The public consultation on the Core Carbon Principles and Assessment Framework will launch in July 2022 and run for 60 days. The Integrity Council continues to work at pace to set and enforce a definitive global threshold standard for high-quality carbon credits...
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Google.org gives $2m to Integrity Council for the Voluntary Carbon Market to help VCM accelerate a just transition to 1.5 degrees
21 April 2022, London, United Kingdom Today, the Integrity Council for the Voluntary Carbon Market (Integrity Council) announces a USD $2m grant from Google.org to support its work to ensure the voluntary carbon market (VCM) accelerates a just transition to 1.5...
Meet the integrity Council
The Integrity Council will launch a definitive set of global threshold standards that will set a global benchmark for carbon credit quality in the third quarter of 2022, following a public consultation opening in May. The Core Carbon Principles (CCPs) and Assessment...
Integrity Council for the Voluntary Carbon Market appoints new IPLC leadership
Integrity Council for the Voluntary Carbon Market appoints FSC Indigenous Foundation Managing Director and President of the Association for Indigenous Women and Peoples of Chad to its Governing Board and Distinguished Advisory Group 19 April 2022 – The Integrity...
Integrity Council’s Chair Annette Nazareth Speaks At Economist Impact’s Sustainability Week
Earlier this March, Integrity Council Chair Annette Nazareth spoke at Economist Impact Events’ Sustainability Week, where she discussed the importance of definitive global threshold standards for the voluntary carbon market. The event was an excellent opportunity to...
Initial statement from Annette Nazareth, Chair of the Integrity Council for the Voluntary Carbon Market
Initial statement from Annette Nazareth, Chair of the Integrity Council for the Voluntary Carbon Market The IPCC Report shows how desperately urgent the mitigation imperative is. To keep 1.5ºC within reach, we need every tool available to us working as...
Passing of Hugh Sealy, Integrity Council Co-Chair
Memorial service for Hugh Sealy, Integrity Council Co-Chair, on 1 April 2022 A memorial service will be held on 1 April for Hugh Sealy, Integrity Council Co-Chair. The service will take place at White Hall Lodge, Barbados at 10am local time (10am ET, 3pm UK, 4pm CET,...
Integrity Council Announces Timetable for New Voluntary Carbon Market Standards
Core Carbon Principles and Assessment Frameworkwill be issued in Q3, following public consultation launching in May "If we build high integrity, scale will follow.” Hugh Sealy, Co-Chair of the Integrity Council London, 16 March 2022 – The Integrity Council for the...
Financial Times: The struggle for standards in the carbon market
By: Simon Mundy, Gillian Tett, Patrick Temple-West, and Kristen Talman Date: February 4, 2022 Article: Link
Australian Financial Review: The world’s hottest commodity market is the ‘wild west’
Carbon offsets were 2021’s fastest-rising commodity price. But as the market takes off, key players are frantically rewiring the system to ensure it delivers. Hans van Leeuwen Europe correspondent Jan 21, 2022 – 1.04pm Article: Link
Financial Times: Eight essential ESG topics for 2022
By: Gillian Tett, Patrick Temple-West, Simon Mundy, Kristen Talman, and Tamami Shimizuishi January 5 2022 Article: Link
Integrity Council Statement on COP26 and Article 6 – November 2021
The Integrity Council for Voluntary Carbon Markets (IC-VCM) welcomes the decision of COP26, which sets out milestones to put the world on track to meet the goals of the Paris Agreement. This has given a welcome, historic boost to the international carbon markets,...
Governance Body Formed by the Taskforce on Scaling Voluntary Carbon Markets Announces New Leadership, Will Appoint Representatives from Indigenous Groups
October 29, 2021 The Integrity Council for Voluntary Carbon Markets (IC-VCM), the governance body launched by the Taskforce on Scaling Voluntary Carbon Markets (TSVCM), shares its roadmap for determining a global benchmark for carbon credit qualityAnnette Nazareth,...