Verification programs
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Footprint carbon
At Control Union we provide the carbon footprint report verification service, prepared according to the most internationally recognized standards: ISO 14064, ISO 14067, GHG Protocol, PAS 2060, among others. The objective is to verify the calculations and results obtained from the measurement of the carbon footprint to give credibility to their declarations (report) of Greenhouse Gases (GHG) and guarantee the integrity and transparency of their interest groups (regulators, clients, employees, shareholders, etc.). So that the organization has a reliable baseline to manage and reduce its GHG emissions over time.
Water footprint
At Control Union we provide the verification service for Water Footprint reports, prepared according to the most internationally recognized standards: ISO 14046, Global Water Footprint Standard, among others. The objective is to verify the calculations and results obtained in the water footprint reports to give them credibility and guarantee the integrity and transparency of its stakeholders (regulators, customers, employees, shareholders, among others). Thus, the organization has a reliable baseline to manage the sustainable and equitable use and allocation of the most valuable resource on the planet: water.
Mexico Forest Protocol – PFM
The Mexico Forest Protocol (PFM) is a verification program, which focuses on the accreditation of activities that increase carbon stocks in trees over time. It is a verification program for carbon enhancement projects that addresses eligibility, baseline, permanence, social and environmental safeguards, as well as measurement, reporting and verification requirements. The PFM provides eligibility rules and methods for calculating the net effects of greenhouse gas (GHG) removals from the atmosphere derived from a project’s carbon sequestration activities, procedures for assessing the risk of reversals of sequestered carbon (carbon being returned to the atmosphere), and the proposed approach for addressing long-term monitoring and reporting. The objective of the PFM is to ensure that GHG removals generated by projects are quantified in a complete, consistent, transparent, accurate and conservative manner, and can therefore be reported to the Climate Action Reserve for the issuance of carbon credits (called Climate Reserve Tonnes, CRTs).
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Benefits of forestry projects
Climate Action Reserve – CAR or The Reserve
A North American offset program that establishes standards for quantifying and verifying GHG emission reduction projects, issues carbon credits generated by such projects, and tracks the transfer and retirement of carbon credits in a publicly accessible online system.
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Can generate long-term climate benefits
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Can generate social benefits such as improving the quality of life of rural communities
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Can generate environmental benefits by improving and sustaining forest ecosystems
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Benefits in increased income from commercialization of CRTs
About the program
Clean Fuel Regulation
Clean Fuel Regulation (CFR) is a program created by Environment and Climate Change Canada (ECCC). It is an initiative that is based on a regulation aimed at reducing the intensity of Greenhouse Gas emissions by 2030 by 15% compared to the levels in 2016, the above, by establishing limits on carbon intensity (amount of carbon emissions produced over the life cycle of a fuel including its extraction, production, distribution and use) from fuels used in Canada. The program focuses on fossil fuels used for transportation, heating and industrial purposes, to encourage the use of cleaner fuels and technologies.Each year, producers and/or importers of fossil fuels in Canada must calculate their carbon intensity, and consequently their compliance debt according to their volumes.To meet the proposed objective of global Greenhouse Gas reduction, the Canadian Government establishes a system of credits available to fossil fuel producers and thus satisfy their shortfalls to achieve compliance. Credit originators can submit initiatives in 3 compliance categories:
VCS and CCB
VCS: Verra’s VCS Program is the most widely used standard in the AFOLU sector (Agriculture, Forestry and Other Land Use), and leads the development of methodologies and tools to unlock the potential for carbon reduction and removal in this area. Projects certified under this program cover six categories: Afforestation, Reforestation and Revegetation (ARR); Agricultural Land Management (ALM); Improved Forest Management (IFM); Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation (REDD+); Avoided Conversion of Grasslands and Shrublands (ACoGS); and Wetlands Restoration and Conservation (WRC).
The program is aimed at project developers seeking to validate/verify their emission reductions or removals under the VCS standard in order to issue tradable Verified Carbon Units (VCUs).
CCB: The CCB (Climate, Community & Biodiversity) standard, managed by Verra, is a design and verification standard applicable to land use and land management projects (AFOLU). The program validates/verifies projects that, in addition to reducing or removing GHG emissions, generate positive and integrated net benefits for the climate, local communities, and biodiversity. The standard can be applied independently or together with the VCS Program; in the latter case, the VCUs issued receive the CCB label in the Verra Registry, distinguishing credits that come from projects with verified social and environmental co-benefits.
It is aimed at AFOLU project developers who already have VCS certification or are seeking to obtain it simultaneously, and who wish to demonstrate that their project generates benefits beyond carbon — that is, verified positive impacts for local communities and biodiversity in the project area.
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Control Union Services Verification Activities
CU Services offers the Verification service for all those interested in the quantification of projects within Compliance Category 2: Production, Import and Supply of Non-Fossil, Renewable, Low Intensity Fuel, providing verification services to those interested in the CFR in this sector, whether they are Foreign Suppliers, Carbon Contributors, or Credit Creators. The verifications offered by CU Services in sector 2 are: – Application for Approval CI or Application for a Temporary Approval CI – Carbon Intensity Pathway Report – Material Balance Report – Quarterly credit creation report – Credit-Adjustment report
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