International Emissions Trading Association — Stakeholder Documents

Personalisation — person + organisation + alignment

Named recipient

Dirk Forrister
President and CEO
International Emissions Trading Association (IETA)

Recent work

Longtime IETA leader. Previously managing director at Natsource LLC. Leads IETA's 200+ member companies across carbon trading, project development, verification, and corporate offtake.

Signals the recipient responds to

Convener across traders, project developers, VVBs, and buyers
Deep Article 6 and CORSIA engagement
Centred on market-based climate solutions and transparency

Organisational context

Positions

IETA is the business voice of the emissions-trading industry. Has historically advocated for transparent and efficient carbon market infrastructure. Six active working groups: Article 6, VCM, CORSIA, MRV & Digitalisation, Net Zero Ambition, Climate Finance.

Active initiatives

2026 pivotal year for global carbon markets per IETA framing. Active engagement with ICVCM, VCMI, registries, UNFCCC Article 6 Supervisory Body.

Pressures

Member pressure to maintain market viability as integrity scrutiny intensifies; need to align private-sector positioning with EU CRCF and US federal procurement developments.

Specific alignment

Why this recipient benefits: IETA WG-level endorsement of proof-pack-equivalent disclosure as a convergence property across registries translates directly into uptake by the 200+ IETA members — the entire operator population the instrument must serve. Forrister's career trajectory aligns with market-based transparency; this is the instrument that lets him deliver on it.

Why now: IETA annual general conference calendar; regulatory-window alignment with EU CRCF.

The ask: Working-group-level technical presentation first (Article 6 WG + VCM WG + MRV WG). Organisation-level engagement through the existing three IETA stakeholder documents (Integration Whitepaper, Partnership Proposal, Technology Alignment Analysis) after WG technical acceptance.

Documents prepared for International Emissions Trading Association

3 documents covering methodology alignment, integration architecture, partnership options, sample verification outputs, and cost comparison analyses. All drafts are in review and awaiting governance approval before transmittal.

International Emissions Trading Association Integration Whitepaper — DaedArch Carbon Verification Platform — Integration Whitepaper · 1248 words
International Emissions Trading Association Partnership Proposal — Technology-Enhanced Carbon Integrity — Partnership Proposal · 1067 words
International Emissions Trading Association Technology Alignment Analysis — Sensor MRV & Carbon Markets — Technology Alignment · 1169 words

The co-dependence network

Trellison Institute

Research and methodology.

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Artrellion

Policy and stakeholder engagement.

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LedgerWell

Operational verification.

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