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RegisterThe provisional Claims Code of Practice was released in June 2022, following an extensive consultation with practitioners, civil society, businesses, governments, and academics on how voluntary carbon markets can make a meaningful contribution toward achieving the Paris Agreement goals.
In 2021, VCMI launched a consultation with stakeholders from civil society, the private sector, Indigenous Peoples’ groups, governments, businesses, and others to gather views on how carbon credits can be voluntarily used and claimed by businesses as part of credible net-zero strategies.
The results, based on feedback from 52 organizations including 22 businesses and 19 NGOs, made clear that:
The provisional Claims Code of Practice was then developed through a balanced, transparent, and inclusive stakeholder process. This included:
The aim of the road test was to ensure the provisional Claims Code was robust, clear, and practical. It helped identify gaps in the ecosystem and streamline the resource implications required to implement the provisional Code.
Between June and Autumn 2022, a range of companies tested implementation of the provisional Claims Code, providing feedback through a structured survey and optional deep-dive interviews. Training was delivered via webinars and interviews conducted with a wide mix of users to ensure an understanding of implementation and feedback was captured.
The road test included 76 participants, 31 survey respondents, 4 webinars, and 19 one-on-one engagements. Participants covered a range of different industries (e.g., tech, mining, chemicals, professional services), regions and engagement with voluntary carbon markets practitioners. Most already had a public net-zero goal.
The road test was complementary to a broader public consultation run in parallel.
Download the ‘Feedback on the Provisional Claims Code of Practice’ below.
The provisional Claims Code was launched on 7 June 2022. See details about the launch event below:
