Due Diligence

With a focus on biodiversity gains and benefits to people, businesses will learn the importance of positive impacts of projects and programs, and how they can build these aspects into their procurement processes, with example questions and criteria provided.

These resources were curated with help from Fauna & Flora International and Plan Vivo Foundation.

Key questions companies should ask before purchasing carbon credits

Increased corporate engagement in carbon markets has brought enhanced scrutiny of the quality of credits companies are purchasing. This scrutiny should not discourage companies from investing in carbon markets, but rather encourage them to perform robust due diligence of their credit purchases. This decision tree gives an overview of the key questions companies should ask before purchasing carbon credits.

Resources

Gender - Due Diligence

  • Do no harm and positive contribution criteria for gender equality with due diligence questions and example answers.

Health - Due Diligence

  • This toolkit will help you to understand and enable health outcomes from natural climate solutions.

Biodiversity Gains - Due Diligence

  • Do no harm and positive contribution criteria for biodiversity gains with due diligence questions and example answers.

Benefits for People - Due Diligence

  • Do no harm and positive contribution criteria for people with due diligence questions and example answers.

Carbon Ratings Providers - Factsheet

  • Carbon ratings providers independently assess and rate carbon credit projects to ensure transparency, quality, and real climate impact, helping buyers make informed, confident, and efficient investment decisions in the carbon market.

Gender Due Diligence Factsheet

  • This factsheet gives an overview of how businesses can consider gender considerations in their due diligence processes.

Beyond Beneficiaries

  • This report by TNC delves into the critical topic of benefit sharing in the context of natural climate solutions projects in the voluntary carbon market.

Tropical Forest Credit Integrity Guide

  • Differentiating tropical forest credits by impact, quality, and scale.

Offsets as Ordered

  • Author: TNC. Buyer due diligence to ensure carbon credit quality