• ICC and Carbon Measures announce first ten international experts for a new carbon accounting panel
• Panel tasked with defining principles and real-world applications for a verifiable emissions ledger at product level
• Framework aims to shape market competition, standards setting and future policy tied to low carbon products

The International Chamber of Commerce and Carbon Measures have named the first cohort of experts to a new Technical Expert Panel on Carbon Accounting. Their mandate is to design a global framework for tracking greenhouse gas emissions at the product level across value chains through a timely, accurate and verifiable ledger-based system that could influence corporate disclosure, standards setting and policymaking.

The panel consists of ten specialists drawn from industry, academia, science and civil society. Members include corporate sustainability chiefs, former industrial executives, public policy scholars and financial sector representatives from the United States, Europe, India, Japan and Singapore.

The proposed system seeks to bring data integrity and comparability into product-level emissions accounting, an area that remains fragmented across voluntary standards and sector initiatives. By focusing on the value chain, the panel expects to inform real-world decision making for companies, investors, standards bodies and governments.

“Each of these experts brings deep technical knowledge and a long-standing commitment to reducing emissions,” said Amy Brachio, CEO of Carbon Measures. “What’s been most striking is the caliber of interested candidates we’ve seen globally lifelong leaders who want to lend their experience to help get this right. The first group reflects a shared ambition to establish a system that will accurately differentiate low carbon products, enabling policy and market competition to accelerate meaningful emissions reductions.”

Global Composition and Technical Breadth

The first cohort includes Alicia Seiger, Director of Climate at Chan Zuckerberg Initiative, Dr. Amy Luers, Head of Sustainability Science and Innovation at Microsoft, former Bayer Head of Engineering and Technology Armin Knors, Dr. Benedikt Plümper, Head of ESG Portfolio Management at Banco Santander, and Resources for the Future CEO Billy Pizer.

Also named were Jakob Stausholm, Fellow at the Blavatnik School of Government and former Rio Tinto CEO, Stanford Professor Kate Maher, Tata Steel Limited Executive Director and Chief Financial Officer Koushik Chatterjee, private family office managing director Rachel Teo, and Mitsui Executive Strategist Tatsuya “Todd” Hoshino. All panelists will serve in a personal capacity, an approach that ICC views as important for preserving independence and technical candor.

ICC Deputy Secretary-General Andrew Wilson said: “The initial appointments to the panel bring an exceptional depth and range of experience reflecting the diversity of expertise that will be required to unlock carbon accounting as a tool to accelerate decarbonization across the economy. We look forward to working with Carbon Measures to further build out the panel in the coming weeks, and are encouraged by the strong response from experts across a wide range of disciplines and markets.”

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Governance, Standards and Policy Stakes

ICC is managing the selection process to ensure geographical diversity and deep technical specialization. Shortlisted candidates are reviewed by the panel co-chairs, with Carbon Measures and ICC jointly approving final selections. Strong international interest prompted ICC and Carbon Measures to extend the application deadline to February 15, 2026, to allow additional experts to join ahead of the group’s first meeting later in the quarter.

For corporate leaders and investors, carbon accounting at the product level intersects with multiple emerging frameworks, including Scope 3 disclosure, embodied carbon standards, procurement strategies and green trade policies. Accurate differentiation between low and high carbon products has implications for pricing power, access to markets and regulatory treatment. Governments are exploring carbon-based trade measures, public procurement rules and incentives for industrial decarbonization, all of which depend on reliable data.

Global Relevance and Next Steps

While the panel is still forming, the initiative points to a wider industrial shift toward standardized emissions measurement and verification. For heavy industry, energy, transport, agriculture and consumer goods, a ledger-based system could help mitigate data asymmetries that currently complicate climate reporting, project finance, carbon markets and compliance regimes.

Additional appointments will be announced ahead of the panel’s inaugural session. If the system gains traction, it could influence how global markets recognize low carbon products and how policy frameworks structure competition in the carbon constrained economy.

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