The Integrity Council for the Voluntary Carbon Market (ICVCM) has reached a new milestone, announcing its plan to assess more than 100 active carbon credit methodologies for compliance with the high integrity Core Carbon Principles (CCP). The first decisions on these assessments should be delivered by the end of March. An expert group, including members of the Integrity Council's board of directors, its expert panel and external stakeholders, categorized similar carbon credit methodologies into 36 different groups. Groups will undergo three types of assessments based on their complexity and issues.

It was last August that the ICVCM published its long-awaited evaluation framework. (Jennifer L, carboncredits.com)