Abstract: Methods, systems and devices for the creation, management and retirement of a carbon-linked security within a distributed ledger system. In an example, a method for administering at least one carbon-linked security product includes receiving a carbon footprint associated with an issuer and a confirmation of a deposit of an underlying security associated with the issuer, calculating a carbon offset amount from a ratio derived from at least the carbon footprint or an issuance of the underlying security, linking the carbon offset amount to the underlying security to create at least one carbon-linked security product, receiving a notification of a corporate action by the issuer, determining that the corporate action has an impact on the ratio, and automatically updating, based on the corporate action and the determining, the carbon offset amount in the distributed ledger.