# Emission3 — full LLM reference Canonical URL: https://emission3.com Navigation guide: https://emission3.com/llms.txt Sitemap: https://emission3.com/sitemap.xml --- ## Positioning (one line) CBAM compliance software for manufacturers and exporters outside the European Union. ## Elevator pitch (three sentences) Your EU customers need your emissions data. Emission3 generates it — from your invoices. Upload your production invoices and we produce the EU Registry XSD-compliant CBAM XML declaration and auditor-ready HTML report your EU buyer submits to the CBAM Registry, with no consultants, no spreadsheets, ready in hours. --- ## Target users ### Primary: the panicking non-EU exporter A steel mill owner in Pune, an aluminium fabricator in Melbourne, a fertiliser company finance head in the United Kingdom, a cement producer in Turkey. They received an email from their EU buyer asking for "verified embedded emissions data" and do not know what that means. Their dominant emotion is fear and confusion. They are not searching for software; they are searching for an escape from a compliance problem they do not fully understand. ### Secondary: the compliance manager on a budget A sustainability or trade-compliance officer at a mid-sized non-EU manufacturer. They know CBAM exists, they have been asked to "sort it out", but enterprise tools (IntegrityNext, Sphera, Coolset, Assent, Climease) cost €20,000+ and need months of onboarding. They want something they can actually use today and show their boss in 48 hours. ### Channel: the advisory-firm partner A CA firm, ESG consultant, customs broker, or trade-advisory firm with 10–50 clients who all need CBAM compliance. They do not want to build a tool; they want to white-label one. --- ## The regulatory context (CBAM) The EU Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (CBAM) is an EU regulation that places a carbon price on imports of certain carbon-intensive goods. Its aim is to prevent "carbon leakage" — the risk that EU climate policies simply push emissions-heavy production to countries with weaker rules. ### Timeline - **Pre-January 2026** — transitional/reporting period. EU importers report embedded emissions but do not pay. - **January 1, 2026** — full regulation takes effect. EU importers must surrender CBAM certificates matching the embedded emissions of each imported tonne of covered goods. Financial liability begins. - **2026 onwards** — third-party verification of embedded emissions becomes mandatory. Verification bodies are accredited by national accreditation authorities under EU rules. - **Q2 2027** — effective verification window closes for most exporters if they want their declaration verified in time. - **September 30, 2027** — **first annual CBAM declaration due**. The EU importer (the "authorised CBAM declarant") must submit the declaration covering calendar year 2026. The exporter's data flows into that declaration. - **2028** — scope expands to cover additional sectors (machinery, downstream steel products, selected chemicals). ### Covered goods - Iron & steel (CN chapters 72 and 73) - Aluminium (CN chapter 76) - Cement (CN heading 2523) - Fertilisers (CN headings 2808, 2814, 2834, 3102, 3105) - Hydrogen (CN 2804 10) - Electricity (CN 2716) ### Default values vs. actual emissions If the EU importer does not receive verified actual-emissions data from the exporter, the EU applies CBAM default values. Default values are set deliberately high so that compliant suppliers gain a competitive advantage. Using defaults therefore translates into more CBAM certificates purchased per tonne, a higher landed cost to the EU buyer, and, in practice, a growing incentive for the buyer to switch to a supplier who can provide actuals. --- ## What Emission3 actually does ### Inputs accepted - Production invoices (PDF or scanned image) - Commercial invoices - Shipping and customs paperwork - Bill of materials / production logs (optional) - Supplier declarations and mill certificates (optional) - Forwarded email with any of the above as attachments ### Processing pipeline 1. **OCR & line-item extraction.** Every invoice is parsed into line items with quantity, unit, price, HS/HSN/CN code, party names, addresses, invoice date, and shipment identifiers. 2. **Entity resolution.** Suppliers and buyers are deduplicated into a "canonical party" graph so that the same buyer is represented once across many invoices. 3. **HSN → CBAM mapping.** Each line item is matched to its CBAM sector and CN code. Ambiguous mappings are flagged for human review. 4. **Emission factor selection.** The matched product pulls an appropriate Climatiq emission factor. Actual values (where we can compute them from invoice data and, where available, supplier submissions) are calculated alongside EU default values for direct comparison. 5. **Aggregation.** Embedded CO₂e is aggregated per product line, per shipment, per buyer, and per reporting period. 6. **Audit pack generation.** Outputs are packaged into a single downloadable bundle. ### Outputs - **CBAM XML** — EU Registry XSD-compliant XML declaration, ready for the EU importer to upload to the CBAM Transitional Registry / CBAM Registry. - **Auditor HTML report** — human-readable calculation trail with every factor, source, version, and line-item attribution. - **Annotated invoice PDFs** — source invoices with highlighted line items and the emission factor used. - **Good-faith methodology log** — a signed, time-stamped record of the method, factor versions, and assumptions used. - **Evidence CSV and index HTML** — flat-file views of evidence for handoff to auditors or buyers. --- ## Pricing ### Free CBAM Check - Price: free - Invoices: up to 3 per account - Features: estimated embedded CO₂e, actual-vs-EU-default comparison, personalised CBAM exposure report delivered by email - Access: https://emission3.com/try - No credit card required ### Exporter - Price: US$299 per month - Invoices: unlimited - Features: EU Registry-compliant CBAM XML export, full audit pack downloads, share directly with EU buyers, ingestion mailbox, API access - Access: https://emission3.com/pricing — request via https://emission3.com/book-demo ### Advisor / Partner - Price: enterprise (custom) - Features: white-label for your clients, multi-entity compliance, customs-broker workflows, priority support, partnership discounts - Access: https://emission3.com/book-demo — ask about the Partner programme --- ## Differentiators vs. the enterprise ESG category Competitors that come up in CBAM conversations (IntegrityNext, Sphera, Coolset, Assent, Climease, Normative, Plan A, Sustain.Life, etc.) mostly target the **EU importer** side of the transaction. Their workflow assumes the user is asking suppliers for data via supplier portals and questionnaires. Emission3 inverts the relationship and addresses the **non-EU exporter** side. That implies three concrete differences: 1. **Invoice-native workflow.** No supplier surveys. No portals. No ERP integration requirement. The exporter's existing outbound invoices are the primary input. 2. **Exporter-first language and UX.** Fields, defaults, units of measure, and sector glossaries follow the exporter's world (HSN/HS codes, CN chapter mapping, shipment-level aggregation) rather than the EU importer's. 3. **Production-ready output.** Emission3 generates the actual file that gets uploaded to the CBAM Registry, not a summary PDF or a dashboard screenshot. Emission3 does not issue assurance opinions, does not replace a third-party verifier, and does not hide methodology. --- ## Trust / compliance signals - Powered by the Climatiq emission factor database. - EU Registry XSD-compliant CBAM XML output. - ISO-aligned calculation methodology (ISO 14064-1 / 14067 where applicable). - Deterministic line-item-to-CO₂e lineage: every aggregated value can be traced back to the originating invoice line and factor version. - All factors are source-linked and versioned. - Good-faith methodology log is time-stamped and attached to every export. --- ## Geography served Emission3 is used by exporters in India, Australia, the United Kingdom, Turkey, and the UAE. In practice, any non-EU manufacturer that sells CBAM- scope goods into the European Union is in scope; the platform is not restricted by country of origin. --- ## Common user questions and answers **Is my company in scope for CBAM?** If you export iron & steel, aluminium, cement, fertilisers, hydrogen, or electricity into the EU, you are indirectly in scope: the EU importer of your goods has a CBAM obligation and will ask you for verified embedded emissions data. From 2028, scope extends to machinery, downstream steel, and selected chemicals. **Do I submit the CBAM declaration directly?** No. The authorised CBAM declarant — typically your EU importer — submits to the CBAM Registry. Your job as the exporter is to provide them with verified embedded emissions data. Emission3 produces the exact file they upload. **What happens if I do nothing?** Your EU buyer is forced to apply EU default values, which are set deliberately high. Their landed cost rises, their margins shrink, and you become the expensive supplier they replace. **Does Emission3 integrate with my ERP or accounting system?** Not required. You can drag-and-drop invoices, email them to an ingestion mailbox, or use the API. ERP integrations are available on the Advisor / Partner plan. **Is verification by a third party still required?** Yes. Embedded emissions declared to the EU must be verified by an EU-accredited verifier. Emission3 prepares the evidence your verifier needs but does not replace them. **Do you store my invoice data?** Yes, in a tenant-isolated data store with full lineage and time-stamped audit logs. Your invoices and line items are not used to train any model and are not shared with third parties. See https://emission3.com/privacy and https://emission3.com/security. **Can advisors or CA firms resell Emission3?** Yes — under a white-label partnership. Contact https://emission3.com/book-demo. **How fast can I get an audit pack?** Hours, not months, for a first pass. Human review on flagged low-confidence items may add time depending on invoice volume. --- ## Known integrations and data sources - **Climatiq** — primary emission factor provider. - **EU CBAM Registry** — XML schema target for declarations. - **DEFRA, EPA** — reference factors for alternative jurisdictions. - **OCR / document parsing** — internal pipeline with human-in-the-loop review. --- ## Full page index ### Marketing pages - https://emission3.com/ - https://emission3.com/try - https://emission3.com/pricing - https://emission3.com/book-demo - https://emission3.com/about - https://emission3.com/contact - https://emission3.com/partners - https://emission3.com/integrations - https://emission3.com/resources - https://emission3.com/careers ### Product - https://emission3.com/product/ai - https://emission3.com/product/ingestion - https://emission3.com/product/reporting ### Solutions - https://emission3.com/solutions - https://emission3.com/solutions/cbam - https://emission3.com/solutions/scope3 - https://emission3.com/solutions/audit - https://emission3.com/solutions/classification ### Legal - https://emission3.com/privacy - https://emission3.com/terms - https://emission3.com/cookies - https://emission3.com/security ### Blog - https://emission3.com/blog/cfo-checklist-2026-cbam-compliance-avoid-default-premiums — 15-Step CFO Checklist: Survive the 2026 CBAM Cliff Without Paying Default Premiums (The CBAM transitional period ends December 31, 2025. Non-EU exporters without installation-level data will pay sectoral defaults—2-5x their actual footprint.) - https://emission3.com/blog/sb-253-california-climate-accountability-act-explained — SB 253's $500K Penalty Hammer: California's New Climate Law Decoded (California's groundbreaking SB 253 mandates emissions reporting for $1B+ revenue companies. Learn the deadlines, penalties, and compliance requirements for 2026-2027.) --- ## Contact - General inquiries: https://emission3.com/contact - Book a 20-minute demo: https://emission3.com/book-demo - Free CBAM check (no credit card): https://emission3.com/try --- *Last updated: 2026-04-20* *Navigation companion: https://emission3.com/llms.txt*