for Corporates
Your IT procurement sits inside a published standard now. I-TECs are the only EAC designed to meet it.
Low-Carbon IT Certificates are the verified instrument for circular IT hardware. I-TECs are the primary sub-product, with a defined compliance pathway under the SBTi Corporate Net-Zero Standard V2.0.
The SBTi Corporate Net-Zero Standard V2.0 was published in June 2026. It defines, for the first time, exactly how companies with Scope 3 Category 1 and 2 targets may use market instruments to manage emissions from purchased goods — including IT hardware. I-TECs are designed to operate within this framework, at the activity level or the activity pool level depending on your procurement situation.
EAC architecture
RECs
Verified lower-intensity electricity for Scope 2 reporting.
I-TECs
Verified lower carbon intensity IT hardware for Scope 3 Cat 1/2 reporting — with a defined compliance pathway under CNZS V2.0.
What an I-TEC is
An I-TEC (IT Asset Reuse Certificate) is an Environmental Attribute Certificate that conveys the verified carbon intensity of refurbished IT hardware. This is carbon intensity of up to 90% lower than equivalent new manufacture. Each certificate is:
● Issued against a verified processor order, not a sector average
● Calculated using an ISO 14064-2-aligned methodology with manufacturer-specific embodied carbon data
● Independently audited before issuance
● Recorded, transferred, and retired in the Bloom Registry, creating an exclusive, traceable claim
This is not an offset. I-TECs convey a verified product attribute. They represent the carbon intensity of a specific batch of refurbished hardware. They do not neutralise emissions. They lower the reported carbon intensity of your IT procurement footprint.
New to EACs? I-TECs are part of a broader class of instruments called Environmental Attribute Certificates — the same architecture behind RECs and SAF certificates.
Two ways I-TECs work under CNZS V2.0
The SBTi Corporate Net-Zero Standard V2.0 establishes a target implementation hierarchy. I-TECs can operate at two levels within that hierarchy, depending on your procurement situation.
Application 1 · Strongest position
Purchased with refurbished hardware
Where you procure refurbished IT hardware, the I-TEC is the verifiable proof of product attribute, confirming a carbon intensity of up to 90% lower than new manufacture.
The lower emission factor flows directly into your Scope 3 Cat 1/2 physical GHG inventory. This is an activity-level action under CNZS-C21.
Accounting outcome: a reduction in your Scope 3 physical GHG inventory.
Application 2 · Certificate only
Where full substitution isn’t feasible
Where refresh cycles, performance requirements, or supply constraints prevent full procurement substitution, I-TECs may be purchased as certificates only.
This constitutes an activity pool-level action under CNZS-C21 and reported separately from the physical GHG inventory as a system contribution claim.
Accounting outcome: a separately disclosed, credible action that does not reduce the physical GHG inventory figure.
The preferred route for both applications is to purchase I-TECs directly from your ITAD partner. This defines the tightest possible activity pool boundary under CNZS-C22 and satisfies temporal alignment requirements under C25.5. If your ITAD provider is not yet on the Bloom platform, we can help you start that conversation.
What this means for your Scope 3 reporting
Corporate IT hardware typically sits in Scope 3 Category 1 (purchased goods) or Category 2 (capital goods). I-TECs enable you to report verified, activity-based outcomes in place of spend-based estimates.
CNZS V2.0 compliance pathway. I-TECs are designed against criteria C21–C28 of the SBTi Corporate Net-Zero Standard V2.0, published June 2026. See the full criterion-by-criterion guide →
A credible, defensible basis for demonstrating year-on-year improvement in IT procurement carbon intensity.
Registry retirement records that support CDP disclosures, sustainability reports, and internal governance.
Activity-based data replacing spend-based estimates (a more robust accounting basis under the GHG Protocol and CNZS V2.0).
A mechanism that finance, procurement, and sustainability teams can all work with — on a clear timeline.
I-TECs and the SBTi Corporate Net-Zero Standard V2.0
A criterion-by-criterion guide to how I-TECs align with CNZS-C21 through C28 — covering the implementation hierarchy, activity pool boundary definition, market instrument integrity criteria, and registry requirements.
What this requires from you
The simplest route to I-TEC compliance is to purchase through your existing ITAD relationship. If your ITAD provider is already on the Bloom platform, certificates can flow through to you as part of their existing reporting process, satisfying both activity pool boundary and temporal alignment requirements under CNZS V2.0.
If your ITAD provider is not yet registered, we can help you start that conversation — or you can purchase I-TECs from the open market via the Bloom Registry.
What are Environmental Attribute Certificates?
How EACs work, why Scope 3 created demand for them, and where I-TECs fit in the broader landscape.
I-TECs and the SBTi CNZS V2.0
Criterion-by-criterion: how I-TECs align with C21–C28 of the SBTi Corporate Net-Zero Standard V2.0, published June 2026.