Verity, CIBO partner to deliver 45Z compliance solution for biofuel producers

Verity Holdings LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Gevo Inc., and CIBO Technologies Inc., a data and analytics platform for agriculture, announced March 17 a strategic partnership to deliver an end-to-end data and verification solution connecting farm-level practices to fuel production.

The collaboration is designed to enable biofuel producers to generate verified carbon-intensity (CI) scores and audit-ready documentation that is required to capture value under the section 45Z clean fuel production credit.

As clean-fuel markets evolve, biofuel producers must increasingly demonstrate traceable, auditable connections from feedstock sourcing through fuel production to be able to utilize credits such as the 45Z tax credit.

Because of the value of the 45Z credit scales with verified reductions in CI, producers need systems capable of linking real-world agricultural practices with fuel-production data and regulatory reporting.

Biofuels typically participate in multiple markets and credit programs, each with different compliance and reporting requirements.

These include the section 45Z credit, Canada’s Clean Fuel Regulations, California and other state low-carbon fuel standards (LCFS), and emerging voluntary carbon-market registries.

Together, Verity and CIBO said they aim to help the renewable fuel production supply chain (including ethanol producers, grain elevators, processors and farmers) collect and convert verified farm-level and operational data into traceable environmental attributes that support participation in these markets.

“By combining CIBO’s independent, verified agricultural data, boots-on-the-ground farmer engagement and streamlined program execution with Verity’s operational and regulatory integrity, we can offer ethanol producers an end-to-end, trusted pathway to clean-fuel credit markets,” said Sunand Menon, the executive chairman and CEO of CIBO Technologies.

“Through CIBO’s trusted advisor network, which connects with growers across millions of acres in the United States, we help biofuel producers accelerate grower participation while supporting consistent measurement, reporting and data integrity across the supply chain,” Menon said.

Verity President Kimberly Bowron added, “This partnership closes a critical gap for biofuel producers preparing for 45Z. Companies need more than analytics and estimated CI scores. They need a credible, auditable system that connects what actually happens in the field to what gets reported, verified and monetized. Verity provides the compliance-grade system of record, and CIBO enables the field-level data and grower engagement to make that system work at scale.”