PROVIDE REVIEW AND FEEDBACK

EXPERT
COMMUNITY

Use your expertise to guide and approve methodologies on the platform, ensuring high-quality projects and carbon credits.

JOIN THE COMMUNITY

The OCP methodology development process is modeled on the academic peer review process. Instead of relying on an in-house team, the OCP assembles relevant groups of independent experts from across academia, industry, and carbon markets to create a balance of experiences and opinions reflecting all viewpoints on a sector or topic.

The Voting Experts, independent of the OCP and Methodology Curator, decide which methodologies are approved, removing the incentive to pass low-quality or un-conservative methodologies.

The Expert Community are also involved in the Annual Audit Process, as well as brought in ad-hoc to opine on specific topics and issues.

Find out more about expert panels in the Handbook.

WHO MAKES UP THE EXPERT PANEL?

VOTING EXPERTS

Independent, anonymous topic experts who provide feedback and vote on whether methodologies should be approved

AcademiaIndustryTechnicalVVBs

NON-VOTING CONTRIBUTORS

Other stakeholders providing valuable perspectives and experience via methodology feedback

BuyersProject DevelopersdMRV providersNGOs

PLATFORM PARTNERS

OCP Partners, such as ratings agencies or insurance providers, who provide specific input into methodology development as part of the feedback process.

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  • Aprovecho Research Center
  • BeZero
  • Calyx Global
  • Carbon Containment Lab
  • Cascade Climate
  • Clean Cooking Alliance
  • Colorado School of Mines
  • Heriot-Watt University
  • Newcastle University
  • UC San Diego
  • University of Pittsburgh
  • Wharton

David LaGreca

EcoEngineers

High-integrity carbon claims are built on sound methodologies. Even before the public comment period begins, OCP subjects its methodologies to repeated rounds of expert scrutiny and refinement, ensuring developer claims can withstand rigorous examination. By the time an OCP credit reaches the market, many of the toughest questions have already been asked and answered. The result is a level of rigor that offers buyers confidence that OCP credits arrive effectively pre-vetted and pre-diligenced.

Anastasia O'Rourke

Carbon Containment Lab

Writing a methodology and then calibrating it to the realities on the ground requires intensive stakeholder engagement. The OCP process streamlined this, helping us to iterate quickly and transparently. It resulted in a rigorous standard that's ready for action.