JPMorgan Chase & Co. has launched a blockchain initiative to facilitate the tokenization of carbon credits, collaborating with three major carbon registries to enhance the efficiency and transparency of the voluntary carbon market’s credit trading process.

The bank’s blockchain division, Kinexys, will work with S&P Global Commodity Insights, EcoRegistry, and the International Carbon Registry on a pilot to transform historic carbon credits into digital tokens.

These tokens will be issued on a blockchain and serve as proof of ownership of a verifiable one-ton carbon dioxide offset, typically from forestry or renewable energy projects.

The move reflects how tokenization is beginning to make inroads on Wall Street, where several companies, including BlackRock and Deutsche Bank, are experimenting with creating digital representations of real-world assets to make them more efficient, transparent, and traceable.

“The voluntary carbon market is ripe for innovation,” Alastair Northway, head of natural resource advisory at JPMorgan Payments, said. He stressed that blockchain can provide a globally compatible solution, eliminate fragmentation, and enhance the reliability of data and pricing clarity.”

The project will tackle long-running issues with the carbon markets, including double counting, a lack of standardization, and worries about greenwashing. Carbon is an asset class, according to JPMorgan researchers, as market infrastructure grows and financial innovation continues.

In a research report, the outlook for carbon markets is examined through the lens of digital assets. But if any of those things fail to materialize, “there may be further erosion of trust and demand in a market that has ‘contracted and then remained flat’ over the last two years,” the bank warned.