Carbon Credit Project Planning and Third-Party Verification Services

📌 Background

Following the restart of CCER (China Certified Emission Reduction) after the 2025 policy caliber, demand for carbon credits has grown rapidly: the global carbon credit development service market size exceeded $18 billion in 2026, an increase of nearly 240% compared to 2020 (institutional estimate, unverified independently). High-emission enterprises face compliance pressures in project planning, verification, and trading. Service providers offer one-stop implementation utilizing national verification agency cooperative qualifications, generating hundreds of thousands to millions of yuan in service revenue per emission reduction project (merchant caliber), complemented by transaction matchmaking commissions.

👤 Target Customers

Heads of carbon reduction projects in large manufacturing enterprises, energy enterprises, and other high-emission industries

💰 Revenue Streams

1) Project planning and accounting: Charging planning service fees per emission reduction project, with a single project generating hundreds of thousands to millions of yuan in revenue (merchant self-reported caliber, independently unverified); 2) Verification reports: Charging third-party verification fees per issued report, with revenue determined by the price per report and the total volume issued; 3) Transaction matchmaking: Extracting transaction commissions based on carbon asset transaction volume, with commission rates floating according to transaction scale; 4) Asset custody and carbon management value-added: Charging custody fees based on the scale of managed assets, marked as an opportunity item with no verifiable volume figures temporarily.

🧮 Cost Structure

Professional carbon verification team, R&D of carbon measurement platforms, third-party audit cooperation fees, marketing and channel expansion costs

🛡️ Moat

Possession of national verification agency cooperative qualifications, accumulated verified project case studies, proprietary carbon measurement models and data pools

🔑 Keys to Success

• Professional verification team
• Government-enterprise cooperation channels
• AI-driven carbon measurement platform

⚠️ Risks

• Updates to verification standards driven by changes in regulatory policies
• Project commercial returns affected by carbon price fluctuations
• Third-party audit compliance risks

🏢 Cases

• Carbonbase provides a one-stop carbon neutrality SaaS platform and has completed a million-dollar angel round financing
• Sino-Carbon and Climate Technology provides integrated enterprise carbon management services and supports CCER project verification

📊 SWOT Analysis