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Additionality, sustainability and transparency
Essent Trading assess offset projects against the following three criteria:

Additionality

Would the project have been commissioned without the emission reduction incentive?

Applicable Standards
• Clean Development Mechanism (CDM)
• Gold Standard (GS)
• Voluntary Carbon Standard (VCS)

Sustainability

Does the project have additional social, environmental or economic benefits?

Applicable Standards
• Clean Development Mechanism (CDM)
• Gold Standard (GS)

Transparency

Is the emission offset real, measurable and permanent?

Applicable Standards
• Clean Development Mechanism (CDM)
• Gold Standard (GS)
• Voluntary Carbon Standard (VCS)

"All our projects are validated in terms of three criteria: additionality, sustainability & transparency."