Q3

Updates

  • July 29, 2024: Verra has released the ABACUS Label Guidance, v1.0 (PDF). This is available on the VCS Rules and Requirements page. For more information about the ABACUS market label for VCUs, see the VCU Labels page.

Public consultations


Q2

Updates

  • June 25, 2024: Verra has released an updated guidance document for project proponents who wish to apply W+ labels to VCUs issued to projects registered under the VCS Program and the W+ Standard. The W+ Label Guidance, v1.0 (PDF), is now available on the VCS Program Details page.
  • May 29, 2024: New versions of the AFOLU Buffer Account Compensation for Reversals Deed Templates have been uploaded and are effective immediately.
  • May 03, 2024: The new versions of the joint templates for projects using the Climate, Community & Biodiversity Standards (CCBS) Program and the Verified Carbon Standard (VCS) Program are now available on the VCS Rules and Requirements page for the VCS Program. The effective date for the updated CCBS and VCS Program joint templates is January 1, 2025, for all joint project requests submitted to the Verra Registry.
  • April 16, 2024: Verra has released an updated version of the VCS Standard, v4.7 and other VCS Program documents. With these updates, the VCS program expects to meet all the conditions for full approval of the VCS Program under the first phase (2024-2026 compliance period) of the Carbon Offsetting Reduction Scheme for international Aviation (CORSIA) and to clarify how the VCS Program aligns with the Core Carbon Principles assessment framework of the Integrity Council for Voluntary Carbon Markets (ICVCM).

Q1

Updates