Connect with a Verification Body
Offset Project Operators who wish to be issued credits under the ARB Compliance Offset Protocols or undergo the regulatory verification of Early Action Offset Credits (EAOCs) must employ verification bodies that have been accredited by ARB. Please consult the ARB website for the list of accredited offset verifiers and verification bodies. The verification bodies listed below are accredited by ANSI and qualified to provide verification services for voluntary projects under the Reserve.
Once a verification body has both completed the training requirements AND achieved its ISO 14065: 2007, ISO 14064-3: 2006, and IAF MD 6: 2009 accreditation, it may advertise that it is “recognized and qualified as a verification body for the Climate Action Reserve.” The list of ANSI-accredited Verification Bodies is available on ANSI’s website.
Verification bodies that are currently undergoing the ANSI accreditation process and have not yet completed the process are allowed to perform verification activities for Reserve projects if they have already met the training requirements. However, CRTs will not be issued to those projects until the verification body has received its formal accreditation. The verification body should notify the project developer of the circumstances surrounding its expected accreditation and this should be addressed in its verification contract.
If a verification body is having trouble locating a client for an ANSI witness assessment, it should notify the Reserve staff at (213) 891-1444 ext.2 or reserve@climateactionreserve.org.
Note that verification bodies must have two or more lead verifiers trained on each project type for which they wish to perform verifications. Verification bodies interested in subcontracting verifiers may refer to the list of individual verifiers who have passed our project protocol-specific trainings. Note that the subcontracted verifier(s) must be identified on the Verification Policies Acknowledgement, Agreement, and Verification Staff Reporting Form and the NOVA/COI form.
ACCREDITED VERIFICATION BODIES
| Verification Body | Mailing Address | Contact | Type |
| Advanced Waste Management Systems, Inc www.awm.net |
6430 Hixson Pike Hixson, TN 37343 |
Robert Ellis (423) 843-2206 robellis@awm.net |
(LF) |
| Agri-Waste Technology, Inc. www.agriwaste.com |
5400 Etta Burke Court Suite 200 Raleigh, NC 27606 |
Chris Mosley (919) 859-0669 cmosley@agriwaste.com |
(F) (LV) (LF) (OWC) (OWD) |
| Det Norske Veritas (DNV) Certification, Inc. www.dnv.com |
One Bush Street, 12th Floor San Francisco, CA 94104 |
Kyle Silon (971) 235-7835 kyle.silon@dnvkema.com |
(CMM) (F) (LV) (LF) (ODS) (N2O) |
| Environmental Services, Inc. www.esicarbon.com |
7220 Financial Way, Jacksonville, FL 32256 |
Janice McMahon (330) 833-9941 jmcmahon@esinc.cc |
(F) |
| ERM – Certification and Verification Services Ltd. www.ermcvs.com |
1513 N Paulina St. Chicago, IL 60622 |
Greg Kozak (773) 278-6011 greg.kozak@ermcvs.com |
(LF) (LV) |
| First Environment, Inc. http://www.firstenvironment.com/ |
91 Fulton Street Boonton, NJ 07005 |
Michael Carim (646) 873-6781 x305 mic@firstenvironment.com |
(LV) (LF) (OWD) (F) (CMM) (ODS) (OWC) (N2O) |
| KPMG Performance Registrar, Inc.http://www.kpmg.com | 777 Dunsmuir Street Vancouver, BC V7Y 1K3, Canada |
Chris Ridley-Thomas (604) 691-3088 cridleythomas@kpmg.ca |
(F) |
| LRQA Americas Sustainability, Inc. (Formerly Ryerson, Master and Associates, Inc. (RMA)) www.lrqasustainability.us/ |
735 State Street Suite 407 Santa Barbara, CA 93101 |
Derek Markolf (805) 730-1338 derek.markolf@lrqa.com |
(LV) (LF) (F) (OWD) (CMM) (ODS) |
| NSF International Strategic Registrations, Ltd. http://www.nsf-isr.org/ |
Southern California Sales Office 9191 Towne Centre Drive Suite 510 San Diego, CA 92122 |
Anthony Giles (734) 827-6890 AGiles@nsf.org |
(F) (LV) (LF) (ODS) (N2O) |
| Perry Johnson Registrars Carbon Emissions Services, Inc. http://www.pjr.com/ |
755 W. Big Beaver Road, Suite 1380 Troy, MI 48084 |
Debbye Parker dparker@pjr.com 800-800-7910 ext. 4720 |
(LV) (LF) |
| Rainforest Alliance, Inc. www.rainforest-alliance.org |
65 Millet St., Suite 201 Richmond, VT 05477 |
Dave Bubser (507) 663-1115 dbubser@ra.org |
(F) |
| Ruby Canyon Engineering www.rubycanyoneng.com |
743 Horizon Court Suite 385 Grand Junction, CO 81506 |
Michael Cote (970) 241-9298 mcote@rubycanyoneng.com |
(OWD) (CMM) (LV) (LF) (N2O) (ODS) |
| SCS Global Services http://www.scscertified.com/ |
2200 Powell Street, Suite 725 Emeryville, CA 94608 |
Robert J. Hrubes, Ph.D (510) 452-8007 rhrubes@scscertified.com |
(F) (LF) |
| SES, Inc. http://www.ses-corp.com |
6750 Antioch Rd. #305 Merriam, KS 66204 |
Rob Dobson rdobson@ses-corp.com (913) 307-0058 ext.18 |
(LV) |
ACCREDITATION APPLICANTS WITH RESERVE TRAINING
| Verification Body | Mailing Address | Contact | Type |
| Project Type | Abbreviation |
| Coal Mine Methane | CMM |
| Forest | F |
| U.S. and Mexico Landfill | LF |
| U.S. and Mexico Livestock | LV |
| Nitrogen Management | NM |
| Nitric Acid Production | N2O |
| Ozone Depleting Substances | ODS |
| Organic Waste Composting | OWC |
| Organic Waste Digestion | OWD |
| Rice Cultivation | RC |
| Urban Forest | UF |