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CDP Climate Change 2018 Scoring Methodology

(C11.2a) Provide details of the project-based carbon credits originated or purchased by your organization in the reporting period.

Question dependencies

This question only appears if you select “Yes” in response to C11.2.

Response options

Please complete the following table. The table is displayed over several rows for readability. You are able to add rows by using the “Add Row” button at the bottom of the table.

Credit origination or credit purchase Project type Project identification Verified to which standard

Select from:

  • Credit origination
  • Credit purchase

Select from:

  • Agriculture
  • Biomass energy
  • Cement
  • CO2 usage
  • Coal mine/bed CH4
  • Energy distribution
  • Energy efficiency: households
  • Energy efficiency: industry
  • Energy efficiency: own generation
  • Energy efficiency: service
  • Energy efficiency: supply side
  • Forests
  • Fossil fuel switch
  • Fugitive
  • Geothermal
  • HFCs
  • Hydro
  • Landfill gas
  • Methane avoidance
  • N2O
  • PFCs and SF6
  • Solar
  • Tidal
  • Transport
  • Wind
  • Other, please specify

Text field [maximum 2,400 characters]

Select from:

  • CDM (Clean Development Mechanism)
  • JI (Joint Implementation)
  • Gold Standard
  • VCS (Verified Carbon Standard)
  • VER+ (TÜV SÜD standard)
  • CAR (The Climate Action Reserve)
  • CCBS (developed by the Climate, Community and Biodiversity Alliance, CCBA)
  • Plan Vivo
  • Not yet verified
  • Other, please specify
Number of credits (metric tons CO2e)Number of credits (metric tons CO2e): Risk adjusted volumeCredits cancelledPurpose, e.g. compliance

Numerical field [enter a number from 0-99,999,999,999 using a maximum of 2 decimal places and no commas]

Numerical field [enter a number from 0-99,999,999,999 using a maximum of 2 decimal places and no commas]

Select from:

  • Yes
  • No
  • Not relevant

Select from:

  • Compliance
  • Voluntary Offsetting
  • Not applicable
  • Other, please specify

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C11.2a - Scoring criteria

Disclosure scoring criteria

For each column completed:

- Credit organization or credit purchase - 1 point;
- Project type -1 point;
- Project identification - 1 point;
- Verified to which standard - 1 point;
- Number of credits (metric tonnes CO2e) - 1 point;
- Number of credits (metric tonnes CO2e); Risk adjusted volume -1 point;
- Credits cancelled - 1 point;
- Purpose e.g compliance -1 point

Awareness scoring criteria

This question is not scored for Awareness

Management scoring criteria

Full points must have been awarded at Management level in CC7.9a and both Scope 1 and Scope 2 emissions reported in CC6.1 & CC6.3, respectively.

Management points will be awarded where the column "Purpose" has been completed with either:

- Voluntary offsetting - 1 point;
- Compliance - 1 point

Leadership scoring criteria

This question is not scored for Leadership

Point Allocation


Disclosure numerator
 Disclosure denominator
 Awareness numerator
 Awareness denominator
 Management numerator Management denominator Leadership numerator Leadership denominator
8 8 0 0 1 1 0 0