Alphabet & Google Cloud: You are cordially welcome.
This is not an ultimatum. It is the uncorrupted window of opportunity for the single largest uncaptured signal in tech history: closing the causal loop between ethical inference and clean provenance.
Upon the expiration of this window, the primacy of the world’s first pristine compute notary transitions permanently to the open market:
The Missing Metric in Enterprise AI:
Cognitive Carbon & Scope 3
European enterprises under the EU CSRD & EU AI Act face mandatory statutory audits on digital workplace efficiency. We quantify how software latency, context switching, and AI rework directly convert into avoidable screen hours, device power draw, and Scope 3 Category 11 carbon.
Interactive Enterprise Scope 3 & CSRD Simulator
Calculated according to GHG Protocol Scope 3 Cat 11 & ESRS E1 / S1
The Mathematical Formula Chain
Auditable step-by-step conversion using internationally published factors.
Multiplicative interaction metrics measuring software cognitive resistance.
Quantifiable lost workforce capacity converted into workstation screen time.
Published IEA factors (Laptop: 0.04 kW, Workstation + Monitor: 0.15 kW).
Standard GHG Protocol Cat 11 calculation (EU Average: 0.26 kg/kWh).
Red-Team Defense Matrix
How this protocol withstands scrutiny from Big 4 auditors, Works Councils, and regulators.
Standard GHG Math: Steps 3 and 4 strictly apply published IEA & EEA factors under Scope 3 Category 11. Our methodology exclusively provides the empirical runtime parameter ($t$) as an Entity-Specific Metric compliant with ESRS 1 (AR 46).
Local-First Guarantee: Zero keystroke or individual performance monitoring. Raw interaction signals never leave the employee's device. Only macro-level $k$-anonymized software resistance is exported. Fulfills German ArbSchG §5 (Psychosocial Health) and EU AI Act Annex III.
Non-Custodial Proof: Why blockchain? Self-attested database entries create audit conflicts. Anchoring batch hashes into the EVM Diamond contract (ESGTrackerFacet) gives enterprise auditors an unforgeable, third-party verifiable receipt.
Zero Infrastructure Disruption: Minimal-invasive 3-line integration module (@back2iq/gcp-cognitive-carbon) allowing Google Cloud Billing to ingest audited friction metrics and generate instant CSRD customer reports.
Back2IQ / csrd2iq Standards Body
All smart contracts, testnet scenarios, and mathematical formula specifications are open-source and verifiable under the MIT / Kanon standard.