Sustainability
Services
Our goal is to embed sustainable climate action into corporate activity. We will work with you solutions that are suitable for you as a company. It’s up to you whether you adopt the entire range of measures – from long-term climate action strategy to offsetting of your total emissions – or simply select individual building blocks, such as carbon balance auditing or consultancy around CDP participation.
* Carbon Footprint (CCF)
A carbon footprint allows you to understand the carbon emissions related to your business activities and also greenhouse gas emissions of your product(s) or service(s).
*Carbon emission reduction
We advise you on creating a meaningful climate action strategy for your company.
*Carbon offsetting
A quality carbon offset project mitigates emissions by reducing, avoiding, or removing carbon from the atmosphere whilst presenting co-benefits such as improving livehoods, conserving biodiversity and.
*Integration solutions
*Consulting and Implementing Solutions
Standards
Standards and independent auditors ensure effective carbon offset projects.
The importance of standards
All carbon offset projects are based on international standards, such as the Verified Carbon Standard (VCS), the Gold Standard and the Clean Development Mechanism (CDM). These standards set out the rules and requirements that all carbon offset projects must meet in order to be recognized as a proven method of reducing CO2 emissions.
International Carbon & Offset Alliance (ICROA), a voluntary association of experts and companies that commit to accept only projects with trustworthy standards. These include the Verified Carbon Standard (VCS), the Gold Standard and the Clean Development Mechanism (CDM).
The role of standards in the lifecycle of carbon offset projects
The standards play a crucial role for carbon offset projects: they accompany the projects from the beginning and throughout the entire life cycle. Thus, they are crucial in ensuring that carbon offset projects are an effective way to avoid CO2 emissions.
As a project developer, you always have to use the latest version of a methodology. Each recognized project technology has its own methodology, for example forest protection, reforestation, biogas, clean cooking stoves, etc.
The role of auditors in the lifecycle of carbon offset projects
Validation of carbon offset projects
If a project developer prepares a Project Design Document (PDD), the independent third parties come into play for the first time in addition to the standard: These independent third parties are auditors who are tasked with evaluating projects against the requirements of the selected methodologies. These accredited, neutral auditors are also called Verification and Validation Bodies (VVBs) and must be approved by the registry. Examples include TUV North/South, S&A Carbon LLC. or SCS Global Services.
The VVBs validate the Project Design Document and after successful validation, the project can be registered in the registry of the standard.
The role of auditors in the lifecycle of carbon offset projects
The VVBs are used again at the end of each monitoring phase to verify the project. During the so-called verifications, the respective monitoring phases and the associated calculation of the CO2 certificates for this monitoring phase are checked and verified by the VVBs. Subsequently, a project can issue the CO2 certificates as real emission reductions ex-post.
Verifiers/Auditors:
The validation and verification bodies recognized by the GS are listed here in clusters. The list includes companies such as TÜV Nord Cert, Carbon Check (India) Pvt. Ltd or Re Carbon.
The validation and verification bodies recognized by VCS are listed here in clusters. The list includes companies such as AENOR International S.A.U, Carbon Check (India) Pvt. Ltd, SCS Global Services, S&A Carbon or TÜV Süd South Asia Private Limited.
Under the CDM, verification is also carried out by independent auditors, in this case called Designated Operational Entities (DOEs).
