Commodity procurement auctions remain fundamentally disconnected from the carbon market’s fluid pricing, creating a contradiction: sustainability objectives are set, yet buyers compete primarily on lowest-cost bids and often lack tools to reflect the true carbon impact of their purchasing choices.

This disconnect leaves procurement teams torn between short-term price optimization and long-term ESG commitments, eroding trust and reducing the market’s capacity to reward low-carbon suppliers.

Traditional auction platforms aren’t built to dynamically ingest, process, and reflect the volatile costs of carbon alongside commodity prices.

Data silos, lack of standardized APIs, and regulatory ambiguities make accurate carbon adjustment nearly impossible, while procurement systems hesitate to move beyond legacy workflows.