Different instruments. Different evidence.
Interoperability starts with understanding what each instrument represents, who owns
the attributes and what the buyer can claim.
RECs & other electricity EACs
MWh
Electricity generation attributes
RECs are a type of energy attribute certificate. Eligible certificates can support electricity-use claims under the applicable programme and accounting rules.
Examine
Generation source, location, vintage, ownership and redemption or
cancellation.
Buyer question
Does this evidence support our specific electricity claim?
Carbon credits
tCO₂e
Quantified emissions reductions or removals
Carbon credits follow their own crediting, verification and claims requirements. They do not replace electricity attribute evidence in Scope 2 accounting.
Examine
Project methodology, vintage, verification, ownership, retirement and
permitted use.
Buyer question
Which climate claim is justified by this credit and its use?
Connect records, not interchangeable units. Shared data can support traceability and due diligence. It does not make one MWh equivalent to one tonne of CO₂e, or guarantee environmental integrity.
From market questions to a worked case
A proposed working format built around one corporate procurement scenario, with
clear decisions at each stage.
Proposed running order. Final timing and facilitation are to be confirmed.
Compare options by cost, location, timing, evidence quality and claim suitability, rather than headline price alone.
10
MINUTES
Set the accounting boundaries
Separate electricity attributes, emissions reductions and removals before evaluating procurement options.
10
MINUTES
Test the procurement specification
Assess how proposed Scope 2 changes, hourly matching and deliverability could affect APAC procurement evidence.
15
MINUTES
Trace the evidence chain
Identify registry, ownership and monitoring data needed to detect duplicate issuance, use or claims.
20
MINUTES
Work through the buyer decision
Compare instruments across cost, location, timing and permitted claims using a hypothetical corporate procurement case.
5
MINUTES
Turn findings into next steps
Identify evidence gaps and assess whether connectivity could improve price discovery and liquidity without weakening integrity.
Who should be in the room
A cross-sector working session for the people who buy, supply, track and assess
environmental instruments.
Corporate buyers
Energy procurement, sustainability, finance and reporting teams responsible for purchasing decisions and corporate claims.
Energy market participants
Utilities, renewable-energy developers, power originators, aggregators and EAC traders working with corporate demand.
Market infrastructure
Registries, standards bodies, exchanges and data providers responsible for traceability, ownership and market connectivity.
Carbon & assurance specialists
Carbon-credit buyers and suppliers, verification bodies and advisers assessing evidence, integrity and permitted use.
Workshop contributors
The workshop is being developed from the original interoperability panel. Participation
in the revised format is subject to reconfirmation.
Daphne Chee
Head of Green Solutions, APAC
ENGIE
Listed on the original panel.
Workshop participation to be reconfirmed.
Perspectives the workshop will bring together
The proposed mix combines purchasing experience with independent scrutiny and market infrastructure expertise.
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A corporate energy or sustainability buyer
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A registry or electricity-attribute specialist
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A carbon-market or assurance practitioner
Additional contributors and moderator to be announced.
Leave with a clearer decision framework
The proposed exercises are designed to produce practical reference points for
procurement teams and their market counterparts.
An instrument-to-claim map
Clarify the role of each instrument and the boundaries around its use.
A procurement evidence checklist
Identify the ownership, registry and supporting records to request before purchasing.
A worked claim-review case
Practise separating valid evidence, unresolved questions and unsupported assumptions.
A set of questions for counterparties
Turn gaps in the evidence into specific due-diligence and contracting questions.
Bring your procurement questions.
Contact the programme team about the workshop, participation arrangements or a
relevant case-study contribution.
This workshop focuses on cross-sector procurement evidence, registry connectivity and claims. The Data Centre Power Lab examines physical power-system transition, reliability and investable energy arrangements for data-centre demand.
No. The workshop explores connections between data and evidence, while keeping instrument definitions, accounting treatment and claim requirements distinct.
They remain proposals in the GHG Protocol update process as checked on 29 October 2026. The session will distinguish current requirements from proposed revisions.
The workshop date, time, room and access arrangements are to be confirmed. Summit registration alone should not be treated as a confirmed workshop seat. Please contact the programme team for details.
Connect the evidence.
Keep the claims distinct.
Electricity attributes and carbon credits sit in different markets, but corporate buyers need to assess both with confidence.
This workshop examines how procurement records, registries and monitoring data can connect without treating different instruments as interchangeable. Participants will test purchasing choices, trace evidence and examine the claims each instrument can support.
The central question
Can better connectivity create value without blurring environmental claims?
Focus on practical decisions across APAC energy and corporate procurement markets, not a single industry or technology.