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Anne Thiel — Senior Manager, Communications
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Verra, the world’s largest issuer of carbon credits in voluntary carbon markets, welcomes today’s launch of the Voluntary Carbon Markets Integrity Initiative (VCMI).
Verra applauds VCMI’s goal of ensuring voluntary carbon markets support the goals of the Paris Agreement, and in particular VCMI’s efforts to develop guidance around claims companies can make when purchasing and retiring carbon credits that credibly reduce global emissions and benefit people.
“By making sure that voluntary corporate claims are transparent and robust, the Voluntary Carbon Markets Integrity Initiative will enable voluntary carbon markets to contribute to the Paris Agreement,” said David Antonioli, CEO of Verra. “As these markets scale, it will be critical that the claims companies make are credible by ensuring that companies first undertake comprehensive efforts to reduce their internal emissions before purchasing carbon credits to compensate for residual emissions.”
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