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Verified Carbon Standard

The Verified Carbon Standard provides a global standard and program for approval of credible voluntary offsets.

"VCS offsets must be real (have happened), additional (beyond business-as-usual activities), measurable, permanent (not temporarily displace emissions), independently verified and unique (not used more than once to offset emissions)." (Source: v-c-s.org)

Developed by The Climate Group, the International Emissions Trading Association (IETA), and the World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD).

Learn more: Verified Carbon Standard website

Conformity assessment | How is compliance with this ecolabel's standard ensured?

Conformity with Verified Carbon Standard's standard is verified by an independent organization (third party) following ISO 14065

Certification / registration required

Applicants are certified against the ecolabels’s criteria before using the label

Managing organization | Who manages this ecolabel?

Name

VCS Association

Member of

Unknown

Type

Non-profit

Also manages

None.

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Key data

Year ecolabel est. 2007

Classification | Who, what, where

Product categories this ecolabel applies to
Carbon

Where this ecolabel is found
United States

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Last updated: 18 March 2013