Eight steps
From feasibility to issuance
The steps run in order, and each one depends on the output of the last. Skipping a step comes back as a finding in the next audit — which is why attempts to accelerate usually lengthen the timeline.
Feasibility and methodology selection
We assess whether the project can generate credits at all. The critical question is additionality: would this reduction have happened without the project revenue? If the answer is yes, no credits can be issued. If not, this is where the standard and methodology are chosen.
Project Design Document (PDD)
The project's formal file. The baseline scenario, monitored parameters, calculation method, stakeholder consultation and expected reductions are all set out here. The validator will audit this document, so anything left vague returns later as a finding.
Validation
An independent, accredited body reviews the PDD, visits the site and confirms the project conforms to the methodology. Findings are answered and corrected. At this stage the project design is audited — no reductions are measured yet.
Registration
The approved project is entered into a registry. The record is public: project documents, verification reports and the serial numbers of issued credits can all be viewed. That transparency is precisely the mechanism that stops the same tonne being sold twice.
Monitoring
While the project runs, the parameters defined in the PDD are measured and logged: biomass and survival rates in afforestation, kWh generated in renewable energy, soil organic carbon in regenerative agriculture. If record-keeping discipline breaks down here, verification will fail.
Verification
The independent body audits the monitoring report and confirms how many tonnes were actually reduced. This is conducted under ISO 14064-3 accreditation. The resulting figure is the number of credits to be issued.
Credit issuance
The registry issues credits equal to the verified volume, each with a serial number. Every credit is one tonne of CO₂e, carries a vintage (the year of the reduction) and is assigned to a single account. From this point it is a transferable asset.
Sale, transfer or retirement
The credit is either sold or retired to offset the organisation's own emissions. Retirement is irreversible — the credit is permanently marked as used in the registry and can never be traded again. An offsetting claim is only valid after retirement.
Project types
Where credits come from
Not every project works in every country, on every plot of land or in every facility. Eligibility depends on land tenure, data history, regulation and financing structure.
Afforestation
Planting on degraded or barren land. The most recognised project type on the market. It requires a long commitment, with permanence risk and a fire-and-disease buffer factored in.
Forest conservation
Preventing the loss of existing forest cover. Co-benefits for local communities score well. The construction of the baseline scenario is the most sensitive issue in this type.
Blue carbon
Carbon stored in coastal and marine ecosystems. Alongside the climate benefit it prevents erosion and absorbs storm surge. Still rarely applied along the Turkish coast.
Renewable energy
Lowering grid carbon intensity through wind and solar generation. The cleanest project type to measure — kWh generated is directly countable. The additionality test is harder here.
Regenerative agriculture
Practices that build soil organic matter under RegenAGRI. Once emissions data is verified under ISO 14064/5, the farm gains a second revenue stream.
Carbon capture
Capturing CO₂ from the air or flue gas and storing it geologically. Precise to measure, expensive to run. Limited scale today — but it produces the highest-priced credits.
Adjacent services
Three more instruments alongside carbon
Carbon and energy certificates
For companies that prefer to offset by purchasing certificates rather than producing credits: preliminary study, standard and verifier selection, sourcing and verification.
Plastic credits
The same logic as carbon credits, a different unit. We calculate your plastic footprint, build a reduction strategy and select internationally recognised offset projects. Programmes provide 7–21 years of financing.
Efficiency improvement projects
Government grant applications for insulation, waste heat recovery, cogeneration and process optimisation. We work with you from preparation through to implementation monitoring.
Do you have land, a facility or a project idea?
A short conversation before feasibility usually clarifies whether a project can generate credits. There is no charge for that conversation.