VerC
Put carbon in the
negotiated price
before you award the contract
Steel Importers, 70% of CBAM exposer is created in procurement.
VerC turns supplier emissions into negotiation leverage — before the costs hit your P&L.
Procurement was never designed for carbon pricing
CBAM didn’t add a requirement.
It changed the price of steel.
Once awarded, CBAM exposure cannot be renegotiated — only absorbed.
Pricing steel without seeing the carbon cost - before award
Choosing suppliers who force default values later - before award
Treating emissions data as sustainability — not euros - before award
Failing to turn emissions uncertainty into negotiation leverage - at award
Discovering verification failures too late - after award
Explaining CBAM overruns - after award
Procurement is the owner of CBAM risk — Finance pays for it.
The way procurement should’ve handled CBAM - day one
CBAM cost is locked per shipment — before finance ever sees it.
See Carbon Before You Negotiate
VerC anchors emissions to actual shipments, routes, and installations — not averages or declarations.
Compare Suppliers on Carbon-Adjusted Total Cost
Every bid is compared on Carbon-Adjusted Total Cost (CA-TCO) — one number, fully loaded.
Price Carbon Risk into Negotiation
VerC exposes supplier weak points — missing data, risky routes, default exposure — and turns them into leverage.
Lock Accountability into the Contract
CBAM obligations, documentation deadlines, and default-value liability are locked into the contract — before the award.
Carbon Governance, as a Service
Once you see carbon as cost,there’s no going back.
VerC replaces fragile spreadsheets and late CBAM surprises with Carbon-Adjusted Total Cost — delivered before you negotiate.
Negotiate with full cost visibility
Choose suppliers based on verified feasibility - not promises
Stop CBAM costs at award, not after import
Defend award decisions with audit proof numbers
Lock accountability into the contract, not after the shipment
Turn emissions uncertainty into a priced commercial variable
Spine
A carbon governance system for procurement
Spine governs every buying decision across cost, feasibility, exposure, and liability — before award.
Not a platform. Not reporting software.
A decision system, delivered with you, inside your buying workflow.
Each output is anchored to shipment-level data and enforceable supplier obligations.
GOVERN — PRICE
Carbon-Adjusted Total Cost (CA-TCO)
The number you negotiate with.
CA-TCO converts supplier emissions and default values into euros — before you award.
One fully loaded cost per supplier
Price + freight + duty + carbon in one number
Rank-ordered bids you can negotiate against
If it can’t be priced, it can’t be governed.
GOVERN — ELIGIBILITY
Supplier Feasibility Report
Who can actually deliver — and who can’t.
Before award, Spine tests whether a supplier can meet CBAM requirements at shipment level — not on paper
Documentation readiness
Emissions data credibility
Precursor and route transparency
Promises don’t clear customs. Evidence does.
GOVERN — ALLOCATION
Supplier Maturity Report
Why one supplier is riskier than another.
Spine scores suppliers on behavior — not claims — and shows how risk changes over time.
A/B/C Supplier maturity rating
Default-value exposure probability
Volume allocation guidance
Supplier maturity becomes a commercial variable.
GOVERN — ATTENTION
CBAM Risk Heat Map
Where your money is actually at risk.
Spine visualizes CBAM exposure across suppliers, origins, routes, and buying models — in euros.
Financial impact by supplier and origin
Clear priorities for negotiation and strategy
Probability × impact risk scoring
You can't manage what you can't see.
GOVERN — IRREVERSIBILITY
CBAM Contract Clauses
Where accountability actually lives.
Spine embeds CBAM obligations into supplier contracts — before the award.
Emission data deadline
Default-value liability
Enforceable penalities
If it's not in the contract, it's not enforceable.
Every buying decision is logged, attributable, and defensible — by design, and cannot be finalized without Spine clearance.
Spine engagement
Spine is a done-with-you carbon governance system designed to eliminate CBAM surprises, protect P&L margin, and give procurement defensible negotiation leverage — before the award, not after the cost.
If it can’t be priced, it can’t be governed.
If it’s not governed, it will hit your P&L.
Spine Foundation
See what happens when carbon is governed properly — once.
Limited Slots
€1,000
What’s governed
One RFQ, spot buy, or award decision
Carbon-Adjusted Total Cost (CA-TCO)
Supplier feasibility assessment
CBAM risk exposure explained in euros
What you get
One fully governed buying decision
A clear risk and cost position before award
Delivery in ~48 hours
30-minute decision debrief with Spine
Frequently asked questions
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