The aim of the Integrity Council for the Voluntary Carbon Market is to create a high-integrity voluntary carbon market that delivers real impact at speed and scale to accelerate progress on combatting climate change. Its global benchmark for carbon credit quality...
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How we assess carbon credits: The Category and Multi-Stakeholder Working Groups
The Integrity Council is establishing the following working groups to: Assess categories of carbon credits against the Core Carbon Principles Assessment Framework For all groups, the ICVCM is committed to a fair and open recruitment process of members, fostering a...
Apply now for our new voluntary standards for carbon credits
The Core Carbon Principles are designed to catalyse growth of a high-integrity voluntary carbon market that attracts private investment at speed and scale to support climate solutions that would not otherwise be viable. Carbon-crediting programs have actively...
Global benchmark for high-integrity carbon credits aims to mobilize climate finance at speed and scale
Integrity Council publishes full criteria for assessing categories of credits and crediting methodologies Work programs on key market issues will feed into next version of CCPs The Integrity Council for the Voluntary Carbon Market today released its full global...
ICVCM and VCMI join forces to operationalize a high-integrity market to accelerate global climate action
Ahead of the “Summit for a New Global Financial Pact” to be held in Paris on 22nd and 23rd June, the Integrity Council for the Voluntary Carbon Market (ICVCM) and the Voluntary Carbon Markets Integrity Initiative (VCMI), representing key stakeholders in the voluntary...
Integrity Council launches global benchmark for high-integrity carbon credits
Core Carbon Principles, Program-level Assessment Framework and Assessment Procedure set rigorous thresholds on disclosure and sustainable development. The Integrity Council for the Voluntary Carbon Market (ICVCM or Integrity Council) today launches its Core Carbon...
Why high-integrity carbon credits are critical to forest conservation
In this Q&A, Annette Nazareth, Chair of the Integrity Council, discusses the important role high-integrity carbon credits can play in channelling additional funding towards protecting and promoting key carbon sinks, which has been a topic of debate in the media....
Integrity Council unveils timetable to introduce high-integrity label to voluntary carbon market in Q3
The Integrity Council for the Voluntary Carbon Market today unveiled a timetable designed to introduce labels enabling buyers to identify high-integrity carbon credits in Q3 this year. Following an open public comment period as well as extensive consultation with...
The Integrity Council’s work with Indigenous Peoples and local communities (IPLCs)
This Q&A is with Daniel Ortega-Pacheco, Co-Chair of the Integrity Council’s Expert Panel and Director of the Center for Public Policy Development at ESPOL Polytechnic University in Ecuador. The Integrity Council fully recognizes that there is no path to 1.5degrees...
Revised timeline for public consultation
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...