News

News & events

Milestones, announcements and where you’ll find Straatos — from the field to the standards bodies.

News & milestones
Paddle & Breakfast at London Climate Action WeekEvent

Paddle & 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 →
Straatos joins the VCM+ CollaborativeMilestone

Straatos joins the VCM+ Collaborative

Listed as a market participant in the Verified Carbon Market Collaborative, alongside Sylvera, BeZero, Isometric, Pachama and others.

Jun 2026 →
A Straatos presenter on stage at the Blue Catalyst Challenge Demo Day, before a seated audience at Temasek Shophouse, Singapore.Milestone

Top 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 →
Carbon Pulse: Singapore’s EDB hosts StraatosIn the press

Carbon 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 →
On stage at HederaCon 2026, MiamiEvent

On stage at HederaCon 2026, Miami

Raphaël De Ry on the “Proven Finance to Sustainable Impact” panel on the Trust Layer Stage.

May 2026 →
Straatos at the Tech.eu SummitEvent

Straatos at the Tech.eu Summit

Making the climate-tech and dMRV case among Europe’s technology community.

Apr 2026 →
Straatos at ChangeNOW 2026, ParisEvent

Straatos 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 →
AI for the Planet — Demo NightEvent

AI for the Planet — Demo Night

Straatos’s solution was voted among the most impactful at the AI for the Planet Demo Night.

Mar 2026 →
Contributing to the D4D Hub’s Senegal “twin transition” studyMilestone

Contributing 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 →
Strengthening VVB capacity in AfricaMilestone

Strengthening 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 →
Verra names Straatos in its digital-first carbon marketIn the press

Verra 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 →
DLT Earth case study: what Straatos builtIn the press

DLT 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 →
Straatos at COP30, BelémEvent

Straatos 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 →
Francisca Garay joins the Ceiba CouncilMilestone

Francisca 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 →
Straatos unveiled at NY Climate Week 2025Event · heritage

Straatos 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 →
“Why Verra’s Deal with Hedera Really Is Big”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 →
First digitalized Verra methodology (VM0033) shippedMilestone

First 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 →
Gold Standard GrowToZero — “The future is digital”Event · heritage

Gold 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 →
Saly, Senegal — where the fairness thesis beganMilestone · heritage

Saly, 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.

Sep 2022 →
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