How are you different to other initiatives such as ICVCM and SBTi?

VCMI is independent, but works closely with other initiatives, to bring the climate action landscape together. All organizations have specific and important roles to play.

Greenhouse Gas Protocol (GHGP): provides effective guidance for businesses on how they can measure and account for emissions.

Science Based Targets Initiative (SBTi): provides methods to establish scientific baselines for emissions reduction pathways.

Integrity Council for the Voluntary Carbon Markets (ICVCM): is establishing through its Core Carbon Principles (CCPs) a global benchmark that enables buyers to identify high-integrity carbon credits.

Carbon Disclosure Project (CDP): provides the global environmental disclosure platform, supporting businesses to report, manage and track progress on their environmental impacts.

VCMI's primary focus through the Claims Code of Practice is to bring confidence and credibility to claims that involve the use of carbon credits.