How does the Reserve provide assurance to the public?
The Reserve provides a brand of high quality for any emission reduction activities registered in its database. First, the Reserve develops very rigorous standards (known as protocols) for quantifying emission reductions using an open and public process to insure that calculations of emission reductions are accurate, conservative, and have environmental integrity. Project developers use these standards to report emission reductions from their qualifying activities. Accredited independent third-parties must then verify that projects have complied with the standards and to quantify the GHG emission reductions. Once a project is verified, the developers account on the system is credited with the number of tons reduced from the project for a given calendar year. One ton of reduction generates one Carbon Reduction Ton (CRT, pronounced carrot.). Each CRT has a unique serial number which assures buyers that it cannot be double sold. Each serial number has imbedded information that identifies t