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Rules & Requirements
The rules and requirements governing the SOCIALCARBON Standard.
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Project Templates
Templates for the implementation of SOCIALCARBON projects.
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SOCIALCARBON Indicators
A list of the approved and revised SOCIALCARBON Indicators.
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Methodology
Templates for the development and approval of new and revised methodologies under the SOCIALCARBON Standard.
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VVB
Documents for Validation/Verification Bodies that wish to be registered under the SOCIALCARBON Standard.
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Procedures & Guidance
Procedures used for the SOCIALCARBON Standard alongside guidance for users.
Rules & Requirements.
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Outlines all specific requirements for developing projects and for the validation, monitoring and verification of projects using the SOCIALCARBON Standard.
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Outlines all updated requirements for developing projects and for the validation, monitoring and verification of projects using the SOCIALCARBON Standard.
Public consultation: 19th April - 19th May 2024
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The overarching SOCIALCARBON Standard document. It sets out all rules and requirements governing the SOCIALCARBON Standard.
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Outlines all specific requirements for developing methodologies under the SOCIALCARBON Standard.
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A reference document that defines all terms used in the SOCIALCARBON Standard documents.
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Social Carbon Foundation’s Complaints and Appeals Policy.
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Outlining the fees applicable under the SOCIALCARBON Standard.
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This document delineates the prerequisites for project proponents employing the SOCIALCARBON Standard to prevent double counting within the framework of CORSIA or other applicable frameworks.
Procedures & Guidance.
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This document outlines the procedures for registering projects and issuing Social Carbon Units (SCUs) under the SOCIALCARBON Standard. This document is intended for use by project proponents, SCU buyers, SCU sellers and any other entities participating in the voluntary carbon market.
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This document outlines the updated procedures for registering projects and issuing Social Carbon Units (SCUs) under the SOCIALCARBON Standard. This document is intended for use by project proponents, SCU buyers, SCU sellers and any other entities participating in the voluntary carbon market.
Public Consultation: 19th April - 19th May 2024
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This document provides further guidance on the procedure for cancelling the following units and converting them to SCUs:
• Certified Emission Reductions (CERs) issued by the UNFCCC’s Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) held in CDM or European Union (EU) registries.
• Verified Emission Reduction (VERs) and any other environmental units issued by
Gold Standard held in the Gold Standard Registry.
• Verified Carbon Units (VCUs) issued by Verra / VCS held in the VCS Registry.
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This document outlines the processes for development of new methodologies, methodology revisions, new modules and tools, and module and tool revisions.
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SOCIALCARBON’s Jurisdictional and Nested REDD+ Requirements provides a framework for developing REDD+ programs that integrate (or “nest”) projects within a workable, practical, flexible, and robust carbon accounting and crediting platform that represents current best practices. The Requirements are aligned, where relevant, with the UNFCCC decisions on REDD+ while supporting national REDD+ frameworks.
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The document outlines the transition period for the use of the historical SOCIALCARBON Standard v5.0 (Co-Benefits only).
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This document provides guidance and requirements for the project’s exploring the inclusion of areas of limited use as defined by Brazilian legislation. This includes outlining relevant Brazilian legislation and the requirements these areas must meet to be deemed eligible for carbon credit issuance under the SOCIALCARBON Standard.
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This guidance on how projects should calculate the long-term carbon benefit of their projects when loss events are forecasted in the future e.g. from sea level rise.
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This document outlines how grouped projects must monitor co-benefits.
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This document outlines the requirements for tokenizing SCUs.
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This document provides guidance from the analysis of AFOLU Non-Permanence Risk.