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Today, we celebrate the landmark statement from the U.S. government underlining the importance of the voluntary carbon market (VCM).    We know high-integrity #CarbonCredits give companies and emitters the ability to do more, and to do it faster than cutting internal emissions alone. We also know companies that buy carbon credits through the VCM are leaders in climate action. The White House has now made the case for the VCM even stronger: the time has come for this climate solution. Verra is the leading standards setter in the VCM, and we continue to promote rigor, transparency, and vigilance for science-backed and consensus-driven standards. Verra is committed to certifying high-quality projects and issuing high-integrity credits that represent real, additional, and permanent emission reductions and reward co-benefits, while also including critical social and environmental safeguards. Our core mission is to unlock investment in tangible climate action. We applaud the United States for supporting this key climate action tool. Read our full statement: https://bit.ly/4ebUYLl #Verra #CarbonMarkets #ClimateChange #StandardsMatter

💻 Webinar recording available! Want to learn more about our public consultation on the proposed Methodology Change and Requantification Procedure in the Verified Carbon Standard Program? Check out the replay of our recent webinar, where Verra staff shared an overview of the procedure for project proponents, validation/verification bodies, and holders of active Verified Carbon Units (VCUs). The public consultation is open through August 9, 2024. View the webinar recording and read more about the consultation: https://bit.ly/4bB7tNF #Verra #ClimateChange #ClimateAction #StandardsMatter

📆 On Tuesday, August 6, 2024, at 11:00 am ET, Verra is hosting a webinar for stakeholders in Latin America to provide an overview of Verra’s Plastic Waste Reduction Program (Plastic Program). Join us to discover how the Plastic Program and Plastic Credits can support regional plastic waste management efforts! In this one-hour webinar, Verra staff will discuss plastic pollution challenges in Latin America, introduce Verra’s Plastic Program, and explain how to register and verify projects in the program. The session will also cover Plastic Credits and explore how stakeholders can leverage these credits as an innovative financing mechanism for scaling up plastic waste reduction activities. We will conclude with open dialogue and time for questions. Register for the webinar: https://bit.ly/3WnS8Mb #Verra #PlasticCrisis #CircularEconomy #PlasticWaste #PlasticPollution

Verra has submitted feedback to the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) on the draft design of a program that would enable America’s farmers, ranchers, and forest landowners to participate in the voluntary carbon market by identifying high-integrity protocols (i.e., methodologies) for generating carbon credits. Verra’s written comments underscored the following key points: 🚜 Verra commends the administration’s recent commitment to a high-integrity carbon market. 🚜 Verra believes in the rigor necessary to ensure the generation of high-quality credits and a strong carbon market. 🚜 Verra believes that the USDA should utilize the existing infrastructure of greenhouse gas crediting programs for guidance to ensure high-integrity action in the carbon market and efficient project development and management processes. Verra also recommended that the USDA evaluate several Verified Carbon Standard (VCS) methodologies for listing under its program and review the VCS Program as a whole. Read more: https://bit.ly/4cIzxA1 #Verra #CarbonMarkets #CarbonCredits #ClimateAction

📢 The 2024 Environmental Finance Voluntary Carbon Market Rankings are open through July 26! We hope you'll consider voting for us again this year for "Best GHG Crediting Programme" and for "Best Registry Provider." Why vote for Verra? In September 2023, we launched a new era of scaling our impact, engaging more actively with our stakeholders, and ensuring we operate our programs effectively and efficiently. Here are some highlights from the past several months: 💡 A commitment to a multiyear digitalization initiative, which included launching the Verra Project Hub 💡 Initiatives to strengthen our project review processes and various stakeholder support functions, including the launch of a new Stakeholder Support Team 💡 Continued efforts to strengthen our VCS Program by launching a new cohort of the VCS Program Advisory Group and laying the foundation for version 5 of the program Read more: https://bit.ly/4cDFM8x

🚀 We're thrilled to announce Jacob Amoako, Ph.D from Verra, as our special guest speaker for our upcoming webinar! Join us next Thursday, July 25th, for our webinar "Empowering Carbon Buyers: Screen Your Carbon Investments with or without Traditional Ratings," featuring Jacob Amoako, Ph.D, Manager, REDD Government and Technical Coordination at Verra. Jacob brings considerable expertise in stakeholder engagement, REDD , forest mensuration, and carbon accounting. Seize this opportunity to gain knowledge from a top expert in the field. Register now 👉 http://orbi.fyi/wtJU #carboninvestment #carbonbuyers #carbonprojects #carbonintegrity #redd #arr #naturebasedsolutions #carbonoffsets #carboncredits #carboninvestment #satellitedata

📣 Our next Stakeholder Update Webinar is just one week away! Join us on Wednesday, July 24, at 11:00 am ET, for highlights from the last quarter. Verra staff will share updates related to the recent ICVCM approval of our Verified Carbon Standard Program and some of its methodologies, news about our recently-released carbon capture and storage methodology, the latest on our groundbreaking new REDD methodology, and more! #Verra #CarbonCredits #CarbonMarkets #StandardsMatter #SustainableDevelopment

📢 #ICYMI: Did you miss our recent webinar, "Overview of the W Label for Verified Carbon Units (VCUs)"? Check out the recording for an overview of the updated label guidance document and the process of acquiring W labels for VCUs! 🙌 Thanks to the hosts – The W Standard's Jeannette Gurung and Verra's Nicole Shermer and Justin Wheler – for this informative session. View the recording: https://bit.ly/3S9Ht5a #Verra #ClimateChange #ClimateAction #StandardsMatter #GenderEquity #WomensRights

📆 On Tuesday, July 30, at 9:00 am ET / 3:00 pm CAT, Verra is hosting a webinar for regional stakeholders in Africa to provide an overview of Verra’s Plastic Waste Reduction Program (Plastic Program). Join us to discover how the Plastic Program and Plastic Credits can support regional plastic waste management efforts! In this one-hour webinar, Verra staff will discuss plastic pollution challenges in Africa, introduce Verra’s Plastic Program, and explain how to register and verify projects in the program. The session will also cover Plastic Credits and explore how stakeholders can leverage these credits as an innovative financing mechanism for scaling up plastic waste reduction activities. We will conclude with open dialogue and time for questions. Register for the webinar: https://bit.ly/4bTMSEM #Verra #PlasticCrisis #CircularEconomy #PlasticWaste #PlasticPollution Photo courtesy of Deekali Plastic Recovery West Africa

🗣️📣⭐ Welcome to our new Voices of Verra series! Our team members are at the heart of what we do. In this new series, we take you behind the scenes at Verra, letting you hear directly from our talented staff: who they are, what they do, and what they are passionate about. Today, meet Cassio Souza, director, Program Secretariat! ❓What do you do here at Verra, and what brought you to Verra? ➡️ I am the director of the Program Secretariat Team at Verra, which is part of the Program Management Department. My daily routine covers three main areas: overseeing the Operational Excellence Team that is in charge of project review assignments and timely pipeline listings of projects, leading the Stakeholder Support Team to ensure prompt responses to project inquiries, and helping to manage data collection to systematize in dashboards for monitoring KPIs and decision-making. Before joining Verra, I spent 15 years in the agriculture sector, focusing on sustainability and best agricultural management practices that have a positive effect on biodiversity. Three things drew me to Verra: the connection between operational efficiency and sustainability results, Verra's global presence, and the values of transparency and balance that are pivotal to Verra’s work. ❓What part of your work do you feel has the most impact? ➡️ I think that my work at Verra has the most impact in the following three ways: First, we analyze data about our project review processes to make them more efficient; we identify bottlenecks and find ways to optimize processes. Second, we assure operational excellence by ensuring the right specialists handle each project. This enables us to complete project reviews faster. Third, our dedicated stakeholder engagement team is enhancing communication with our project proponents to provide them with support, making Verra more responsive and approachable. These are three vital areas where my team contributes to Verra's mission. ❓What's your favorite activity outside of work? ➡️ Outside of work, I find joy in several activities. I find that playing guitar and cooking are wonderful escapes from a day full of reading and analysis – these activities are much more of a manual nature than the ones I do for my job. As a soccer enthusiast, I'm always up for a chat about this sport, no matter the league. But my favorite getaway is the beach, whether in my home country or abroad. There, I feel I can really disconnect from everyday life by immersing myself in a different – and beautiful – landscape and atmosphere.