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SOCIALCARBON® Standard
Introduction to the Standard
WHO WE ARE
Canguçu Research
Center
Who we are
Instituto
Ecológica
Palmas
(Ecologica Institute - EI) is a
non-profit organization active
in the Amazon rainforest.
IE is also a founding member of
Observatório do Clima, a
network that brings together
civil society organizations in
order to discuss climate change
in the Brazilian scenario.
During the past ten years, EI’s
mission has been to develop
activities focused on climate
change mitigation through:
• Scientific research
• Environmental preservation
• Community development.
Ecologica Institute’s Results
• 460,000 tons of carbon reduced.
• 46 studies on climate change, renewable energy, environmental
conservation and community development.
• 2,323 native hectares conserved.
• 300 hectares of forest restored.
• 6,480 people trained.
• 110 families included in the market through the
commercialization of sustainable products that benefit the climate.
SOCIALCARBON® Standard
The Ecologica Institute is the developer of the SOCIALCARBON concept and the
SOCIALCARBON® Standard.
The SOCIALCARBON Standard is an additional certification to guarantee that carbon
offset projects are sustainable and result in social and environmental benefits
(commonly called "co-benefits“).
1998
Forest project in
Brazil
2000
Development
of the Social
Carbon concept
and
methodology
The Evolution of SOCIALCARBON®
Social Carbon concept: methodology for community development projects
2003
Publication of
the book:
Social Carbon:
adding value to
sustainable
development
2003 - …
All Ecologica
Institute’s projects
use Social Carbon
methodology
(capacity building,
sustainable
products, etc.)
2010
Publication of
the second book:
Biodiversity and
Social Carbon
2012
Biodiversity and
Social Carbon is
considered by an
important Brazilian
periodic as among
the ‘10 books for
young
environmental
entrepreneurs’
SOCIALCARBON Standard: certification for carbon offset projects
2006
Switching
fuel
projects
(biomass in
small
industries)
2007
HPP, both
large and
small scale
2011
Projects
Validated
in 3
continents
2013
SOCIALCARBON
Standard V. 5.0
2014 Join
Documents
VCS+SOCIAL
CARBON
Achievements
59 projects certified in Brazil, China, Turkey, Indonesia &
Índia
tCO2e: over 9,5 million CO2e tons reduced.
tCO2e: over 3 million offset units retired.
Indicators available for: Forestry, Fuel Switching, Composting,
Hydro Power, Landfills and REDD.
Source: Markit Environmental Registry
MARKET INFORMATION
What Buyers Want
Source: ICROA research study into Co-benefits from the voluntary market, undertaken by Imperial College
Prices of carbon credits (VERs)
Source: State of the Voluntary Carbon Market 2012
SOCIALCARBON® Market share
"More than a third of VCS tonnes (9.6 MtCo2e) claimed or aimed to additionally deliver social or environmental
benefits under the Climate, Community and Biodiversity Standards (CCB Standards) for forestry carbon projects or
according to the SOCIALCARBON Standard (1.3 MtCO2e) as buyers continued to show interest in offsets with
certified benefits beyond carbon." (page 15, State of the Voluntary Carbon Market 2014)
Authorized Developers
Certifying Entities
SOCIALCARBON® DIFFERENTIAL
SOCIALCARBON Differential
Business
NGOs
Governments
Business
NGOs
Governments
Project Developers
Project developers
Local
Stakeholders
Local Stakeholders
: Bottom-Up
Long term sustainability
Our Differential
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It is more flexible and responsive to the realities of developing countries.
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It has a more practical approach (facts instead of check list of criteria).
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All stakeholders can participate on decision making processes.
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It adds value and bring transparency for carbon offsets.
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It provides a view of the local reality of the project, not only the common discourse about
project’s positive and negative impacts.
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It does not exclude projects, but promotes the inclusion of projects with higher potential of
development and commitment in carbon market.
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It strives for continuous improvement instead of selective criteria for projects.
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SOCIALCARBON Standard is the only standard created in a developing country (Brazil).
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It is based on the Sustainable Livelihood Approach.
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Accreditation and use are free of charge.
HOW SOCIALCARBON® WORKS
How it works
1 - Use of six basic resources: Social,
Human, Financial, Natural,
Biodiversity/Technology and Carbon.
2 - The indicators have a score
beginning at the most precarious
scenario (level 1) and ending at the
ideal situation (sustainable use of
resource – level 6).
3 - All the data is collected through
participative methods (interviews,
questionnaires and meetings with
stakeholders).
4 –The results are presented on a
template report and the average score
by the indicators is plotted in a
hexagon to facilitate analysis of the
project’s evolution.
Carbon5.0
Technolog
y
Social
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5 3.5
4
3
2
1
0
3.0
Point
Zero
Human
2.7
Point 03
3.8
3.6
Natural
Point 01
Financial
SOCIALCARBON® Requirements
Project developers establish a baseline using the standard's assessment tools. Developers
must then demonstrate improvements in relation to this baseline through SOCIALCARBON
monitoring reports that are independently verified by accredited certifying entities.
CDM, VCS, ACR other offset programs
defines methodologies to measure
contributions to emissions reductions.
SOCIALCARBON defines methodologies to
measure contributions to sustainable
development.
SOCIALCARBON: project cycle
Feasibility Study
UNFCCC & VCS
METHODOLOGIES
VCS_PDD
SOCIAL CARBON
REPORT (POINT ZERO)
D.O.E. VALIDATION
D.O.E. VALIDATION
MONITORING
MONITORING & ACTION
PLAN
D.O.E. VERIFICATION
D.O.E. VERFICATION
(POINT ONE)
Carbon Accounting
SOCIALCARBON
STANDARD &
INDICATORS
Sustainability
DOCUMENTS AND
STATESMENT ISSUANCE
PAYMENT OF
VCS LEVY
REGISTRATION INTO
MARKIT REGISTRY
PAYMENT OF
SOCIALCARBON LEVY
(USD 0,02)
Contact:
SOCIALCARBON TEAM
[email protected]
www.socialcarbon.org