Build confidence in carbon projects, carbon credit portfolios, and climate claims with independent assurance from an accredited validation and verification body.
ERM CVS is an accredited Validation and Verification Body (VVB) providing independent assurance across voluntary and regulated carbon markets. We support project developers, carbon credit buyers, investors, and organizations making climate-related claims by validating project design, verifying carbon outcomes, and helping stakeholders assess the integrity of carbon assets.
As expectations around transparency, credibility, and climate accountability continue to rise, independent assurance plays a critical role in reducing risk and strengthening stakeholder confidence. ERM CVS combines accredited assurance expertise with deep carbon market knowledge to help organizations navigate complex standards, evolving regulations, and growing scrutiny from investors, regulators, customers, and civil society.
Contact usCarbon credits have become an increasingly important component of corporate climate strategies, helping organizations address residual emissions, meet climate commitments, and support decarbonization projects worldwide.
However, the carbon market is evolving rapidly. Buyers and investors face a complex landscape of standards, methodologies, registries, and project types, while stakeholders increasingly demand evidence that carbon credits deliver real, measurable, and credible climate benefits.
Questions around additionality, permanence, leakage, monitoring, and claim substantiation can create financial, operational, and reputational risks for both project developers and credit users.
Independent validation, verification, and assurance help organizations navigate these challenges by providing objective assessments of project performance, carbon outcomes, and climate claims. ERM CVS helps clients build confidence in carbon investments, strengthen market credibility, and support alignment with emerging integrity frameworks, including ICVCM Core Carbon Principles and VCMI Monitoring, Reporting and Assurance requirements.
ERM CVS provides accredited validation and verification services aligned with recognized carbon market standards and programs. We support project registration, carbon credit issuance, and ongoing project assurance through independent assessments of project design, monitoring approaches, greenhouse gas quantification, and reported outcomes. Our services help project developers, investors, and market participants demonstrate integrity, transparency, and compliance while increasing confidence among regulators, credit buyers, and other stakeholders.
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ERM CVS is an approved Validation and Verification Body under the Verra Verified Carbon Standard (VCS) Program (VVB ID 22). Our team has experience across a diverse range of carbon project types and methodologies, providing independent verification of greenhouse gas reductions and removals. Through rigorous and impartial assessments, we help project developers achieve project registration and carbon credit issuance while demonstrating the credibility of their environmental impact.
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ERM CVS supports participants in Australia's Australian Carbon Credit Unit (ACCU) Scheme through independent audits of carbon abatement projects. Our audit services help project proponents satisfy regulatory requirements, demonstrate accurate reporting of net carbon abatement, and maintain confidence in project outcomes throughout the crediting lifecycle. As demand for ACCUs grows, particularly under Australia's evolving climate and Safeguard Mechanism frameworks, independent assurance is becoming increasingly important for demonstrating project integrity and supporting market confidence.
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As an accredited Validation and Verification Body (VVB) and approved Verra VCS verifier (VVB ID 22), ERM CVS delivers impartial assessments that support project registration, carbon credit issuance, and stakeholder confidence.
We support organizations participating in both voluntary and regulated carbon markets, helping navigate evolving requirements, standards, and market expectations.
From project development to validation, verification, and carbon credit due diligence, we provide support throughout the carbon market lifecycle.
Combining deep carbon market expertise with ERM's sustainability leadership, we help organizations assess carbon credit integrity, strengthen climate claims, and demonstrate transparency under increasing stakeholder and regulatory scrutiny.
Carbon market assurance is the independent assessment of carbon projects, carbon credits, and climate-related claims to confirm they meet applicable standards, methodologies, and program requirements. It helps organizations demonstrate credibility while providing confidence to investors, regulators, customers, and other stakeholders.
A Validation and Verification Body (VVB) is an independent, accredited organization that assesses carbon projects against the requirements of a carbon crediting program. Validation reviews project design before implementation, while verification confirms the emission reductions or removals achieved by a project.
Validation occurs before a project begins generating credits and confirms that the project design meets the requirements of the chosen standard or methodology. Verification occurs after implementation and confirms the quantity of greenhouse gas emissions reductions or removals achieved during a monitoring period.
Verification provides independent confirmation that reported emissions reductions or removals are accurate and meet program requirements. It helps strengthen carbon credit integrity, reduce financial and reputational risk, and increase confidence among buyers, investors, regulators, and other stakeholders.
ERM CVS is accredited by the ANSI National Accreditation Board (ANAB) to perform greenhouse gas validation and verification activities in accordance with internationally recognized standards, including ISO/IEC 17029, ISO 14065, and ISO 14064-3.
Yes. ERM CVS is an approved Validation and Verification Body (VVB ID 22) under the Verra Verified Carbon Standard (VCS) Program, supporting project registration and carbon credit issuance.
Yes. ERM CVS supports organizations seeking independent assurance of climate-related claims, including claims supported by carbon credits. Assurance can help strengthen transparency, support credible reporting, and reduce greenwashing risk.
The Australian Carbon Credit Unit (ACCU) Scheme is Australia's carbon crediting program, administered by the Clean Energy Regulator. Eligible projects that reduce emissions or remove carbon from the atmosphere can generate ACCUs, which may be sold or used to support climate objectives.
Portfolio-level carbon assurance provides an independent assessment of a collection of carbon projects or carbon credit investments. Organizations use portfolio assurance to evaluate overall integrity, risk exposure, alignment with sustainability objectives, climate claims, and decarbonization strategies, helping strengthen confidence in carbon market decisions.
