Platform Operators are in the position to provide additional services such as facilitating a marketplace, providing better visualization tools for market players and end-users, and many other things they see as beneficial in the market. Accredited Registries are the single point of truth for legal ownership of I-REC(E) and I-TRACK certificates, and can be used for the issuance, transfer, and redemption of certificates, but Platforms can change the interface through which market players communicate with the Registry. The International Tracking Standard Foundation (I-TRACK Foundation) supports Platform Operators to innovate and provide additional services.

Platform Operators can coordinate with the Registry Operator and Code Manager in the development of a Platform. A Platform is in direct connection with the Accredited Product Registry and hence does not jeopardize the robustness of the associated I-REC Accredited Products. From Platforms, requests for issuance, lodging for sale, transfer, or redemption of a Product Certificate held within a Registry are accessible to individuals or organizations (entities) other than those who are Accredited with the I-TRACK Foundation. Moreover, Platforms are also capable of initiating the registration or management of Entities or Production Facilities within a Registry.

However, a Platform is required to undergo Accreditation by the I-TRACK Foundation to ensure it adheres to the requirements of the International Attribute Tracking Standard (Standard). In general, as all commercial relationships between sellers and buyers are already outside of the scope of the International Attribute Tracking Standard (Standard), so too is the work of platforms largely outside of the scope of the Standard.