Established under the Kyoto Protocol, the CDM scheme is an incentive for companies in industrialised countries to invest in eligible emissions reduction projects in developing countries. The Kyoto Protocol requires that all CDM-projects are subjected to validation and verification/certification by an operating entity, i.e. a third party verifier.
On this CDM Projects homepage, we will help you understand the what and why of the CDM scheme—what it is and why your business will benefit from a CDM project.
Partner with DNV for:
- Validation of the design of your CDM project. This is a prerequisite for your project to be registered as a CDM project.
- Verification/certification of the emissions reductions. This verifies the emissions reductions achieved by your project, based on which credits are issued.
The road to certification will give you an overview of the steps you need to follow to receive certified emission credits from your CDM project.
In compliance with UNFCCC (United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change) regulations and to avoid any integrity issues, we only perform one of the services for each CDM project, i.e. either validation or verification/certification.
The UNFCCC is working on an accreditation scheme for operating entities. DNV became UNFCCC-accredited as an operating entity under the Clean Development Mechanism in March 2004 to perform independent project validations and verification/certification of emissions reductions.
