Verra’s standards and frameworks vet environmental and sustainable development efforts, build their capacity, and drive large-scale investment to them to sustain and scale up their benefits.
Select one of the programs to access detailed information about it.
Verified Carbon Standard
The world’s leading voluntary Greenhouse Gas program.
Jurisdictional & Nested Redd+ Framework
The world’s first framework for high-impact forest conservation.
Scope 3 Standard Program
Certifying Scope 3 interventions to catalyze science-based climate action.
Climate, Community & Biodiversity Standards
Promoting excellence and innovation in land use projects.
Sustainable Development Verified Impact Standard
The world’s premier standard for certifying sustainable development impacts.
Plastic Waste Reduction Standard
Scaling Up Plastic Waste Collection and Recycling.
Other Initiatives that Verra Supports:
Verra was also a founding member of the Initiative for Climate Action Transparency (ICAT) and of LandScale. Today Verra remains engaged with these initiatives in an advisory role.
