Some carbon credits are not certified by third party auditors or carbon offset schemes, however they are also legit and verified. Some prefer to go with uncertified credits to allocate the most of the credit cost to the offset program, as third party certification of carbon credits can be expensive. This high certification / middlemen price has 2 consequences:
To be considered high quality, any carbon offsetting project need to meet a number of quality criteria. You should plan to carry out independent due diligence on the quality of individual credits purchased throughout your procurement process.
74%
of carbon credit issued in 2021 come from independent standards, totalling 352 million credits
(Open Knowledge)
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