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Climate Finance Project Certification

Climate finance is widely recognised as an important instrument for facilitating climate change mitigation and sustainable development.  It provides companies and institutions with a credible means to enhance their corporate social responsibility programmes and lower their carbon footprints, by investing in projects that reduce emissions and deliver long-term social and economic benefits to some of the most vulnerable and impoverished communities.

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Following the inception of the carbon market, several credible voluntary project certification bodies have emerged, including the Gold Standard for the Global Goals and the Voluntary Carbon Standard. Projects that reduce greenhouse gas emissions and contribute to sustainable development can be certified  under one of these standards, resulting in the issuance of carbon credits, where one credit is equivalent to one tonne of carbon that a project avoids or removes from the atmosphere. The revenues generated through the sale of the carbon credits for carbon offsetting and corporate social responsibility purposes, provide a long-term financing mechanism for the projects. 

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With 10 years of experience designing and managing a range of high impact climate finance projects and Programme of Activities (PoAs) under the Gold Standard and VCS, we are able to offer consultancy services for each stage of the certification process from carrying out feasibility assessments through to certifying projects and linking project developers with investors.

Project Certification Services

EquityClimate can provide support on individual components of the climate finance project cycle or manage the entire certification process from design through to verification.

Feasibility Assessment 

  • Conducting eligibility checks to determine if a project is eligible for certification under a carbon standard and identifying a suitable Standard and methodology.

  • Providing preliminary estimates of the emission reductions along with an assessment of estimated costs and revenues.

Project Implementation and Monitoring

  • Providing guidance and support on the operational and technical aspects of implementation.

  •  Designing and carrying out monitoring studies.

  • Guidance on SDG monitoring, assessment and certification.

Pre Project Certification

  • Designing and carrying out baseline studies according to the requirements of the certification bodies. Confirming emission reduction potential of the project.

  • Sustainable Development Goal Assessment and monitoring plan.

  • Designing and managing the stakeholder consultation process

  • Project implementation design and monitoring plans.

Project Registration

  • Preparing stakeholder reports and project design documents for verification.

  • Managing the listing, validation and registration process with the independent auditors and certification Standards

  • Supporting with project audits.

Project Verification and Issuance

  • Calculation of emission reductions based on project data

  • Preparation of monitoring reports

  • Managing the verification and issuance process with the independent auditors and certification standards

Project Types

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