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This standard is the work of the VCS Steering Committee, led by the International Emissions Trading Association, IETA, the Climate Group and The World Business Council for Sustainable Development.

VCS2007

The Voluntary Carbon Standard 2007 (VCS 2007) aims to provide a trustworthy, robust global standard for voluntary carbon offsets. It is a robust standard for the measurement and recognition of verified emissions reductions created for voluntary use by corporations, organisations and individuals.

It provides the voluntary carbon market with an assurance mechanism, and so will deliver real credibility to the market. With the VCS 2007, corporations, organisations and individuals will be able to ensure that their carbon offsets are from a credible source, are not double traded or double counted.

The VCS Steering Committee worked closely with the International Standards Organisation (ISO), with ISO 14064 Part 2 (ISO standard for Greenhouse Gas Reporting) included in the VCS 2007 and both 14064 Part 2, 14064 Part 3 and 14065 used as reference documents for the development of the Voluntary Carbon Standard.

References

• ClimateChangeCorp.com -- Interview: Dr Anne Marie Warris, LRQA, author of the Voluntary Carbon Standard
• BusinessAssurance.com -- VCS
• BusinessAssurance.com -- Anne-Marie Warris introduces VCS 2007
• BusinessAssurance.com -- VCS to help eliminate double counting of carbon credits
• BusinessAssurance.com -- Carbon, a new asset class?
• BusinessAssurance.com -- Voluntary Carbon Standard (VCS) Podcast
• BusinessAssurance.com -- Carbon Footprints and Climate Risk: Tools for Business and Government