The ICR Buyer’s Guide: Roadmap to the ICR Program and how Carbon Credits can Accelerate Climate Action

Carbon markets are evolving and companies need to step in shaping the future. Making informed decisions about sustainability and how carbon credits accelerate decarbonization, ensuring integrity, transparency, and alignment into emission reduction strategies and obligations is extremely important

ICR received a full endorsement from ICROA recently, placing it alongside esteemed GHG programs such as Verra, Gold Standard, and Cercarbono. What sets ICR apart is its emphasis on technology and standardization, addressing barriers and driving innovation in climate action.

This is why we created the ICR Buyer’s Guide—a comprehensive resource to help companies navigate carbon markets, corporate sustainability, and carbon credits while understanding how ICR upholds the highest integrity as a GHG program. This guide offers essential insights on evaluating high-quality carbon credits and effectively integrating them into carbon neutrality and net-zero strategies.

What’s inside?

• Understanding corporate sustainability and pathways to carbon neutrality and net-zero.
• Understanding how carbon credits fit into carbon neutrality and net-zero targets.
• How ISO standards build a foundation for transition to net zero emissions.
• How ICR represents a high integrity GHG program.
• Third-party assurance & risk management and why independent validation and verification, risk assessments, and ratings matter for buyers.

Who is this for?

🔹 Corporate Sustainability Leaders & ESG Managers.
Organizations with net-zero and carbon neutrality targets.
Companies looking to enhance ESG reporting and compliance.
Decision-makers responsible for carbon credit procurement.

🔹 Investors & Financial Institutions
Investment firms evaluating carbon as an asset class.
Stakeholders assessing risk and return in carbon markets.
ESG-focused investors looking for credible climate impact.

🔹 Regulators, Policymakers & Market Analysts
Understand ICR’s approach to market integrity, transparency, and best practices.
Learn about third-party validation and risk assessment and more in carbon markets.

🔹 Project Developers & Validation/Verification Bodies (VVBs)
Developers and VVBs looking to enhance project credibility and marketability.

📖 Access the ICR Buyer’s Guide here 👉 bit.ly/ICR-Buyers-Guide