The Standards comprise fourteen required
criteria and three optional "Gold Level” criteria. Once
a project has been designed, a third-party evaluator will use indicators
to determine if individual criteria are satisfied. Only projects
that use best practices and deliver significant climate, community
and biodiversity benefits will earn CCB approval. Gold status is
awarded to projects that satisfy one of the optional criteria by
providing exceptional benefits including explicit design for adaptation
to climate change, benefits for globally poorer communities, or conservation
of biodiversity at sites of global conservation significance.
The Climate, Community and Biodiversity
Standards will be beneficial to a wide variety
of users.
- Project Developers can use the CCB Standards to develop projects that deliver a suite of environmental and community benefits. Projects that meet the Standards may garner new investments from multiple funders and supporters.
- Project Investors can use the CCB Standards to identify exceptional initiatives and minimize risks. Projects using the Standards are unlikely to become tied up with controversy and roadblocks. Multiple-benefit projects generate valuable goodwill for investors by fostering synergistic and innovative solutions.
- Governments hosting projects can use the Standards to ensure that
projects contribute to national sustainable development goals. Donor governments
can use the Standards to pinpoint official development aid projects that satisfy
multiple international obligations, such as the Millennium Development Goals
and the UN conventions on Climate Change and Biological Diversity.
Rules
for the use of the CCB Standards
New Rules
for the use of the CCB Standards were published
on June 21, 2010. This document describes
the CCBA’s requirements for
the evaluation of projects against the CCB
Standards and is intended to be used by project
proponents and the independent auditors that
evaluate the conformance of projects to the
CCB Standards.
 CCB
Standards Rules Version June 21, 2010
CCB
Standards Approved Auditor List
CCB
Policy Announcement Concerning Project Double
Counting
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