Long treated as criteria requiring assessment for greenhouse gas projects under many program standards to ensure GHG project activities did no harm to stakeholders or the environment, new and updated standards now may require projects be designed specifically to provide contributions to sustainable development goals and also designed to intentionally benefit local communities and biodiversity. Effective assessment of conformance with these criteria requires understanding the underlying principles grounding the requirements under the applicable GHG project or program standard. Aster Global Environmental Solutions has built a team with proven competence in providing validation and verification services covering sustainable development criteria, stakeholder safeguards and community benefits, and environmental safeguards and biodiversity benefits, including at the project level, grouped-project level, and at the jurisdictional program level.
Aster Global Environmental Solutions is an accredited, independent auditor approved under Verra programs including Sustainable Development Standard (VISta), Climate, Community and Biodiversity Standard (CCB), Voluntary Carbon Standard (VCS), and Plastic Standard; The REDD+ Environmental Excellence Standard (TREES) under the Architecture for REDD+ Transactions (ART); Social Carbon; Plan Vivo Standard; American Carbon Registry; and Isometric. We have extensive global experience having validated or verified more than 350 projects covering a broad range of community and ecosystem service benefits. The Aster Global philosophy and technical approach stresses experience, competence, communication, cultural sensitivity, and above all, responsiveness to the needs of our clients. Contact us to learn more.
