Sylvera’s guide is extremely relevant to corporates looking to learn about the options available in the voluntary carbon market. It covers how to conduct carbon credit due diligence and explains the different project types. It covers the benefits of each credit type and explains how corporates can avoid some of the biggest risks of the market.
Produced by the GHG Management Institute and Stockholm Environment Institute, this is a website intended to promote the potential of carbon markets and explain their functioning to corporates. It produces research on an ongoing basis to inform policymakers and the general public about both voluntary and regulatory carbon offset standards and policies.
The Carbon Credit Quality Initiative offers independent scorings to measure the quality of carbon credits. Produced by the Environmental Defense Fund (EDF), Oeko-Institut and World Wildlife Fund (WWF-US), it is a useful and ongoing resource to help carbon credit buyers identify high quality in the market. It is a unique initiative because: It is not funded by revenues related to carbon credits; the experts providing the assessments are not employed by project developers or carbon crediting programs; and it scores credits on an interval scale, not on a binary basis.
This report from The Nature Conservancy helps buyers navigate the voluntary carbon market. Produced in March 2023 – a time when so much of the market was in flux – this report helps reduce risk for those looking to buy carbon credits. It provides guidance on due diligence and equips businesses with the knowledge to identify high-quality credits.
Plan Vivo Foundation, goodcarbon and Blue Marine Foundation have collaborated to help us identify the core principles of high integrity in the biodiversity credit market. It surveyed companies of varying sizes, sectors and geographies to understand their perspectives and interest in the biodiversity credit market. Published in July 2024, the results revealed that half of all respondents are closely following developments in the biodiversity markets due to their nature and climate commitments.
Uncertain where to start with carbon credit quality assessment? This is a guide to the data-driven tools that can help. Produced by Climate Collective and RMI in June 2024, it shares a six-step process for purchasing carbon credits and shares tests that can be used to test the effectiveness of data packages. One especially useful section links existing carbon credit guidance with the most relevant stage of a buyer’s journey.
Published in April 2024, IETA’s guidelines are designed to help companies incorporate carbon credits into their decarbonisation strategies with integrity. As well as its six specific recommendations, these guidelines contain a useful comparison of the different guidances currently available to companies.
Published in February 2024, this resource is Ideal for those overwhelmed by the volume of guidance for corporates in the voluntary carbon market. Climate Impact Partners has reviewed all the requirements and collected them in one, easy-to-navigate document to help corporates make high-integrity claims with confidence.
This report draws upon SBTi research to consider the barriers and incentives for private sector adoption of Beyond Value Chain Mitigation (BVCM). Published in February 2024, it proposes a toolbox for accelerating corporate adoption and implementation and sets out recommendations for different actors.
This report from the SBTi explores the business case for companies to adopt Beyond Value Chain Mitigation (BVCM) and describes the suggested steps involved in making a BVCM pledge. Published in February 2024, it also provides illustrative examples to show how companies in a range of sectors might implement BVCM in line with the suggestions provided.