Aster Global, an SGS company, is accredited by the ANSI National Accreditation Board (ANAB) and is accredited to ISO/IEC 17029, Conformity assessment – General principles and requirements for validation and verification bodies, in accordance with the standards and programs: Validation and Verification (ISO/IEC 17029: 2019), Environmental Information (ISO 14065: 2020), and Greenhouse Gas (ISO 14064-3: 2019). The Aster Global scope of accreditation includes the validation and verification of the following groups: 01 GHG emission and reductions form fuel combustion, 03 Land Use and Forestry, 05 Livestock, and 06 Waste Handling and Disposal. We are also an Accredited Offset Verification Body of Offset Project Data Reports for the California Air Resource Board. Our accreditations underline and reinforce our ability to meet the stringent requirements for independent, third-party validators and verifiers of the leading GHG programs.
The Aster Global team has guided project developers through assessments of numerous methodologies and offset an removal projects. Our accreditation to ANAB has allowed us to complete 450+ AFOLU offset project validations and/or verification, 150+ organization-level verifications and 25+ offset project methodology/module assessments around the world under a variety of GHG programs/standards and protocols/methodologies, including:
Aster Global Environmental Solutions has more than 20 years of ecological experience in wetland and coastal wetland ecosystems. Our experience includes everything from the nuances of wetland delineation and permitting to design, implementation and monitoring of mitigation and ecological restoration plans, to the assessment of the world’s first blue carbon GHG emissions offset project methodology assessment.
Aster Global’s experience with blue carbon, carbon offset/GHG validation and verifications, and carbon offset methodology assessments is extensive. We played a key role as lead assessor for both of the existing VCS coastal blue carbon methodologies and served as the VCS approved Wetland Restoration and Conservation expert. Our team of seasoned lead verifiers, biometricians, GIS specialists, soil scientists, wetland ecologists, and wildlife biologists have worked on projects ranging from delineation of wetlands to helping with mitigation bank assessments. Our years of experience in wetland permitting, mitigation banking, and regulatory environmental assessments along with our extensive experience in wetland ecology, carbon sequestration, and GHG emission offset project and methodology assessments provide us unique ability and expertise to validate and verify your blue carbon project.
Our specific services related to coastal ecosystems and blue carbon projects includes:
For additional information on Blue Carbon validation and verification services, please contact us at info@AsterGlobal.com
