Assessment and comparison of carbon credit rating agencies

Delivered for Carbon Market Watch (CMW).

The assignment

This project focused on assessing, comparing and rating carbon credit rating agencies and their rating approaches at a high-level. Inter alia, the requirements of the Carbon Credit Quality Initiative (CCQI) methodology were used as a benchmark. The findings as well as recommendations on potential improvements for these agencies were summarised in a report. The scope of the work included the assessment of the following four rating agencies: BeZero, Calyx, Renoster and Sylvera.

The team behind it
Client
Carbon Market Watch (CMW)
Timeline
Nov 2022 to Aug 2023
Location
Global
Climate solution
Carbon Markets
Entity
Perspectives Climate Group
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