Turning Climate Action into Trusted Climate Assets.
CERT is a technology-first carbon registry certifying real, additional and independently verified emission reductions — with radical transparency at every step.
Every Certified Reduction Unit (CRU) represents one tonne of CO₂e reduced or removed, quantified conservatively, verified independently, and tracked on a tamper-evident public ledger from issuance to retirement.
Improved forest management, avoided deforestation, and afforestation with mixed native species.
Integrity is our architecture, not our slogan.
Three commitments engineered into the foundation — not layered on top.
Rules that cannot bend
Standard-setting, registry operations and integrity oversight are structurally separated. No CERT employee is paid by issuance volume — so no one at CERT benefits from over-crediting.
Evidence, not narratives
Additionality at CERT is demonstrated one way: transparent financial analysis against published benchmarks. No barrier stories. No box-ticking. If a project pays for itself without carbon revenue, it has no place here.
Transparency by default
Every methodology, project document, verification report, issuance, retirement and committee decision is public — machine-readable, free, forever.
Four independent stages. One tamper-evident ledger.
From validation to retirement, each stage is performed by an independent party and its outputs are published in full.
An accredited, independent validation body confirms the project meets CERT’s Rulebook and methodology.
Continuous data collection, increasingly via digital MRV: meters, sensors, satellites.
Independent verification to ISO 14064-3 standards, with CERT anomaly screening and spot re-verification.
Serialised CRUs are issued to the project account and retired publicly when used — once, and only once.
Engineered for regulated carbon markets — not retrofitted to them.
Machine-readable registry data. AI-assisted integrity screening with human accountability. CERT is engineered for the regulated carbon markets now taking shape.
Governance strong enough to say no.
A registry’s credibility is decided on its worst day. CERT’s governance is engineered for those days.
Two-thirds independent. Independent Chair. Staggered terms. Published minutes.
Standards Committee writes the rules; Secretariat applies them; Ethics & Integrity Committee polices conflicts; Appeals reviews decisions.
Developers, buyers, VVBs, civil society and host communities — including Indigenous Peoples — have a formal, public voice.
Fundamental decisions require a 2/3 supermajority. No single voice can bend the standard.
Straight answers.
The clearest questions we’re asked — answered without spin.
Ready to work with the highest standard in the market?
Open a registry account, read the CERT Standard in full, or talk to our Secretariat about your project or procurement.