Mission
To accelerate credible global climate action by certifying greenhouse gas emission reductions and removals to the highest standards of scientific rigour, transparency and governance, and by operating a secure, technology-first registry trusted by project developers, buyers, regulators and the public.
Vision
A world in which every carbon credit represents a real, additional, permanent and independently verified climate benefit — and in which CERT is the benchmark against which the integrity of carbon crediting is measured.
What we do
We write the rules — methodologies and a binding Registry Rulebook. We operate the ledger — a secure public registry of every CRU from issuance to retirement. We guard the system — independent committees, published decisions, real sanctions.
What we deliberately do not do
Develop projects. Trade credits. Provide validation or verification services. Take fees tied to issuance volumes.
Our values
- Scientific rigour. If a number can’t be verified, it doesn’t enter the ledger.
- Radical transparency. Publish everything that a reasonable stakeholder would want to see.
- Structural independence. Separate the people who write the rules from the people who apply them.
- Uncompromising safeguards. No emission reduction is worth harm to communities or ecosystems.
- Public accountability. Every decision is a document. Every document is public.