ICROA Endorsement
The ICROA Endorsement is delivered to any Carbon Crediting Programme that is successfully assessed against the Endorsement Criteria developed by ICROA.
Endorsed Programmes are listed in ICROA’s Code of Best Practice and their carbon credits can be transacted and retired by ICROA Approved Organisations.
Programmes that have been successfully assessed against the Endorsement Criteria can use the ICROA Endorsed Crediting Programme Label.
Independent assessment
ICROA’s independent assessment of carbon crediting programmes is based on review criteria that apply mainly at the organisational level. It does not include an assessment of the programmes’ methodologies or of the projects that use the methodologies. For buyers seeking assessments of carbon credit methodologies, ICROA recommends reviewing the Category Assessments undertaken by the Integrity Council for the Voluntary Carbon Market (ICVCM). For independent assessments of carbon credit projects, buyers can review the ratings and reports produced by specialised rating agencies including BeZero, Calyx Global, Renoster and Sylvera.
Endorsement of Carbon Crediting Programs
Categories tested in the third-party assessment include:
- Independence
- Governance
- Registry
- Validation/verification
- Carbon crediting principles
- Environmental/ social impacts
- Stakeholder considerations
- Scale
Endorsement Procedure – Criteria
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Endorsement Procedure – Guide
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Endorsement Terms & Conditions
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Endorsement Procedure – Application Form
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Fee Schedule
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ICROA Endorsed Crediting Programmes
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