# Gap Analysis of the Environmental and Social Safeguard Requirements of Voluntary Carbon Market Crediting Programmes

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This analysis, commissioned by the Foundation Development and Climate Alliance, assesses how 16 carbon crediting programmes in the voluntary carbon market address environmental and social (E&S) safeguards, benchmarked against the IFC Performance Standards and KfW's sustainability guidelines. It updates and expands a 2024 assessment by Öko-Institut with a framework of 82 criteria across the eight IFC Performance Standard categories, plus additional social criteria and benefit sharing. For each criterion it checks whether the requirement exists in a programme's general standard and whether it is carried through into the documents that project developers complete and validators assess.

## Details

- Authors: Sandra Dalfiume, Aayushi Singh, Ingrid Wawrzynowicz
- Year: 2026
- Type: Report
- Published by: Perspectives Climate Group
- Topics: Carbon Markets
- PDF: https://allianz-entwicklung-klima.de/wp-content/uploads/2026/10/20261005-GapAnalysis_ES_Safeguards_EN_final-1.pdf

Cite this page as: Sandra Dalfiume, Aayushi Singh, Ingrid Wawrzynowicz (2026). Gap Analysis of the Environmental and Social Safeguard Requirements of Voluntary Carbon Market Crediting Programmes. Perspectives Climate Group. Available at: https://perspectives.cc/work/publications/gap-analysis-of-the-environmental-and-social-safeguard-requirements-of-voluntary-carbon-market-crediting-programmes