WASHINGTON – Aug. 13, 2025 | Verra is proud to announce that the Integrity Council for the Voluntary Carbon Market (ICVCM) has approved the Verified Carbon Standard (VCS) Program’s biochar and improved forest management (IFM) methodologies (VM0044, v1.2 and VM0045, v1.2) as meeting the Core Carbon Principles (CCP) criteria. With this approval, the ICVCM recognizes both methodologies as meeting the highest global benchmarks for scientific rigor and environmental integrity.
Verra’s biochar methodology, VM0044 Biochar Utilization in Soil and Non-Soil Applications, v1.2, sets a new benchmark for the responsible production and use of biochar: a highly stable form of carbon that, when applied to soil or incorporated into durable products, locks carbon away for centuries.
VM0045 Improved Forest Management Using Dynamic Matched Baselines from National Forest Inventories, v1.2, one of Verra’s IFM methodologies, introduces a groundbreaking approach to forest carbon accounting by moving away from static, model-based baselines and instead using continuously monitored, real-world forest inventory data to establish dynamic baselines.