A fee schedule that a client cannot read before an engagement is a negotiating position, not a price. These are the numbers, published.
Smallholders, cooperatives and start-ups pay nothing to enter the evidence system. Seed is permanent, not a trial, and it is deliberately grade-capped: it issues a scannable label at grade U — self-declared, not verified, and no citable statement reference.
| Seed includes | Limit |
|---|---|
| Registry entry and public listing | 1 site |
| Method templates, factor library, calculator | Unlimited |
| Label at grade U (self-declared) | 2 batches / year |
| Validity | 12 months, renewable if data completeness ≥ 70% |
| Statement reference for external citation | Not issued — that requires verification |
| Fee | Free |
Why it can be free, and who pays for it: the model page.
| Service | Deliverable | Fee (CNY) |
|---|---|---|
| Product carbon footprint, first year | Statement + label records | 28,000 / site |
| Annual surveillance | Continued validity | 12,000 / site / yr |
| Label issuance | Registry entry + hash | 40 / batch |
| Baseline determination | Co-signed baseline study | 6,000 / exercise |
| Evidence grade assessment | A / B / C grade | 4,000 / site / yr |
| Service | Deliverable | Fee (CNY) |
|---|---|---|
| Ledger integrity | Sampling + tamper tests | 8,000 / exercise |
| Decision record assurance | Sampled review | 15,000 / exercise |
| MRV system audit | Conformity report | 20,000 / site |
| Second-party assessment | Checklist assessment | quoted |
| Service | Deliverable | Fee (CNY) |
|---|---|---|
| Dispute re-derivation | Technical opinion | 3,000 / case |
| Methodology adoption | Re-calibrated method | from 80,000 |
| Training and personnel certification | Examined training | 3,500 / person |
| Label use licence | Trademark licence | included in annual fee |
| Term | Position |
|---|---|
| Payment | 50% on signature, 50% on issuance |
| Expenses | At cost, capped at the engagement estimate without written approval |
| Outcome fees | Never — no commission, no share of premium |
| Refusal | Billed for time at the day rate; no fee for a conclusion not issued |
| Liability cap | Stated per engagement in the engagement letter |
A software seat costs nothing to duplicate. Evidence costs person-days, review and liability every time. The day rate is ¥3,800 with a 25% overhead, and a first-year verification is six person-days — a number anyone can check against the fee.
A label is paid for twice: once by the supplier for the evidence, once by the buyer who needs it. The buyer-side price is set by evidence grade, and the signature share inside it is fixed, so a conversation about price is a conversation about the grade — not about the fee.
| Grade | Metered share | Buyer pays / batch | Signature share (licensed partner) | Kept by the evidence layer |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| A | ≥ 70% | ¥80 | ¥40 | ¥40 |
| B | ≥ 45% | ¥60 | ¥40 | ¥20 |
| C | < 45% | ¥40 | ¥40 | ¥0 |
The ¥40 is what a licensed certification body is paid to countersign one batch. The remainder is the spread for whoever holds the buyer relationship — which is why this table is published rather than negotiated. Supplier-side fees above remain payable for the measurement and the register entry; nothing here is a commission on a conclusion, and no fee changes the grade.
Three things are sold to parties other than the site being measured: the unit itself, the container pack, and the register licence. They are priced separately because they carry different cost structures — a unit is evidence, a pack is evidence plus a container, a licence is software.
| Item | Buyer | Basis | Fee (CNY) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Verified unit | Buyer needing primary scope-3 data | Per batch, by grade | 40–80 / batch |
| EUDR evidence pack | EU importer or exporter | Per container | 3,000–8,000 / container |
| Registry tenant licence | Accredited body, association, buyer, ERP | Annual | 30,000–100,000 / yr |
| Registry issuance | Registry tenant | Per record written | 10–40 / batch |