Final appointments to Technical Expert Panel on Carbon Accounting announced

In light of the strong global interest, ICC and Carbon Measures plan to exceed an initial expert target by 25% in the coming weeks, ensuring top-tier expertise while creating space for additional renowned experts worldwide. Together, the full panel brings distinguished expertise across academia, climate policy, finance and industry – spanning industrial emissions reduction, sustainability methods, investment stewardship and the practical realities of implementing standards.

Experts participate in their independent, personal capacities. Final outputs will reflect a diversity of perspectives and should not be interpreted as endorsements by the organisations with which the experts are affiliated.

The newly appointed panellists are:

• Mawra Al-Ansary, Expert Sustainability and Climate Technology, UNESCO (Qatar)
• Maria Atkinson, Net Zero Commissioner, New South Wales Government; Venture Partner, Nirman Ventures (Construction Sector); Sustainability Advisory (Australia)
• Alex Cantlay, Head of Carbon Insights, Shell (United Kingdom)
• Dickson Chin, Energy, Sustainability and Financial Derivatives Partner, Jones Day (United States)
• Jon Creyts, CEO, RMI (United States)
• Hoesung Lee, Former Chair, IPCC; President, Carbon Free Alliance (South Korea)
• Phuthuma Nhleko, Chairman and CEO, Phembani Group; Former CEO and Chairman, MTN Group (South Africa)
• Braulio Pikman, Expert Advisor, Environmental Resources Management (ERM) Brazil; Member of the UN Expert Review Team for National Inventories appointed by the Brazilian Government (Brazil)
• Peter Saling, Director of Sustainability Methods, BASF (Germany)
• Vijay Swarup, Former Senior Director of Climate Strategy and Technology, ExxonMobil (United States)
• Noim Uddin, Project Development and Technical Lead at the Regional Pacific Nationally Determined Contributions Hub, hosted by the Pacific Community (Australia)

They join 10 members announced in January: Alicia Seiger, Chan Zuckerberg Initiative (United States); Amy Luers, Microsoft (United States); Armin Knors, former Head of Engineering and Technology, Bayer (Germany); Benedikt Plümper, Banco Santander (Spain); Billy Pizer, Resources for the Future (United States); Jakob Stausholm, University of Oxford and former CEO, Rio Tinto (Denmark); Kate Maher, Stanford University (United States); Koushik Chatterjee, Tata Steel Limited (India); Rachel Teo, Private Family Office (Singapore); and Tatsuya “Todd” Hoshino, Mitsui & Co. (Japan).

Andrew Wilson, Deputy Secretary-General of ICC said: “The completion of the panel marks a significant milestone in advancing a ledger-based carbon accounting framework. The final panel brings together a highly complementary mix of global expertise across academia, policy, finance and industry, whose experience will help shape a coherent and practical approach to carbon accounting that enables markets to function more efficiently and accelerate decarbonisation. We have been genuinely encouraged by the exceptional calibre and diversity of applicants. What’s more the strong international response has allowed us to expand the panel’s scope to support credible, real-world solutions across markets and geographies, and inform more effective policy, investment and trade decisions.”

Amy Brachio, CEO of Carbon Measures said: “The calibre of experts who came forward reflects just how much momentum there is behind this work. Given the strong interest from candidates around the world, we decided to expand the panel by 25%, convening top leaders in the carbon accounting space. From academics and researchers who have spent careers studying these systems, corporate practitioners who operate within them every day, and to investors who depend on accurate data to make consequential decisions. That combination reflects our conviction that getting carbon accounting right is, fundamentally, a collective project.”

ICC led the selection process, screening applicants to ensure broad, global representation and technical depth. Shortlisted candidates were reviewed by the panel co-chairs (Amy Brachio and Karthik Ramanna, professor at the University of Oxford), with ICC and Carbon Measures jointly agreeing on the final composition recommended by the co-chairs.

The panel will leverage its broad expertise to develop a timely, accurate and verifiable carbon emissions accounting system that generates product-level emissions data, functions across global value chains, and supports real-world decision-making by companies, policymakers, and markets alike. The first meeting of the full group will take place in April, to formally kick off the work. The TEP’s initial focus will be to deliver, by the end of Summer 2026, a report on the current landscape to inform the development of a model carbon accounting standard, including an extensive analysis of corporate needs and existing methodologies, standards and policies worldwide.

S&P Global Energy, the leading independent provider of information, analytics and benchmark prices for global commodities and energy markets, will serve as the panel’s independent knowledge partner, bringing data infrastructure and analytical expertise to support the panel’s technical work.

In addition, the TEP was also featured in the COP 30 Global Climate Action Agenda Outcomes Report as one of the carbon accounting standard harmonisation solutions accelerated at COP 30. These underscore the importance of collaborative, multistakeholder initiatives in advancing more consistent global approaches to carbon accounting and measurement.