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THE AMERICAN CARBON REGISTRY STANDARD
All Projects, where applicable, are required to adhere to updates to ACR administrative policies as prescribed in the most recently published version of the Standard. Examples of such administrative policies include, but are not limited to, reporting requirements, use of ACR templates, use of ACR Tools, verification procedures, use of the Buffer Pool Terms and Conditions.
Project Proponents and other interested parties should refer to www.americancarbonregistry.org for the latest version of the ACR Standard, methodologies, tools, document templates, and other guidance.
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Chapter Guide
Chapter 1 Basics on ACR
Chapter 2 ACR’s general accounting and data quality principles for carbon projects
Chapter 3 ACR project eligibility requirements
Chapter 4 ACR tests to ensure that projects are additional to business-as-usual
Chapter 5 ACR’s approach to ensuring permanence of GHG reductions and removals
Chapter 6 Process for Project Proponents to develop and register a project
Chapter 7 Processes for ACR approval of new methodologies and methodology modifications
Chapter 8 ACR requirements for Assessing Environmental and Social Impacts
Chapter 9 ACR requirements for validation and verification of all projects by a competent independent third-party verifier, which are addressed in greater detail in the ACR Validation and Verification Standard for GHG Projects
Chapter 10 ACR linkages to other GHG programs and registries, emission trading systems, and national or sectoral GHG emission reduction targets
Chapter 11 ACR’s complaints and appeals procedure
Appendix A ACR Requirements for Agriculture, Forestry, and Other Land Use (AFOLU)based carbon projects
Appendix B ACR Requirements for Avoiding Double Counting in the CORSIA
Appendix C Normative references on which the ACR Standard is based
Appendix D References on which the ACR Standard is based
