VCS 2007

The Voluntary Carbon Standard 2007 (VCS 2007) aims to provide a trustworthy, robust global standard for voluntary carbon offsets.

It provides the voluntary carbon market with an assurance mechanism, and so will deliver real credibility to the market. With the VCS 2007, corporations, organisations and individuals will be able to ensure that their carbon offsets are from a credible source, are not double traded or double counted.

The VCS Steering Committee worked closely with the International Standards Organisation (ISO), with ISO 14064 Part 2 (ISO standard for Greenhouse Gas Reporting) included in the VCS 2007 and both 14064 Part 2, 14064 Part 3 and 14065 used as reference documents for the development of the Voluntary Carbon Standard.

Voluntary Carbon Standard (VCS) Podcast

The Voluntary Carbon Standard (VCS) was launched on November 19th 2007 at the London Stock Exchange. We were on hand for the launch event and we also caught up with some of the key people in the development and implementation of the VCS.

Listen to the podcast

Voluntary Carbon Standard and Resources

From this site you can download the complete VCS 2007 documentation, including the standard itself and the program guidelines.

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Anne-Marie Warris

Dr Anne-Marie Warris is Technical Director: Climate Change for LRQA. On behalf of the Voluntary Carbon Standard Committe (VCS), Dr Warris authored the VCS, and was responsible for integrating ISO 14064 and ISO 14065 into the standard.