Case 05 · 2026
Emitra
Small exporters facing EU carbon border rules
Carbon border compliance is a paperwork wall that large exporters can pay to climb and small ones cannot. A prototype and a business case that placed 2nd out of 15 international finalist teams.
- Status
- 2nd place (1st runner-up) — BMC #12 international final
- My role
- Technical lead — architecture, prototype
- Built with
- React · TypeScript · Vite · Vercel
(01) The problem
What was actually in the way
European carbon border rules require importers to document the emissions embedded in what they buy. A large exporter hires a consultancy. A small producer has no such option, and the compliance cost quietly becomes an export ban.
(02) Decisions
What I chose, and why
01A prototype, because a slide deck is not a claim
The submission is backed by a deployed frontend rather than mockups. In a business plan competition judged partly on demonstration, having something a judge can open is the difference between describing a product and showing one.
(03) Result
What is true now
- Reached the grand final as one of 15 international finalist teams (from the 24 Jul 2026 Top 15 announcement), presented live, and placed 2nd — 1st Runner-Up — in the BMC #12 International Business Plan Competition, Politeknik Negeri Bali, announced 21 August 2026.
(04) Not done
What is unfinished or untrue yet
- This is a competition prototype, not a production compliance tool. It has not processed a real shipment.
(05) Sources
Where these claims come from
Working documents on my own machine, not marketing copy. Listed so the numbers above can be challenged.