How can the VCM’s legitimate firms and projects credibly signal their integrity and establish an unassailable level of trust?
Year: 2024
Carbon Project Fraud and the Need for Better Project Management Solutions
In September we shared our thoughts following C-Quest Capital’s troubled cookstove initiative. Just this last week, we also read Matt Levine’s analysis on Bloomberg Law to CQC’s fraudulent claims and the inherently opaque and challenging nature of the..
Impact Inside Launches at Climate Week NYC to Drive Quality in Nature-Based Carbon
[Minneapolis, MN] — [September 19, 2024] — Today marks the launch of “Impact Inside,” a cutting-edge SaaS platform for designing and managing Nature-based Solutions (NbS) projects to promote transparency, demonstrate quality, and command premiums in credit sales while..
Lessons from C-Quest Capital’s Troubled Cookstove Initiative
While the cookstove project funded by C-Quest Capital represented a now-well-known way to address deforestation and smoke pollution in Mozambique, problems recently uncovered by the Washington Post underscore the importance of establishing a robust project performance measurement plan..
Beyond Carbon: Measuring & Verifying Co-Benefits in Nature-Based Solutions
The world of carbon offsetting has moved beyond simply reducing emissions. Now, buyers increasingly seek out projects that not only sequester carbon, but also deliver measurable co-benefits.
New Report from Ecosystem Marketplace Highlights Importance of Project Co-Benefits in Attracting Demand, Higher Prices
New research published by Ecosystem Marketplace indicates that project co-benefits, which are additional environmental and social benefits beyond carbon sequestration, are driving higher credit prices.
The Path Not Traveled: Doing the Hard Work to Guide Quality
To truly demonstrate quality, nature-based project proponents and their stakeholders need a way to design good projects and to show the full story of their good projects using objective, transparent data.
Why Maximizing Project Crediting Potential and Minimizing Risk is Critical to NbS Industry Growth
Misunderstanding and misuse of NbS have led to applications that cause harm to biodiversity and communities and threaten to erode stakeholders’ trust in the approach.