Committees of the Inclusive Carbon Standard

The ICS governance structure and process consist of:

• The Board of Trustees is responsible to oversee the corporate governance of the ICS and is precluded from interfering with the responsibility of the Environmental Integrity Committees mandate to uphold the environmental integrity of the ICS.
• The ICS Secretariat is responsible for the operational management of the ICS.
• An independent Environmental Integrity Committee is responsible for ensuring the environmental integrity of the ICS. This includes taking actions within the context of approving Component Methodologies, Project Registration and Project Verification.
• A Technical Subcommittee is responsible for supporting the Environmental Integrity Committee in the fulfilment of its responsibilities. This includes taking actions within the context of approving Component Methodologies, Project Registration and Project Verification.
• The ICS provides oversight to the Accredited Auditors’ work, and ensures the work is impartially and rigorously conducted, appropriate to the requirements of the ICS.
• The ICS is linked to an independent and publicly accessible registry which tracks issued ICCs to ensure uniqueness for each tCO2e