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Every step to get CBAM-ready, on one checklist.

A plain-English readiness checklist that walks you from “what is this?” to a filed CBAM declaration. One free PDF covering scope, declarant status, the registry, supplier data, emissions, verification and certificates, so you can follow the steps that apply to you.

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What's inside

  • A scope check up front, so you confirm whether CBAM applies to you, the 50-tonne threshold included, before doing anything else.
  • How to confirm and obtain authorised CBAM declarant status, and what to do if you missed the application window.
  • Getting into the CBAM Registry: what you need (an EORI number) and how the authorisation step works.
  • A short list of the embedded-emissions data to request from suppliers, so you are not chasing it twice.
  • How to calculate embedded emissions, and when to use verified actual values versus default values plus the mark-up.
  • When verification by an accredited verifier is required, and when using default values only means it is not.
  • Budgeting and surrendering CBAM certificates, with the CBAM factor ramp from 2.5% in 2026 toward 100% by 2034.
  • Your declaration calendar and the official sources behind each step, so it stays checkable.

Built for small importers and larger compliance teams

For smaller importers

For mid-market importers with no in-house carbon team: the customs or trade-compliance manager who just learned the company needs to be a “CBAM declarant.” The shortest path to compliance, written for someone doing this with limited support, including the 50-tonne threshold that may take you out of scope altogether.

For larger compliance teams

For sustainability and finance teams running a documented, audit-ready CBAM programme across many suppliers and installations. The same steps, with the detail a compliance manager needs to make the programme defensible and keep it current as the rules change.

Both paths are in the one checklist, so you can follow whichever fits you.

Who this is for

Anyone who's been handed “CBAM” and doesn't know where to start. Whether you import steel, aluminium, cement, fertilisers, electricity or hydrogen, or advise the companies that do, the checklist gives you an order to work in and a way to show your progress.