The verification bodies listed below are accredited by the ANSI National Accreditation Board (ANAB) and qualified to provide verification services for voluntary and early action projects under the Reserve’s program. 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 ANAB-accredited Verification Bodies is available on ANAB’s website. The Reserve is also working with Entidad Mexicana de Acreditación, A.C. (EMA) in Mexico to accredit verification bodies to support the Mexico Forest Protocol.
Projects undergoing verification for ARB offset credits: Offset Project Operators must employ verification bodies that have been accredited by ARB in order to be issued offset credits under an ARB Compliance Offset Protocol. Early action projects hoping to transition credits to the Compliance Offset Program must undergo a subsequent regulatory verification of Early Action Offset Credits (EAOCs) by an ARB-accredited verifier as well. Please consult the ARB website for the list of accredited offset verifiers and verification bodies.
Verification bodies that are currently undergoing the ANAB 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 ANAB witness assessment, it should notify the Reserve staff at (213) 891-1444 ext. 3 or [email protected].
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. These verification body forms can be found on our Program-wide Project Forms page.
ACCREDITED VERIFICATION BODIES
Verification Body | Mailing Address | Contact | Type |
Agri-Waste Technology agriwaste.com |
501 N. Salem Street, Suite 201 Apex, NC 27502 |
Hal Langenbach (919) 367-6312 [email protected] |
(AAP) (CMM) (LF) (LV) (NAP) (OWD) (OWC) |
Asociación de Normalización y Certificación, A.C. (ANCE) www.ance.org.mx |
Av. Lázaro Cárdenas 869, Nueva Industrial Vallejo, Ciudad de México, C.P. 07700, México | Joel Miguel Ramírez (+52) 55 4180 5405 [email protected] |
(MF) |
Aster Global Environmental Solutions, Inc. www.AsterGlobal.com |
3800 Clermont Street NW, North Lawrence, OH 44666 |
Janice McMahon (330) 294-1242 [email protected] |
(F) (G) (NM) (RC) (SEP) (UF) |
First Environment, Inc. www.firstenvironment.com/ |
91 Fulton Street Boonton, NJ 07005 |
Michael Carim (626) 529-3089 [email protected] |
(CMM) (LF) (LV) (ODS) (OWC) |
GHD Services, Inc. www.ghd.com/global/ |
5900 Hollis Street, Suite A Emeryville, CA 94608 |
Elnaz Senobari Vayghan +1 (778) 309 2366 [email protected] |
(F) (LF) (LV) (ODS) |
Ruby Canyon Environmental, Inc. https://rubycanyonenv.com/ |
743 Horizon Court Suite 385 Grand Junction, CO 81506 |
Zach Eyler (970) 241-9298 x15 [email protected] |
(AAP) (CMM) (F) (G) (LF) (LV) (MF) (NAP) (NM) (ODS) (OWC) (OWD) (SEP) (UF) |
S&A Carbon, LLC www.saacarbon.com |
705 SE 55th Ave Portland, OR 97215 |
Kyle Silon (971) 235-7835 [email protected] |
(F) |
SCS Global Services www.scsglobalservices.com |
2000 Powell Street, Suite 2000 Emeryville, CA 94608 |
Christie Pollet-Young (510) 452-9093 [email protected] David Ross |
(F) (G) (LF) (MF) (UF) |
The Earth Lab www.earthlab.mx |
Av. Maquiladoras 501, Industrias No Contaminantes, C.P. 97300, Mérida, Yucatán. Oficina 11 | Nubia Valles Molina 55 50 88 54 54 [email protected] |
(MF) |
PROJECT TYPE ABBREVIATIONS
Project Type | Abbreviation |
Adipic Acid Production | AAP |
Coal Mine Methane | CMM |
Forest | F |
Mexico Forest | MF |
Grassland | G |
U.S. and Mexico Landfill | LF |
U.S. and Mexico Livestock | LV |
Nitrogen Management | NM |
Nitric Acid Production | NAP |
Ozone Depleting Substances | ODS |
Organic Waste Composting | OWC |
Organic Waste Digestion | OWD |
Rice Cultivation | RC |
Soil Enrichment | SEP |
Urban Forest Management | UFM |
Urban Tree Planting | UTP |