Product & technical strategy

Verification-first platformarchitecture for a crediblecarbon-market pilot.

EcoConnect is a public-benefit transparency layer first. The architecture keeps project evidence, buyer reporting, and compliance controls separate from any future trading or payment capability.

§Module overview

Module overview

Modules sized for thegrant-funded pilot.

Modules are intentionally narrow. Each is implementable, testable, and reviewable inside the 24-month pilot window.

Pilot

Project discovery

Searchable, standardized profiles for forestry, soil, blue carbon, energy, and engineered removal projects.

  • Standardized profile schema (methodology, vintage, country, registry IDs)
  • Filter by sector, geography, integrity rating, vintage
  • Linked evidence documents and reviewer notes
Planned

Evidence review

Structured workspace for verification artefacts, monitoring reports, methodology mapping, and registry linkage.

  • Evidence intake with category tagging and SHA-256 hashing
  • Document version history with audit log
  • Reviewer comments with required severity
Available

Integrity scoring

Transparent, deterministic scoring across additionality, permanence, leakage, safeguards, and retirement evidence.

  • Weighted control scoring with reviewer-facing breakdown
  • Recommendations and missing-evidence flags
  • Public API endpoint for review triage
Planned

Buyer & funder matching

Surface qualified projects to vetted buyers, funders, and grant programmes based on declared criteria.

  • Buyer preference capture (sectors, vintages, integrity floor)
  • Project shortlisting workflow
  • Saved views and outreach handoff to CRM
Planned

Reporting & claims

Auditable purchase and retirement summaries with claims-language guidance and evidence links.

  • Buyer report templates (PDF + JSON)
  • Claims-language guardrails per project type
  • Sustainability-reporting attachments
Pilot

Partner onboarding

Structured intake for project developers, verification partners, funders, and public-sector stakeholders.

  • Typed inquiry schema with validation
  • Inquiry routing to CRM (configurable provider)
  • Future KYC / sanctions screening hooks
Gated

Admin & audit

Role-based review queues, evidence updates, partner approvals, and audit trails for grant reporting.

  • Audit log for every state change
  • Role-based access control (Viewer / Reviewer / Admin)
  • Grant evidence exports
Gated

Marketplace capability

Transactional capability is intentionally gated until legal, registry, and payments controls are signed off.

  • Discovery and listing today
  • Future settlement requires legal + compliance approval
  • No custody of credits or funds in the MVP
§Integrity scoring

Deterministic, not vibes

One score. Seven controls.Every weight visible.

The same inputs always produce the same score. Reviewers see the full breakdown — what is met, what needs review, and exactly how much each control counts.

EcoConnect · Diligence workspace

Pilot preview

Project profile

Pemba Blue Carbon Reforestation

Tanzania · VCS · 2024 vintage

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Integrity

Integrity score 78 out of 100

Adequate

Broadly sufficient. Clear residual gaps before buyer-facing reporting.

Risk band
Moderate
Completeness
76%

Weighted controls

Weight · Coverage

  • Additionality18% · 90%
  • Double-counting18% · 60%
  • Retirement16% · 85%
  • Permanence14% · 80%
  • Safeguards12% · 40%
  • Documentation12% · 80%
  • Leakage10% · 65%

Buyer report output

Auditable purchase summary with retirement proof, claims-language guardrails, and evidence links — ready for ESG disclosure.

Admin readiness

Role-based review queues, partner approvals, and grant evidence exports — available post-pilot with full authentication controls.

§System layers

System layers

Built for MVP delivery now,regulated expansion later.

The repository separates UI, editorial data, domain logic, validation, and future persistence so the team can add authentication and integrations without rewriting the public product.

01

Experience layer

Mobile-first public site, partner onboarding flows, project browsing, report generation, and future authenticated dashboards.

02

Application layer

Next.js server-rendered pages, route handlers, validation modules, domain scoring logic, and future service boundaries.

03

Data layer

Structured project profiles, evidence documents, due diligence assessments, user organisations, audit events, and grant document metadata.

04

Integration layer

Planned registry APIs, CRM, analytics, storage, identity, payments only after legal approval, and external verification workflows.