ACR Announces Public Comment Period for Updates to Program Documents

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February 17, 2017

SACRAMENTO, CA, February 17, 2017 – The American Carbon Registry (ACR), a nonprofit enterprise of Winrock International, is proposing updates to the following Program documents and is soliciting public comments:

1)  The American Carbon Registry (ACR) Standard v4.0, which details ACR’s requirements and specifications for the quantification, monitoring, and reporting of project-based GHG emissions reductions and removals, verification, project registration, and issuance of offsets

Stakeholders are invited to review the proposed changes to the ACR Standard posted on the ACR website and submit comments to ACR@Winrock.org by March 20, 2017.

2)   ACR Validation and Verification Standard, which details requirements for Validation and Verification Bodies as well as for independent third-party validation and verification of all carbon offset projects.

Stakeholders are invited review the proposed changes posted on the ACR website and submit comments to ACR@Winrock.org by March 20, 2017.