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ACR at Winrock International
A Global Leader that Delivers Ambitious Climate Results
About ACR at Winrock International
ACR creates confidence in the integrity of carbon markets to catalyze transformational climate results. Founded in 1996 as the first private voluntary GHG registry in the world, ACR has a quarter century of expertise in ensuring carbon credit quality and a proven track record in innovation and continuous improvement. As a leading global carbon crediting program operating in global compliance and voluntary carbon markets, ACR engages actively in a broad range of industry initiatives to help shape the development and growth of high-integrity carbon markets. We pioneer rigorous, peer-reviewed, science-based carbon accounting standards and methodologies. We operate a transparent online registry system to record the issuance, transfer, and retirement of serialized carbon credits. We oversee the registration and independent verification of greenhouse gas emission reduction and removals projects. ACR is a non-profit enterprise of Winrock International.
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Signals from ACR at Winrock International
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Presence & Recognition
ACR at Winrock International is bringing practical examples of work underway to collect and destroy or reuse superpollutants, partners developing projects across the United States and around the world, and ideas for scaling action to bend the curve on warming to the Solutions Showcase at the Superpollutant Action Summit.
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Presence & Recognition
ACR at Winrock International hosted Dr Kurt Krapfl as Director of Forestry from September 15-17 in Portland, Oregon at the World Forestry Center to discuss engagement with new credit buyers and carbon pricing.
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Research & Knowledge
ACR at Winrock International published a new explainer comparing a tonne of any greenhouse gas to a tonne of CO2, usually over 100 years, and highlighting short-lived pollutants like HCFC-22.
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Products & Services
ACR at Winrock International announced that the SBTi's Corporate Net-Zero Standard V2.0 landed in June, bringing with it the Ongoing Emissions Responsibility (OER) framework, the first SBTi framework to formally tier and publicly recognise companies for using carbon credits before their net-zero year.
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Products & Services
ACR at Winrock International issued the first credits under its Improved Forest Management on Small Non-Institutional Private Forests methodology to LandYield's Small Scale IFM Project 1, representing landowners across 13 states in the Southeastern U.S.
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Legal & Regulatory
ACR at Winrock International's Improved Forest Management methodology v1.3 was approved by the Integrity Council for the Voluntary Carbon Market (ICVCM) this month.
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