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What can companies do to join the testing/piloting phase?
What can companies do to join the testing/piloting phase? Please contact us at help@sustain-cert.com
How do I select and define a value chain intervention?
The company should first identify the most material emissions within their Scope 3 emissions and interventions to reduce those emissions. Then, the company should identify the purchased goods or services that are to be targeted, the geographic area ...
Are there any case studies available on value chain interventions?
Yes. Read more information here.
Where can I find more information on Pilot Programmes for Value Chain certification?
For examples of pilot programs, please see the case studies on our website here. SustainCERT and Gold Standard are piloting the certification of reporting claims for GHG emission changes from interventions using the Value Chain Interventions ...
Is there any sector-specific guidance available for scope 3 certification?
Focusing first on the food and beverage sector, Danone, Gold Standard, Livelihoods Funds, Mars, TREES Consulting, and UNIQUE forestry and land use GmbH drafted Soil Carbon Guidance to demonstrate how to quantify carbon sequestered in soil, a severely ...
What is the approach applied to scope 3 certification?
SustainCERT (SC) will be responsible for the Validation/ Design Review and the Verification /Performance Review. In simple terms, SC will audit and make the Certification decision regarding each Project. To support this, each project will be peer ...
What are Scope 3 Greenhouse Gas (GHG) emissions?
Scope 3 Greenhouse Gas (GHG) emissions Introduction Scope 3 Greenhouse Gas (GHG) emissions are all indirect emissions that occur in the value chain of the reporting company; including both upstream (production, processing, and transportation) and ...
Where can I find more information on Scope 3 accounting and reporting?
General information on Scope 3 accounting and reporting can be found on the GHG Protocol’s website here.
Where can I find more information on accounting and reporting for interventions my company is undertaking in our value chain (Scope 3) GHG emissions?
Gold Standard’s Value Change program is currently working with major corporations in the agri-food and apparel sectors – as well as strategic partners (GHG Protocol, WWF and CDP) – to define guidance to streamline accounting for interventions to ...
What is penetration rate?
The penetration rate is the ratio of the installed capacity of proposed renewable technology in the grid to the total installed capacity of the grid in the host country or region. The 5% threshold will be periodically reviewed and updated, ...
What are validated certificates/PERs?
‘Emissions Reductions’ represent the reduction or sequestration of one metric tonne of carbon dioxide equivalent (tCO2e). This ‘basket’ of gases within the ‘carbon dioxide equivalent’ includes carbon dioxide (CO2), methane (CH4) and/or nitrous oxide ...