GHG Emissions

The GHG emission reductions registry provides a transparent and credible registered listing of projects that reduce intensity based carbon footprints. It lists each project as well as issues and tracks each metric tonne of Greenhouse Gas reduced or removed. All listings and issuances go through a rigorous process to ensure all the standards require... ments are meet and the singularity of reductions (i.e. credits have not been previously issued or sold). Credits receive a unique reference number (Serial Number) and are tracked through their entire life-cycle, via registered transfers that define the volume, serial number and vintage transferred to a new recipient. Retired reductions are permanently "locked" by the registry, ensuring that reductions cannot be re-issued, sold or transferred at any time. The objective of any voluntary GHG project is to have actual intensity based reductions that cause a lowered Greenhouse Gas Emission profile due to an operational change or process that is demonstrably better than sectorial and site practice standards. All projects must be able to demonstrate that the project is Additional, whereby the emissions from the project activity are lower than alternative or typical scenarios, careful consideration must be taken to ensure that registered projects can factually demonstrate that the "Emission Trajectory" of a project is better than the business as usual (BAU)approach. Assessing and documenting causality of emission reductions is a cornerstone to all GHG projects. Conservative consideration and selection of functionally equivalent baseline and project conditions is a key factor in developing GHG projects. There are many methods that can be used to determine additionality, baseline conditions and functional equivalence for GHG Projects. Though the GHG Emissions Reductions Registry does not prescribe methods to be utilized, it is imperative that registered GHG Projects clearly identify the how the project has made reductions that would not been achieved under the Business As ...Read More