GHG Crediting Program Summary

BioCarbon Cert manages the BioCarbon GHG Crediting Program known as the BioCarbon Standard, which certifies high-integrity emission reductions and removals across multiple sectors. It applies to a wide range of mitigation activities, including nature-based solutions (NbS), renewable energy, energy efficiency, sustainable transport, and waste management. The program issues only ex-post verified carbon credits, based on ISO and IPCC-aligned methodologies, ensuring environmental, social, and scientific robustness.

Projects certified under the BioCarbon Standard shall demonstrate real, measurable, and additional climate benefits. Approved methodologies address key integrity elements such as permanence, leakage, and uncertainty through conservative approaches and standardized tools for baseline setting, monitoring, and quantification. These provisions are implemented in accordance with the BioCarbon Transparency and Business Ethics Program which ensures credibility, accountability, and impartiality across all certification processes.

The program includes strict requirements to prevent double counting of emission reductions and to ensure the environmental and accounting integrity of all issued credits. It also incorporates a comprehensive framework for sustainable development. These include a Sustainable Development Safeguards (SDSs) tool, covering issues such as human rights, biodiversity conservation, Indigenous Peoples and Local Communities, gender equality, and stakeholder engagement. In addition, the SDG tool requires projects to assess and report measurable contributions to at least three Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).

BioCarbon’s governance framework includes a Board of Directors supported by an advisory group and independent operational teams. We are committed to transparency, continuous improvement, and stakeholder inclusion. A comprehensive Transparency and Business Ethics Program underpins our operations, including policies for managing corruption risks, conflict of interest and ethical behavior, as well as channels for grievance redress.

All Verified Carbon Credits (VCCs) issued under the BioCarbon Standard are managed through the independent Global CarbonTrace. registry, which ensures unit-level traceability, public transparency, and robust data security. The registry platform ensures full traceability and public access to credit information, including serial numbers, project origin, issuance dates, transactions and ownership history.

To date, 0 VCCs have been issued under the BioCarbon Standard, representing high-integrity mitigation outcomes across multiple sectors and geographies. Each credit reflects a commitment to quality, transparency, and measurable impact.