News & events
Milestones, announcements and where you’ll find Straatos — from the field to the standards bodies.
New York Climate Week 2026: Nature in Practice
Nature in Practice listed a Straatos session on the social side of MRV for 24 September.
21–25 Sep 2026 →EventCohab3: Health & Biodiversity, Galway
The Third International Conference on Health and Biodiversity took place in Galway, Ireland, on 14–17 September 2026.
14–17 Sep 2026 →EventAt One Impact Week, Singapore
At One Impact Week in Singapore followed the Blue Catalyst Challenge.
8–12 Sep 2026 →EventPaddle & Breakfast at London Climate Action Week
Straatos hosted a sunrise paddleboard, canal litter-pick and climate breakfast at Paddington Basin during LCAW 2026.
Jun 2026 →MilestoneStraatos joins the VCM+ Collaborative
Listed as a market participant in the Verified Carbon Market Collaborative, alongside Sylvera, BeZero, Isometric, Pachama and others.
Jun 2026 →MilestoneTop 6 at Singapore’s inaugural Blue Catalyst
One of ten finalists chosen from 130+ applications across 37 countries (WWF-Singapore × Hatch Blue, with EDB support), then one of the six selected at Demo Day on 22 May.
May 2026 · Hatch Blue →In the pressCarbon Pulse: Singapore’s EDB hosts Straatos
Carbon Pulse covers Singapore’s Economic Development Board hosting Straatos — part of the Republic’s push on high-integrity carbon-market innovation.
May 2026 · Carbon Pulse →EventOn stage at HederaCon 2026, Miami
Raphaël De Ry on the “Proven Finance to Sustainable Impact” panel on the Trust Layer Stage.
May 2026 →EventStraatos at the Tech.eu Summit
Making the climate-tech and dMRV case among Europe’s technology community.
Apr 2026 →EventStraatos at ChangeNOW 2026, Paris
Booth and an on-stage pitch at ChangeNOW in Paris — connecting ground data to digital infrastructure, alongside the Como Carbon launch.
Apr 2026 →EventAI for the Planet — Demo Night
Straatos’s solution was voted among the most impactful at the AI for the Planet Demo Night.
Mar 2026 →MilestoneContributing to the D4D Hub’s Senegal “twin transition” study
Straatos contributed to a D4D Hub study on Senegal’s digital-and-climate twin transition, led by the Netherlands Enterprise Agency for the European Commission.
Mar 2026 →MilestoneStrengthening VVB capacity in Africa
Straatos contributed insights to a VCMI / Perspectives Climate Group / GIZ report on the validation-and-verification bottleneck slowing African carbon projects.
Mar 2026 →In the pressVerra names Straatos in its digital-first carbon market
Verra publicly frames a digital-first carbon market and names Straatos as one of three platforms, with Hedera Guardian and its own Project Hub.
Mar 2026 · Verra →In the pressDLT Earth case study: what Straatos built
Exponential Science’s DLT Earth published a case study on Straatos — a full-lifecycle system for nature and carbon projects, from field data to credit issuance, on the Hedera Guardian ledger.
Jan 2026 · DLT Earth →EventStraatos at COP30, Belém
On panels and in the rooms at COP30 — where the rules for digital, high-integrity carbon markets are being argued.
Nov 2025 →MilestoneFrancisca Garay joins the Ceiba Council
Straatos co-founder Francisca Garay joins the Ceiba Council — on nature, biodiversity and the economies built around them.
Oct 2025 →Event · heritageStraatos unveiled at NY Climate Week 2025
Francisca Garay took the stage at IETA’s North America Climate Summit — the “Digitalization in the Carbon Markets” panel — to unveil Straatos publicly for the first time.
Sep 2025 →In the press“Why Verra’s Deal with Hedera Really Is Big”
Steve Zwick’s analysis of the Verra–Hedera partnership names Straatos and quotes Raphaël De Ry — the earliest public naming of the platform.
May 2025 · Steve Zwick →MilestoneFirst digitalized Verra methodology (VM0033) shipped
A live, machine-readable implementation of Verra’s VM0033 — around 30,000 lines of code. Already done, not a roadmap slide.
May 2025 →Event · heritageGold Standard GrowToZero — “The future is digital”
A closing-panel appearance at Gold Standard’s flagship London conference — the earliest durable public statement of the digital-MRV thesis.
Jul 2023 · Gold Standard →Milestone · heritageSaly, Senegal — where the fairness thesis began
A workshop on fairness and equity in carbon markets in Casamance — “conservation without money is just conversation.” The origin of the Cui Bono thesis.
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