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The carbon accounting platform behind the DMCC Sustainability Hub. Built for UAE businesses now required to measure, report and reduce emissions under Federal Decree-Law No. 11 of 2024, the first binding climate law in the MENA region.
Federal Decree-Law No. 11 of 2024 came into force on 30 May 2025, requiring every public and private entity in the UAE, including free zones, to measure, report, and reduce greenhouse gas emissions. This is no longer voluntary. It is a legal obligation with penalties for non-compliance.
All entities whose operations release greenhouse gases must now monitor, report and verify their emissions using MOCCAE-approved methodologies. The Ministry's Integrated Emissions Quantification Tool is the mandatory platform for MRV submissions, covering Scopes 1, 2 and 3.
The UAE's Net Zero by 2050 Strategic Initiative, launched alongside COP28, commits the nation to carbon neutrality. Annual sector-level emission reduction targets are now being set by the Cabinet, with each sector required to develop its own implementation plan. Carbon accounting is the baseline.
Dubai is a global trade hub. Your European customers reporting under CSRD, and your UK customers reporting under UK SRS, are already requesting Scope 3 emissions data from their suppliers. If you trade internationally, carbon data is becoming a condition of doing business.
When regulation is new, the companies that move first shape how the market responds. Businesses that establish a verified emissions baseline now can position themselves as sustainability leaders in their sector.
Everything you need to comply with Federal Decree-Law No. 11, meet international customer expectations, and lead your sector's sustainability agenda.
GHG Protocol-aligned measurement using internationally recognised emission factors. Structured for MOCCAE reporting requirements and compatible with the Integrated Emissions Quantification Tool.
Build a reduction roadmap aligned with UAE Net Zero 2050 targets, with intervention modelling that shows exactly how your business can actually get to net zero.
Collect emissions data from your supply chain, consolidate it into your Scope 3 baseline, and demonstrate the supply chain transparency that EU and UK customers increasingly require.
Third-party verification of your footprint by our in-house team. Federal Decree-Law No. 11 requires reported data to be subject to verification by a third party. Get your footprint verified with Climate Essentials.
Report outputs structured for the UAE's MRV framework, with full methodology documentation and data provenance. Ready to feed into the MOCCAE Integrated Emissions Quantification Tool.
A dashboard to track emissions over time, benchmark against sector targets, and demonstrate year-on-year reduction, the evidence you need for compliance, investors, and market positioning.
Climate Essentials combines software, expert services and supply chain tools, so every organisation can take credible climate action, regardless of size or starting point.
The core platform. Measure, track and report your emissions with GHG Protocol methodology built in.
Hand it over. Our team manages your carbon accounting end-to-end so you can focus on running the business.
Independent verification of your carbon footprint, reductions and offsets, to procurement and investor standard.
Invite suppliers to report their emissions directly. Replace industry averages with primary data and see your full Scope 3 picture.
Federal Decree-Law No. 11 is new. These are the questions DMCC members and UAE businesses are putting to us as they start measuring.
Almost certainly yes. The law applies to all public and private entities whose operations or activities release greenhouse gases, including those in free zones like DMCC, DIFC, ADGM, and JAFZA. There is no size threshold or sector exemption. If your business operates in the UAE and generates emissions (which virtually all do), you fall under the law.
The Ministry of Climate Change and Environment (MOCCAE) is issuing implementation resolutions that specify reporting timelines and methodologies for different sectors. Businesses that establish their baseline now will be ahead when sector-specific deadlines are confirmed.
It's the mandatory digital platform for emissions reporting under the UAE's MRV (Monitoring, Reporting and Verification) system, launched by MOCCAE in October 2025. Organisations must map their emission boundaries, including Scopes 1, 2 and 3, within the platform and submit data according to prescribed timelines.
Climate Essentials produces the underlying carbon accounting data that feeds into this system. We handle the measurement and methodology; the MOCCAE tool handles the regulatory submission.
Climate Essentials is an official Hub Partner of the DMCC Sustainability Hub — the carbon accounting platform selected to support DMCC's member companies on their sustainability journey. DMCC members receive privileged access to exclusive subscription rates for Climate Essentials products.
We sit alongside S&P Global, C3, and Earthly as one of four Hub Partners providing specialist services to the DMCC ecosystem. If you're a DMCC member, you can access Climate Essentials through the DMCC Members Programme.
Federal Decree-Law No. 11 establishes penalties for non-compliance, though the specific enforcement mechanisms are being detailed in implementation resolutions from MOCCAE. The law requires entities to maintain a five-year record of emissions data for transparency and accountability.
Beyond regulatory penalties, the commercial risk is arguably greater: businesses without verified emissions data will increasingly face barriers in procurement, investor due diligence, and supply chain qualification — particularly when trading with EU and UK partners already subject to CSRD and UK SRS.
Because DMCC selected us. The world's largest free zone by member companies chose Climate Essentials as its carbon accounting platform partner, alongside S&P Global. That selection was based on methodology, platform capability, and alignment with international standards.
Carbon accounting follows the GHG Protocol, an international standard, not a national one. Our platform, methodology, and verification processes are the same whether you're in Dubai, London, or Frankfurt. We're also B Corp-certified with a score of 96.5, and a founding member of the Carbon Accounting Alliance.
The platform interface and standard reports are currently in English. For businesses that require Arabic-language documentation for regulatory submissions or internal stakeholders, our Managed Service team can arrange translated summary reports as part of the service.
The underlying data, methodology, and calculations are language-independent, numbers, emission factors, and GHG Protocol categories are the same in any language.
Book a 30-minute demo. We’ll show you how Climate Essentials helps with your carbon accounting and the Federal Decree-Law and MOCCAE MRV framework.
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