Validation, Verification and Certification of Climate Change Projects

Contribute to a climate of belief

Credibility is a key component of climate change projects. It increases investor’s and regulator’s confidence, as well as public support. The expert scrutiny of third-party assessment is what gives overall assurance to climate change policy.

Partnering with TÜV SÜD gives you and your stakeholders this assurance. We have been assessing climate change and carbon offset projects since 2000. Our experts provide validation, verification and certification of your projects in line with leading climate change regimes.

Our experts are among the market leaders in third-party verification of climate change measures the world over. We are one of the few organisations accredited by the UNFCCC for CDM and JI project validation and verification in all fields of technology.

TÜV SÜD's CMS experts provide validation and verification of your projects in line with leading climate-change regimes

Type of projects

Services

Projects and programmes of activities (PoAs) under the Kyoto Protocol

  • Joint Implementation (JI) – projects carried out in industrialised countries
  • Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) – projects carried out in developing and emerging countries 

Projects governed by other trading schemes

  • Projects in developing and developed countries as part of non-Kyoto trading scheme. This includes trading schemes in the USA such as the California Climate Action Registry (CCAR) and the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative (RGGI).

Projects implemented independently of specific trading schemes

  • Verified Emission Reduction (VER) projects in developed and developing countries. These are realised on a voluntary basis and used, for example, to offset emissions from defined products and services. For example, the Gold Standard-VER, VER+ or VCS.