The Hashgraph Group (THG), a Switzerland-based Web3 engineering company operating within the Hedera ecosystem, has launched EcoGuard, a digital platform designed to manage carbon credit workflows across their full lifecycle.
Built on the Hedera distributed ledger, EcoGuard is intended to provide traceability for carbon credits from creation and verification through to issuance, tracking and retirement. The platform embeds data provenance and verification mechanisms directly into workflow processes, with cryptographic records anchored on the Hedera network.
The launch comes as global carbon markets continue to expand, driven largely by compliance-based schemes. Despite this growth, the sector faces ongoing concerns around transparency, verification and scalability. EcoGuard is positioned to support regulatory compliance, particularly within compliance carbon markets, and is designed for use by governments and large institutions.
Unlike conventional ESG reporting systems, EcoGuard does not impose a single reporting structure. Instead, it offers configurable workflow components, decentralised identity and verifiable credential management through THG’s IDTrust framework. The platform uses a jBPM workflow engine to automate and verify multi-stakeholder processes based on regulatory or operational requirements, with on-chain verification at each stage.
Stefan Deiss, co-founder and chief executive of The Hashgraph Group, said: “EcoGuard addresses the challenges of the global carbon markets and provides an end-to-end fully managed solution built on Hedera. EcoGuard is not just about transforming compliance from a burden into a sustainable revenue opportunity; it offers enterprises a verifiable, adaptable, and scalable platform to accelerate the journey towards net-zero targets and prove real climate action.”
EcoGuard forms part of THG’s broader Hashgraph for Enterprise (H4E) product suite and is designed to integrate with existing ESG and reporting platforms. The company said the platform supports both compliance and voluntary carbon markets, with an architecture intended to meet audit, data integrity and operational requirements.
Micha Roon, head of engineering at The Hashgraph Group, said: “We’ve built upon our proven achievements in digital identity with IDTrust to create an easy-to-integrate trust solution that’s anchored on Hedera. The platform’s architecture leverages Hedera’s cost efficiency, making it economically viable to operate at scale while maintaining the cryptographic security and transparency that enterprises and governments demand.”
The platform also incorporates automated workflows supported by artificial intelligence, alongside monitoring and managed services provided through THG’s HashCare framework. According to the company, this includes continuous system monitoring and enterprise-level service agreements.
