CTX has established strong relationships with various voluntary carbon standards
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The American Carbon Registry (ACR) publishes standards, methodologies, protocols and tools for greenhouse gas (GHG) accounting, which are all based on International Standards Organization (ISO) 14064 and sound scientific practice. ACR only registers project-based carbon offset tons that are real, additional, permanent and verifiable and comply with American Carbon Registry Standards.
ACR process for development and approval of standards and methodologies is led by an expert technical team and includes a public comment period and a scientific peer review process, a rigorous technical review by experts in the relevant field. This combination of approaches ensures that our published standards and methodologies are the highest quality.
The Winrock and ACR team that leads the development of standards and methodologies includes internationally recognized leaders in the forestry, agriculture and clean energy sectors and is widely recognized for its deep expertise in carbon accounting. Team members have co-authored carbon project protocols for the Clean Development Mechanism (CDM), U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), U.S. Department of Energy (DOE), the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), the USDA Forest Service, the California Energy Commission (CEC), the World Bank, the International Tropical Timber Organization, United Nations organizations and the Voluntary Carbon Standard (VCS), among others. |
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The CarbonFix Standard sets a quality benchmark for worldwide climate forestation projects. It has been developed in 2007 by the non-profit organisation CarbonFix in cooperation with knowledge from experts in the field of forestry, climate change and development aid sectors. The standard combines criteria on sustainable forest management, CO2-fixation and permanence, without compromising its practical implementation.
The CarbonFix Standard consists of three parts (Terms, Criteria & Methodology and Procedures). The core of the standard are the requirements described under the Criteria & Methodology. |
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The Climate, Community and Biodiversity Project Design Standards (CCB Standards) evaluate land-based carbon mitigation projects in the early stages of development. The CCB Standards foster the integration of best-practice and multiple-benefit approaches into project design and evolution. The Standards:
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ISO 14064-2:2006 specifies principles and requirements and provides guidance at the project level for quantification, monitoring and reporting of activities intended to cause greenhouse gas (GHG) emission reductions or removal enhancements. It includes requirements for planning a GHG project, identifying and selecting GHG sources, sinks and reservoirs relevant to the project and baseline scenario, monitoring, quantifying, documenting and reporting GHG project performance and managing data quality.
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The Plan Vivo Standards are part of a broader Plan Vivo System, which is a framework for planning, managing and monitoring the supply of verifiable emission reductions (VERs) from community-based land-use projects. The project participants are small-scale producers and communities in developing countries. They create sustainable land-management plans (‘Plan Vivos’) by combining existing land-uses with additional eligible project activities:
The Plan Vivo System includes a set of standards (the Plan Vivo Standards), administrative processes, tools and guidance. It is governed and overseen by the Plan Vivo Foundation to ensure producers in developing countries receive fair payments for ecosystem services (PES) they deliver through their Plan Vivo. |
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The SOCIALCARBON Standard is founded on the principle that transparent assessment and monitoring of the social and environmental performance of projects can improve their long-term effectiveness and thus add value to the voluntary emission reductions generated.
The Standard uses a set of analytical tools that assess the social, environmental and economic conditions of communities affected by emission reduction projects, measuring contributions to sustainable development through continuous monitoring.
This focus on a project’s lifelong sustainability is one of the distinctive features of SOCIALCARBON. Another key element is the active participation of local communities. From the outset, local stakeholders undertake responsibility for the continued evaluation and improvement of a given project. This participation employs the full potential of human and natural resources to ensure stable and beneficial outcomes.
The Standard is applied and independently verified according to each project monitoring period to encourage progress and ensure continual improvements. |
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The Verified Carbon Standard is a greenhouse gas accounting program used by projects around the world to verify and issue carbon credits in voluntary markets.
VCS was founded in 2005 by business and environmental leaders who identified a need for greater quality assurance in voluntary markets. Our founding partners - the Climate Group, the International Emissions Trading Association (IETA) and the World Economic Forum - convened a team of global carbon market experts to draft the first VCS requirements. The World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD) joined the effort soon after.
The VCS Association was incorporated as a non-profit in Washington, DC in 2009, with a professional staff to manage ongoing operations and development of the VCS Standard and Program. Today VCS is managed by staff with input and guidance from the board.
VCS relies on expert committees to ensure existing and new requirements reflect state-of-the art knowlede and global good practice. We convene new committess of global experts on a regular basis to guide the development of new requirements. With input from our experts, we are steadily expanding the scope of the program to respond to the need for new, innovative and trusted carbon accounting tools. |
