Blockchain for Energy has announced its official membership in the Hedera Council. This move expands the nonprofit’s commitment to improving sustainability data management using distributed ledger technology. Blockchain for Energy, known as B4E, has already built its B4ECarbon platform on the Hedera network. The platform offers secure, verifiable, and real-time emissions reporting for the energy sector. Now, as a full Council member, B4E will help shape the governance of Hedera while deepening its role in setting emissions reporting standards.
This collaboration links Hedera’s high-throughput, energy-efficient infrastructure with B4E’s industry-driven mission. It also signals growing institutional alignment on the use of digital tools to combat greenwashing and enhance environmental accountability across oil, gas, and renewables.
Hedera Governance: Why the Council Matters
The Hedera Council includes up to 39 members from diverse sectors such as technology, finance, telecommunications, and now energy. Council members host network nodes and vote equally on changes to software, fee structures, and governance. Current members include Arrow, Google, IBM, Dell, Standard Bank, and the BitGo. The council model prevents any single entity from dominating decision-making.
Blockchain for Energy becomes one of the first energy-native members. As a Council participant, B4E will operate its own Hedera node. It will also contribute to protocol-level decisions that impact digital measurement, reporting, and verification (dMRV) use cases. This adds energy-sector expertise to Hedera’s governance structure and aligns long-term goals across sustainability, digital trust, and data transparency.
Simon Olson, Chair of the Hedera Council’s Membership Committee, emphasized that B4E’s standardization efforts will help solve persistent data integrity issues in the energy sector. These include challenges in tracking seismic survey data and managing multistakeholder reporting environments across upstream and downstream operations.
One of the barriers to widespread enterprise adoption of blockchain technology is the lack of standardization,
Simon Olson – Chairman of the Membership Committee for Hedera Council
The Role of B4ECarbon on Hedera
B4ECarbon is Blockchain for Energy’s flagship platform for emissions management and reporting. It is designed to support operators with automated, real-time insights into their environmental performance. The platform uses Hedera’s open-source infrastructure to capture emissions data from source to report without relying on manual entry or unverifiable claims.
B4ECarbon integrates Hedera’s Consensus Service to timestamp events and prevent tampering. It also uses the Hedera Guardian toolkit to tokenize emissions data and apply policy-based controls. These features allow companies to comply with emerging global disclosure mandates, including the U.S. SEC’s climate disclosure rules and the EU’s Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive (CSRD).
The platform supports AI-driven analytics and IoT integrations. For example, operators can use sensors to track methane leaks or combustion efficiency. The data flows directly to the blockchain, where smart contracts validate and record the information. This eliminates the need for third-party verification layers and reduces reporting delays.
dMRV and the Fight Against Greenwashing
Digital Measurement, Reporting, and Verification, or dMRV, refers to automated emissions reporting systems built on digital infrastructure. Traditional MRV models rely on estimated emissions and delayed third-party audits. dMRV improves this by using real-time data, blockchain validation, and standardized reporting frameworks.
B4ECarbon, built on Hedera, addresses concerns about greenwashing by ensuring that emissions claims are transparent and traceable. Each emissions entry includes metadata, time stamps, and cryptographic proof that cannot be altered after submission. Companies can prove their sustainability commitments using data that auditors, regulators, and investors can independently verify.
This functionality is particularly relevant as companies face increasing pressure to disclose Scope 1, 2, and 3 emissions. In energy production, Scope 1 emissions come from assets like drilling rigs or refineries. Scope 3 emissions include indirect environmental impacts across supply chains, which are harder to track and standardize.
B4E’s use of Hedera strengthens the integrity of emissions data while helping operators remain compliant with tightening disclosure laws.
The energy sector faces mounting pressure to accurately track and verify carbon emissions and reductions.
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Industry Impact: Standardization and Energy Collaboration
Standardization remains a major barrier in the adoption of blockchain within industrial sectors. Blockchain for Energy’s consortium approach allows member companies to align on shared protocols and technical frameworks. Current B4E participants include Chevron, ExxonMobil, SLB, ConocoPhillips, and Repsol.
Joining Hedera Council is a pivotal step in advancing our vision for a high-integrity, trusted emissions reporting ecosystem.
Rebecca Hofmann, – President & CEO of Blockchain For Energy
These companies now have a common platform to test emissions reporting methods, share digital workflows, and deploy scalable tools. As a Council member, B4E can advocate for features that support energy-specific data types, such as geophysical surveys or pipeline leakage metrics.
In addition, Hedera’s governance structure offers legal and operational stability for enterprises. Transactions on the Hedera network cost a fixed $0.0001 and consume 0.000003 kWh, making it among the most energy-efficient networks. This aligns with the emissions-reduction goals of companies participating in B4ECarbon.
The recent Hashgraph Enterprise Program (HEP) grant awarded to B4E further supports its roadmap. With that funding, B4E can expand use of AI, IoT, and tokenization technologies while contributing to the broader Hedera ecosystem.
Why This Collaboration Matters Now
Blockchain for Energy’s entry into Hedera governance reflects broader momentum in institutional blockchain adoption. As digital infrastructure becomes central to ESG compliance, companies need platforms that combine technical performance with governance reliability. Hedera’s architecture offers both, with deterministic finality, high throughput, and regulatory-aligned council oversight.
By joining the Hedera Council, B4E gains more than infrastructure—it gains influence. It can shape platform-level decisions and integrate energy-sector requirements into network updates. This ensures that future Hedera upgrades support emissions data, asset tracking, and decentralized certifications.
As digital trust becomes essential to regulatory and market operations, B4E’s position at the intersection of blockchain governance and emissions tracking could set a precedent for other sectors. If successful, this model could extend to water usage, biodiversity data, or circular economy metrics, where digital measurement and verification remain immature.
A Coordinated Vision for Trust and Transparency
The announcement that Blockchain for Energy joins Hedera Council marks an important alignment between digital infrastructure and sustainability leadership. This partnership enables trusted emissions tracking, enhances the functionality of B4ECarbon, and contributes to long-term network governance.
With growing demands for verifiable ESG disclosures and rising stakeholder scrutiny, energy companies must rethink how they measure and report their environmental impact. Blockchain, when properly applied and governed, can offer the transparency and accountability needed.
By combining decentralized governance with real-time emissions data and tokenized reporting frameworks, Blockchain for Energy and Hedera are building a more efficient, compliant, and collaborative energy ecosystem.
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