ERA uses both the ISO 14064-2 and the CCB standards.
Here are some of the major standards that apply to the voluntary market today.
International Organization for Standardization (ISO) is the world's largest developer and publisher of International Standards
ISO 14064 is an independent, voluntary Green House Gas project accounting standard, developed by the International Standards Organization. ISO 14064 is policy neutral.
The ISO 14064 standard consists of three parts.
- The first part (14064-1) specifies requirements for designing and developing organization or entity-level GHG inventories.
- The second part (14064-2) details requirements for quantifying, monitoring and reporting emission reductions and removal enhancements from GHG projects.
- The third part (14064-3) provides requirements and guidance for the conducting of GHG information validation and verification.
ISO 14064 gives guidance on what to do but does not spell out the exact requirements. The requirements are usually spelled out only in general terms.
http://www.iso.org/iso/pressrelease.htm?refid=Ref994
The Climate, Community and Biodiversity Alliance (CCBA) is a partnership between leading companies, environmental organizations, and research institutes seeking to promote integrated, community-based solutions to biodiversity and climate mitigation, around the world. This alliance created the CCB voluntary standards to support programming that supports biodiversity, climate change mitigation, and sustainable development.
http://www.climate-standards.org/
Voluntary carbon standard (VCS) The VCS Program provides a robust, new global standard and program for approval of credible voluntary offsets.
Climate action reserve (CAR), formerly CCAR California climate action registry. The Climate Action Reserve is a national offsets program working to ensure integrity, transparency and financial value in the U.S. carbon market.
http://www.climateactionreserve.org/
Chicago Climate Exchange (CCX) operates North America’s only cap and trade system for all six greenhouse gases.
