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Puro.earth: sovereignty score and 8 European alternatives

Puro.earth is a certification standard and registry for carbon dioxide removal. Suppliers that remove CO2 from the atmosphere and store it durably receive CO2 Removal Certificates (CORCs), recorded in the Puro Registry and traded through an online platform. Buyers are companies that want certified durable removals rather than general-purpose offset credits. The platform has operated since 2019 and offers an alternative to crediting programmes such as Verra's Verified Carbon Standard for this type of credit.

The operating company is Puro.earth Oy, registered in Helsinki, Finland. Nasdaq acquired a majority stake in June 2021 and Fortum remained a minority owner, so the majority owner is a US-based exchange operator headquartered in New York. The website describes the company as Nasdaq-backed. Its privacy notice states that some service providers and group companies operate outside the EEA, with US transfers covered by the EU-US Data Privacy Framework or standard contractual clauses. The site does not state where the platform is hosted.

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Sovereignty score
71 / 1000 = high exposure
100 = sovereign
  • Jurisdiction SOV-2100
    Headquartered in the EU: European law applies
  • Data residency SOV-3100
    EU-only hosting
  • Cryptographic key sovereignty SOV-360
    Key management with a European vendor
  • Freedom from lock-in SOV-640
    Closed source: switching requires data migration
  • Source & runtime sovereignty SOV-4 · SOV-655
    Closed source, runtime with the vendor

SOV codes: the matching objective in the European Commission's Cloud Sovereignty Framework. Official source

How the score is calculated

Facts and evidence

Last checked October 13, 2026
Headquarters
FI (EU)Verified by hand
Ultimate parent company
USVerified by hand
Sovereignty model
Vendor-hosted (EU)Verified by hand
Data hosting
EUVerified by hand
Open-source
NoVerified by hand
GDPR-compliant
YesVendor-stated
Category
ESG & Sustainability
Type
Product
Website
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Top EU-based & GDPR-compliant alternatives to Puro.earth

The European alternatives to Puro.earth come from our knowledge base of over 8,000 vendors. We only list vendors headquartered in the EU or the EEA; fully European-owned vendors rank before vendors with a foreign owner. For each alternative you see the country, the open-source status and a short description.

Score per alternative: 0 = high exposure, 100 = sovereign

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Why digital sovereignty matters with Puro.earth

Puro.earth is headquartered in FI and therefore falls under European law: the GDPR, NIS2 and the Data Act. No foreign legislation can compel access to your data. The ultimate owner is based in US. Foreign control undermines part of the certainty a European headquarters offers.

Data is hosted exclusively in the EU, so Puro.earth scores best on data residency.

Puro.earth is closed source and hosted by the vendor. The encryption keys and the runtime sit with the vendor and switching requires data migration. Ask about bring-your-own-key, export options and open standards.

What this means for your organisation depends on your whole stack and context. The free assessment weighs Puro.earth together with your other vendors and gives a total score, a heatmap and the main risk drivers.

Frequently asked questions

What is the best European alternative to Puro.earth?

It depends on your use case. Strong EU alternatives to Puro.earth include bluesign, Brightway and Carbmee. On this page you can compare 8 EU alternatives by jurisdiction, data residency and open-source status.

Are there open-source alternatives to Puro.earth?

Yes. Open-source EU alternatives to Puro.earth include Brightway. These keep your data fully under your own control and let you self-host if you want to.

Is Puro.earth GDPR-compliant and where is the data hosted?

Puro.earth is headquartered in FI (EU) and hosts data in EU. That makes Puro.earth an EU-sovereign choice in its own right; the EU alternatives on this page are comparable European tools.

Details and sources

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Compliance evidence

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Digital sovereignty in ESG & Sustainability

ESG & Sustainability: Carbon accounting, CSRD reporting, supply-chain due diligence (CSDDD/EUDR/CBAM) and ESG data management. In this category the choice of vendor determines who has legal access to your data, where that data lives and how easily you can switch later.

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