Carbon Crediting Endorsement
The Carbon Crediting Endorsement Procedure is open to any VCM Standard or Registry who demonstrates compliance with the Carbon Crediting Endorsement Criteria.
Terms & Conditions
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 Voluntary Carbon Market Standards
Categories tested in the third-party assessment include:
- Independence
- Governance
- Registry
- Validation/verification
- Carbon crediting principles
- Environmental/ social impacts
- Stakeholder considerations
- Scale
Carbon Crediting Endorsement Procedure – Guide
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Carbon Crediting Endorsement Procedure – Criteria
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Carbon Crediting Endorsement Procedure – Application Form
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Fee Schedule [see pg. 4]
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Carbon Crediting Endorsed Standards
Organisations that have been successfully audited against the ICROA Carbon Crediting Endorsement Programme criteria can use the ICROA Endorsed Standard Label.
ICROA Endorsed Organisations
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