Carbon compliance, without losing sleep over the paperwork.

The transitional reporting period ended and the definitive period began. During the transitional period (Oct 2023 – Dec 2025), reports were required but no money changed hands and default emission values were allowed. From Q1 2026 onwards, EU importers must purchase CBAM certificates to cover the embedded emissions in what they import — and default values are being phased out in favour of primary data from producers.

At the plant level: fuel consumption (diesel, natural gas, LPG, furnace oil), electricity consumption broken down by source (grid, captive power, renewable), and production quantities. At the product level: CN code, monthly production, allocation method. At the supplier level: SEE (specific embedded emissions) for each precursor material — which we collect from your suppliers directly. Nothing you don't already have on a plant invoice or bill.

You fall back to EU default values — which are deliberately conservative and will make your reported emissions higher, raising the CBAM cost your EU buyer pays. Our supplier portal is designed to remove friction: suppliers submit data once (one page, no login) and it gets reused across every downstream exporter they sell to. Most mills eventually participate because their other customers are asking too.

A consultancy hands you a report each quarter and disappears. Carbon Sarthi is infrastructure — the data you enter in Q1 is reused in Q2, your suppliers' submissions persist across quarters, your dashboard is always live, and your audit trail accumulates. You pay less over time, not more, because 80% of each quarter is already in the system.

You do. Always. Your data is hosted in India, exportable at any time as Excel and EU-format XML, and deletable on request. We maintain a version history for audit purposes for as long as you're a customer. We never share your data with other customers — the only thing reused across customers is your suppliers' SEE data, and only with the supplier's explicit consent.

You do. Always. Your data is hosted in India, exportable at any time as Excel and EU-format XML, and deletable on request. We maintain a version history for audit purposes for as long as you're a customer. We never share your data with other customers — the only thing reused across customers is your suppliers' SEE data, and only with the supplier's explicit consent.

Three main differences. One: CBAM is triggered by exporting to Europe; CCTS is triggered by being a large domestic emitter in one of nine notified sectors. Two: CBAM reports are quarterly and sent via your EU importer; CCTS reports are annual and go to the Bureau of Energy Efficiency. Three: under CBAM, your EU importer buys CBAM certificates at ~€75/tCO₂e; under CCTS, you yourself buy or sell Carbon Credit Certificates domestically, expected to trade at ₹600–900/tCO₂e. The measurement work is ~80% the same — fuel, electricity, raw materials, production — which is why we run both on one platform.

Compliance obligations began 1 April 2025 (start of FY2025–26) for the first seven sectors notified. Targets for FY2026 and FY2027 are already set, using FY2024 data as the baseline. Actual CCC trading on power exchanges is expected to launch mid-2026. The first compliance year ends 31 March 2026, with performance assessment documents due by 31 July 2026 — so the first real report is only three months away for most obligated entities. If you haven't started preparing, now is the time.

Week 1: scoping call, fixed quote. Week 2: we set up your installations and products, send the data template to your plant team. Week 3: we collect data, validate it, onboard your top suppliers. Week 4: first report generated and reviewed. Subsequent quarters take a fraction of the time — usually 3 to 5 working days from the start of the next reporting period.