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Reporting and compliance

Every report, from the same record.

EPR filings, Scope 3, avoided emissions and the claims on your pack all pull from one audited record, so they agree with each other and with your auditor.

The cost of waiting

Two states are already billing. California is next.

Disconnected records leave your team piecing together what happened after someone asks. That creates extra work and makes material claims harder to substantiate. Keeping evidence connected addresses the problem at the handoff, not just in the final report.

Oregon is already billing

Per pound, by format. Its bonuses need a third-party-reviewed LCA that your custody data feeds.

Colorado is invoicing now

Credits of up to 10% of the fee go only to evidenced performance.

California starts charging

SB 54 fees start, with a PCR bonus for certified pounds that reach the SKU.

EPR state compliance workbench with Oregon in progress and Colorado ready
State workbench: every filing, its PRO and how complete it is
EPR submission calendar with deadlines for California, Oregon, Maine and Colorado
Submission calendar: deadlines, requirements and evidenced tons by state
$3M a yearin fees for every 10 million pounds you ship into Oregon and Colorado today, and California from 2027.Modeled · 30¢ a pound blended rate
34¢ to $1.02per pound, Oregon's fee range for flexible plastic, by format.Source: CAA 2026 fee schedule
$50,000 a daythe ceiling on California SB 54 penalties.Source: SB 54

No EPR in your state yet? Private-label packaging becomes obligated the moment it ships into any of the seven EPR states, and green-claims rules apply everywhere.

Verify Oregon fee against the CAA PDF before launch
What shoppers do

Shoppers pay for proof, and punish its absence.

9.7%more they say they will pay for sustainably produced goodsPwC 2024 · 20,000+ consumers
58%have boycotted a brand over its environmental or labor practicesGreenwashing study · Supermarket Perimeter
58 to 72%read "contains recycled plastic" as good for the planet. About 9% of plastic ever made was recycled.Ipsos for ClientEarth
Sep 27, 2026EU ban on unsubstantiated green claims starts, fines up to 4% of turnoverDirective (EU) 2024/825
Transparency your customers can trust

Tell your customers the truth, and prove it.

Shoppers reward sustainability they believe and punish claims that do not hold. The record gives a retailer or brand audit-grade proof to publish, to message and to stand behind.

  1. 01
    Report it

    Sustainability reports and disclosures built from real-time, audit-grade data, not estimates.

  2. 02
    Say it

    Marketing, packaging and site claims drafted from the record, so every line has proof behind it.

  3. 03
    Defend it

    When a customer, reporter or regulator asks, the answer is the audited record, not a press release.

  4. 04
    Share proof, not secrets

    Partners confirm the facts without exposing prices, suppliers or volumes, and stay compliant doing it.

9.7%premium shoppers say they will pay for sustainably sourced goods
58%have walked away from a brand over its practices

Illustrative. Figures on the screen are sample data.

What is Scope 4?

"Scope 4" is the informal name for avoided emissions, first floated by the World Resources Institute in 2013. The working rulebook is the WBCSD Guidance on Avoided Emissions, version 2.0, published July 2025.

What it is

The emissions your solution helps others avoid, compared with what would have happened without it. Recycled PET resin, for example, carries about 60 to 67% lower greenhouse gas emissions than virgin resin.

What it isn't

Never a cut to your own footprint. The GHG Protocol requires avoided emissions to be reported separately from Scope 1, 2 and 3, and never netted against a climate target.

Why it matters now

Big buyers have started paying for verified low-carbon materials. Under SBTi's new net-zero standard, in effect February 2027, these purchases count only as a contribution, and only with a serialized, third-party-assured record.

Where REGENERATE X fits: every one of these deals needs per-lot proof of what material, how much, and where it went. That record is what REGENERATE X builds.

Sources: WRI (2013) · WBCSD Guidance on Avoided Emissions v2.0 (2025) · GHG Protocol Scope 3 FAQ · APR / Franklin Associates (2018) and NAPCOR (2020) resin LCAs · SBTi Corporate Net-Zero Standard v2.0 (2026)
Avoided emissions (Scope 4)

The biggest buyers now pay for verified low-carbon materials. Recycling just joined the list.

On September 22, 2026, Meta signed a three-year deal to buy environmental attribute certificates from MacroCycle, a U.S. PET recycler, to fund its first plant. Every deal like it needs one thing: a record of who owns the carbon on each pound. For recycled plastic, no registry exists yet.

MicrosoftSublime · cement
MicrosoftStegra · steel
MetaElectra · iron
AmazonRio Tinto Nuton · copper
GoogleStegra · steel
AmazonRio Tinto ELYSIS · aluminum
MetaMacroCycle · plasticsFirst plastics deal

How it is reported: three ledgers, never one total.

Avoided emissions, often called Scope 4, sit on their own ledger. They are reported separately and never netted against Scope 1, 2 or 3.

Disclosure view · one brand · FY2027 Illustrative
Inventory · Scope 1, 2, 318,600 tCO2elower in Category 1

Recycled resin bought with a supplier-specific footprint.

Counts toward target: yes
Contribution · beside it30,000certificates held

No physical link to your product. A contribution claim, not a Scope 3 cut.

Counts as contribution only · SBTi V2.0, Feb 2027
Avoided · Scope 418,600 tCO2eavoided vs. virgin resin

Virgin resin that was never made. Reported separately, never netted.

Counts toward target: never
Three panels, side by side, never one total. ESRS E1 keeps avoided emissions out of gross targets.
Inventory needsA supplier-specific footprint

The record carries weights, yield and processing per lot.

Category 12 needsProof of actual treatment

The record carries custody from the store bin to the processor.

Scope 4 needsA reference scenario and three gates

The record carries material, grade and destination per lot.

Contribution needsOne owner per pound, assured

The record is built to show who owns the carbon on each pound.

We track the pounds. The record is built to prove who owns the carbon.

See it on your own data

Find the value your supply chain already holds.

We walk your own records through the platform and show you the gaps, the proof and the dollars.