutions, aiming to restore credibility to the carbon trade. The platform leverages blockchain technology to ensure an unalterable digital chain for carbon credits, enhancing security and authenticity. Verdana deals exclusively with high-integrity carbon credits, backed by financial protections and third-party insurance, offering buy-side protection through digital guardrails and enforceable SLAs. The platform simplifies carbon credit management from project initiation to carbon trading through its fully digital ecosystem. By focusing on AI and blockchain investments, Verdana provides real-time carbon credit tracking, easy integration with carbon registries, and tools to help clients generate and sell carbon credits.
Target Audience
Verdana targets organizations across various sectors, including oil & gas, agriculture, and urban sustainability, seeking to manage, track, and trade carbon credits with enhanced transparency and security.
Features
- Blockchain-backed immutability for secure and transparent carbon credit tracking
- Digital Measurement, Reporting, and Verification (dMRV) platform interconnected for validation and verification
- Integration with carbon registries and standards bodies like CerCarbono, facilitating international recognition and compliance
- Real-time analytics and user-friendly dashboards for enhanced decision-making
- CFEE Label digital rating service providing monthly CO2eq emissions per occupant
- Carbon finance solutions including Sukuks, Green Bonds, and Digital Carbon Credits
- Support for green bonds and tokenized carbon credits, expanding access to sustainable financing