Methodologies that make a good project easier to submit.

Since 2008, Credible Carbon has put additionality, permanence and measurability ahead of methodology. These new methodologies don't change that. They give projects and auditors a clearer, shared starting point. They're free, and they're a public good.

These are drafts, currently open for consultation. If they make submitting or auditing a project harder rather than easier, that's the opposite of the intent. Tell us so we can fix it.

Every project must be AMPED

Additional

Beyond what law or business-as-usual would have delivered anyway

Measured

Quantified conservatively from real, auditable records

Permanent

Reductions and removals that hold, and that the project stands behind

Excellent Data

The evidence that supports every claim. The hallmark of a Credible Carbon project.

The four methodologies

Each one sets out what's eligible, how to define the baseline, how to test additionality, how to quantify savings, and what evidence an auditor will look for. Download the full Word document for any of them below.

CC-M001-I Waste · Recycling

Inorganic Waste Recycling & Composting

For projects that divert dry recyclable materials from landfill and feed them into recycling or circular-economy value chains, crediting the avoided emissions.

Use it for

Plastics Glass Metals Paper & board E-waste fractions

CC-M001-O Waste · Organic

Organic Waste Landfill Diversion

For composting, anaerobic digestion and controlled biological treatment of organic waste that would otherwise decay anaerobically and release methane.

Use it for

Food & garden waste Agricultural residues Fats, oils & grease Biogas / AD

CC-M002-S Energy

Renewable Energy & Energy Efficiency

For renewable electricity generation and energy-efficiency or demand-side measures that displace grid power or fossil fuels, crediting the emissions avoided.

Use it for

Solar PV Wind Hybrid systems Solar water heating Efficiency measures

CC-M003-L Land · AFOLU

Land, Soil Carbon & Ecosystem Restoration

For soil organic carbon, biomass carbon, avoided degradation, restoration and managed fire regimes, with remote sensing as a supporting data source.

Use it for

Soil carbon Improved grazing Revegetation Fire-regime management

Why we wrote them

To make good projects easier to submit, and easier to audit.

For projects

A clearer PIN

Know up front what's eligible, what baseline to use and what evidence to gather, so a strong Project Idea Note comes together faster.

For auditors

A shared yardstick

Third-party reviewers appraise against the same conservative tests and evidence hierarchy, every time.

For everyone

Lower cost, not higher

These are a free public good. The goal is to reduce friction, not to add expense or complexity.

These methodologies sit within the Credible Carbon Standard — our full framework for project governance, auditing and registry rules. See also: Governance & Integrity →