What does the Integrity Council mean by a “Program”?

We use the term “Program” for carbon-crediting programs issuing credits that are traded on the voluntary carbon market.

To assess whether those programs applying to become CCP-labelled are a “Program” under ICVCM terminology, we ask them to answer the following two questions: 

1. Does your organisation develop and maintain a Standard that is used to register/approve mitigation activities?   > Please provide the name of the Standard and a link to the Standard documents.  
2. Does your organisation issue carbon credits from mitigation activities following this named Standard?  > Please provide a link to the registry containing the mitigation activities and carbon credits generated via your Program.  

This is asked as part of the assessment process. If your organisation can meet these requirements and prove them, it is likely that you will be considered as a Program.