Project Types & Standards

There are many different types of projects to help reduce or emit carbon emissions including :

• Agricultural Methane Collection
• Renewable Energy
• Industrial Gas
• Energy Efficiency
• Fuel Switching
• Geological Sequestion
• Fugitive Emissions
• Forestry and Land Use

Carbon offset markets exist both under compliance schemes and as voluntary programs. Compliance markets are created and regulated by mandatory regional , national, and international carbon reduction regimes, such as the Kyoto Protocol and the European Union’s Emissions Trading Scheme. Voluntary offset markets function outside of the compliance markets and enable companies and individuals to purchase carbon offsets on a voluntary basis.

The voluntary carbon market provides various carbon offset standards including : 

• Clean Development Mechanism (CDM)
• Gold Standard (GS)
• Voluntary Carbon Standard (VCS)
• VER+
• The Voluntary Offset Standard (VOS)
• Chicago Climate Exchange (CCX)
• The Climate, Community & Biodiversity Standards (CCBS)
• The Carbco Platinum Standard
• Plan Vivo System
• ISO 14064-2