CRCF recognition phase in progress

Italy's certification scheme for carbon credits.

We certify reforestation and afforestation, carbon farming, olive cultivation, blue carbon and removal tech projects under CRCF methodologies.

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76: certified projects
2: validated methodologies
10,645: credits issued

CRCF certification

Climate Standard is undergoing recognition under Reg. EU 2024/3012. Credits issued will be fully compliant with the European Carbon Removal Certification Framework.

Structural independence

We don't develop projects, nor buy or sell credits. The verifier is paid by Climate Standard, not by the project developer. Zero conflicts of interest.

Valid for CSRD and Carbon Neutrality

Credits certified by schemes recognised by the European Commission can be reported under ESRS E1-7 and used to declare Carbon Neutrality per ISO 14068-1.

For project developers

From project to credits in 4 steps

Each step is documented, verified by a certification body accredited by Accredia under ISO 17065, and publicly registered with full traceability.

01. Registration

Upload and validate the project

Location, surface, reference methodology and technical documentation on the platform. Followed by a pre-audit validation phase.

02. Audit

Independent verification

Climate Standard assigns an ISO 17065 accredited VVB and handles payment, separating who funds verification from who benefits from it.

03. Issuance

Certified credits

Unique code, reference methodology, verification date. Public traceability in the registry from issuance to retirement.

04. Monitoring

Monitoring verification

Annual monitoring verification to generate new credits. Full renewal every 5 years with a VVB.

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Platform

Everything happens on the platform, not over email

Onboarding, initial certification, annual monitoring audits and five-year recertifications are managed entirely online. No manual document exchange. Faster turnaround than circuits based on manual paperwork.

Onboarding

The project developer uploads project documentation directly to the platform. The system checks completeness before VVB assignment.

Initial certification

The certification audit happens on the platform. Verification documents, evidence and VVB decisions are recorded and traceable at every step.

Annual monitoring audits

Annual reviews to maintain certification and generate new credits are managed entirely on the platform.

Five-year recertification

Full renewal every 5 years follows the same digital process. The platform keeps the project's full history to streamline every subsequent cycle.

Model

Independence as a structural choice

The carbon credit market has a structural problem: whoever funds verification has an incentive to steer its outcome. Climate Standard is built to remove that conflict.

No owned projects, no trading

We don't develop carbon projects, nor buy or sell credits. We hold no financial stake in the projects we certify and don't participate in the secondary market.

Verification funded by CS

The certification body's cost is handled by Climate Standard, not by the project developer. The verifier doesn't depend on the verified.

Credits aligned with CRCF and European methodologies

Credits issued comply with the Carbon Removal Certification Framework (Reg. EU 2024/3012) and European methodologies, aligned with the ETS provisions.

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