osapiens HUB for Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (CBAM)
CBAM turns embedded emissions into future certificate costs and makes supplier data quality a real sourcing factor. With osapiens HUB for CBAM, you see cost exposure early, compare suppliers, guide supplier data collection and automate compliance through to EU-compliant XML exports.
CBAM cost exposure starts with fragmented data. It ends here.
CBAM turns carbon emissions into a real import obligation. Suddenly, reporting alone is not enough. You need to know which goods are in scope, which suppliers can provide reliable emissions data, where default values increase your cost exposure and how upcoming certificate obligations could affect sourcing decisions. When every answer means chasing another team, supplier or spreadsheet, CBAM quickly becomes a cost and data problem.
osapiens HUB for CBAM helps you bring that process under control. The solution connects import, procurement, supplier and regulatory data in one workflow, supports suppliers with guided data collection and eLearning, calculates embedded emissions and expected carbon costs, benchmarks supplier performance and prepares EU-compliant XML exports when reporting is due.
From compliance obligation to carbon cost control
Import & obligation screening
Automatically screen import declarations and procurement data to identify CBAM-relevant goods, assign them to the right product groups and reporting periods, and create early transparency on upcoming obligations.
Build one carbon data foundation across CBAM, CCF and PCF
Bring internal data, supplier data and regulatory data together in one structured carbon data foundation. Instead of managing CBAM data in a separate silo, you can reuse validated emissions and product-related information across CBAM, Corporate Carbon Footprint and Product Carbon Footprint use cases.
Guide suppliers with integrated eLearning
Help suppliers understand what CBAM requires before they submit data. Integrated eLearning guides them through the relevant concepts, data fields and reporting expectations, reducing back-and-forth and improving the quality of supplier-provided emissions data.
Collect supplier data and benchmark carbon performance
Engage suppliers in a structured workflow to collect actual emissions data, check data completeness and compare suppliers based on CBAM-relevant carbon performance. This allows you to identify data gaps, reduce reliance on default values and make supplier conversations more fact-based.
Calculate embedded emissions and steer carbon costs
Calculate direct and indirect embedded emissions based on available internal, supplier and regulatory data. Translate emissions into expected CBAM certificate exposure to understand future cost implications early, compare sourcing scenarios and support better purchasing decisions.
Automate compliance reporting and XML exports
Generate CBAM reports automatically based on validated data, deadlines and regulatory requirements. Export EU-compliant XML files and keep supporting documentation, calculations and communication trails available for internal review and external submission.
Frequently asked questions
The Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (CBAM) puts a carbon price on certain carbon-intensive goods imported into the EU. It currently covers goods in sectors including cement, iron and steel, aluminium, fertilisers, electricity and hydrogen. Since 2026, most importers below the annual threshold of 50 tonnes are exempt, while electricity and hydrogen remain subject to CBAM regardless of volume.
CBAM moved from quarterly emissions reporting to a system with financial obligations. Companies above the relevant threshold need to manage embedded emissions, submit an annual CBAM declaration and surrender the corresponding number of CBAM certificates. The first declaration for 2026 imports is due by 30 September 2027, and certificate sales start on 1 February 2027.
CBAM compliance depends on bringing together data that often sits in different places: import and customs data, product classifications and volumes, supplier and installation data, embedded emissions and relevant regulatory information. The real challenge is not collecting one more dataset, but connecting these sources reliably across teams and suppliers.
osapiens HUB for CBAM connects internal, supplier and regulatory data in one end-to-end workflow. It helps identify affected imports, collect and validate emissions data, calculate embedded emissions and expected carbon costs, benchmark suppliers and prepare compliance-ready outputs.
The solution structures supplier data collection, makes gaps and incomplete submissions visible and helps you compare the carbon performance of suppliers. This gives you a clearer basis for deciding where to improve primary data quality, where exposure remains and which suppliers need further engagement.
Yes. By connecting embedded emissions with upcoming certificate obligations, osapiens gives you earlier transparency into potential carbon cost exposure. You can compare suppliers and sourcing scenarios before costs only become visible at the point of compliance.
Yes. osapiens creates a shared carbon data foundation across CBAM, Product Carbon Footprint and Corporate Carbon Footprint use cases. This allows validated supplier, product and emissions data to be reused instead of collected and maintained in separate silos.
Yes. osapiens automates compliance preparation and generates EU-compliant XML exports based on the data managed in the platform, helping you move from distributed data collection to a ready-to-go compliance workflow.
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Using the osapiens HUB for Due Diligence (LkSG), CBAM, and CSRD, OPTIMA consolidated its compliance processes on a single platform.
