This marks the first time an Asian automotive OEM and its suppliers have conducted end-to-end carbon data exchange across the supply chain in compliance with Catena-X standards. The project serves as a real-world validation case for responding to global carbon regulations and OEM data submission requirements, and is expected to become a turning point for Korea’s manufacturing sector as it enters the global carbon data standards ecosystem.

Catena-X is the world’s first open and collaborative data ecosystem designed specifically for the global automotive industry. Built on four core principles—trusted digital identities, interoperability, self-sovereignty, and industry governance—it enables secure, standardized, and sovereign data exchange across the entire value chain, from OEMs and suppliers through to service providers, retailers, and recyclers. Catena-X provides the shared standards, governance, and infrastructure that reduce cost, reduce duplication, and make collaboration possible at scale.

As regulations such as the EU Battery Regulation (EUBR), Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (CBAM), and Digital Product Passport (DPP)—along with Scope 3 emissions reporting requirements under the Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive (CSRD)—are becoming increasingly stringent, data exchange networks like Catena-X are becoming essential infrastructure for exporters.

The project focuses on cluster components installed in KGM’s Musso (Q270), connecting the entire supply chain from raw materials to final assembly—spanning LG Chem (raw materials), New Material Industry and Shinsung Autotech (processing), LG Electronics Vehicle Solution (VS) Company (vehicle components), and KGM (OEM).

A representative from KGM commented:

"It is highly meaningful to take a leading role in Catena-X-based data exchange within the Asian automotive supply chain and to establish a transparent carbon management system."

A representative from LG Electronics added:

"This project serves as a pivotal opportunity to directly validate and prepare our response framework for increasingly sophisticated carbon data submission requirements from global customers."

Glassdome leverages its Integrated Carbon Management Platform to collect primary, measured data across the supply chain and perform PCF calculation and verification. In partnership with Cofinity-X, the official operator of Catena-X, Glassdome equips each participant with a dedicated EDC connector that serves as their individual technical access point. This ensures full data sovereignty for all partners while enabling secure carbon data exchange across company boundaries. In addition, Cofinity-X provides a sandbox environment to support and validate the pilot data exchange.

A key differentiator of this project is data reliability. Instead of relying on database-driven estimates or averages, it leverages primary, shop-floor-level data captured directly from real manufacturing processes. The project also complies with the Catena-X PCF Rulebook, which provides guidance for the unified calculation of PCF data based on global standards to foster industry-wide comparability. This enhances participating companies’ credibility in meeting environmental regulatory requirements.

Global partners have also highlighted the significance of the project.

Thomas Rösch, CEO of Cofinity-X, commented:

"Cofinity‑X is proud to support this pilot by providing our Catena‑X–compliant connector Dataspace OS and a test environment for secure data exchange. The Korean partners‘ adoption of Catena-X data exchange and sustainability use cases demonstrates their strong future orientation and shows how global manufacturers can proactively prepare for upcoming regulatory and market requirements."

Hanno Focken, Managing Director at Catena-X Association, added:

"This project marks an important milestone for Catena‑X, with the first Korean OEM enabling standardized carbon data exchange across its supply chain. The inclusion of multi-tier suppliers down to Tier 4 is a real breakthrough, showing how trusted and sovereign data sharing can work in practice. Partners like Glassdome, KGM, and LG Electronics are setting a strong benchmark for scalable, end-to-end collaboration."

Jinki Ham, CEO of Glassdome, said:

"By combining Glassdome’s platform with dedicated Catena-X connector technology, we have enabled end-to-end integration across the supply chain—from data collection to verification. We aim to establish this project as a standard model and support Korean manufacturers in seamlessly integrating into the global carbon data ecosystem."

Glassdome provides an integrated carbon data management solution that collects and standardizes energy and process data across manufacturing sites, from manual Excel and utility bill management to MES/ERP integration and down to PLC and instrumentation levels, enabling companies to meet the requirements of global regulations and supply chains.

Major players across regulated industries, including automotive, battery, steel, aluminum, and textiles, such as KG Mobility, Samsung SDI, Samsung Electro-Mechanics, L&F, and Lotte InfraCell, have already adopted and actively use Glassdome’s solution.