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How CarbonCompass works

One search returns the registry requirements, methodologies and project documents your carbon project needs.

How a search works.

From choosing a registry to downloading your checklist, a search takes four steps.

  1. 1

    Choose a registry and type

    Pick Gold Standard, Verra (VCS) or ICR and a project type, or describe the project in AI mode.

  2. 2

    CarbonCompass sorts results

    Documents come back in five sections, the same for every registry and project type.

  3. 3

    Open documents at source

    Every title links to the registry’s own source, so you read each document where it is published.

  4. 4

    Download the checklistPro

    Save the results as an HTML checklist, built in your browser, to share with your project team.

Five sections of results.

Every result lands in the same five sections, so each project document has a clear place.

  • Core Documents

    The main rules and standards for your registry and project type.

  • Methodologies

    Approved ways to quantify your emission reductions or removals.

  • Templates

    The registry’s own forms for the documents you submit.

  • Activity Requirements

    What your specific project activity has to meet.

  • Other Docs

    Supporting guidance outside the other four sections.

Three ways to search.

Search by registry and project type on any plan, or add AI mode and the certification process with Pro.

Dropdown search

All plans

Choose a registry and a project type to see the matching documents in five sections.

You choose
Registry and project type
You get
Documents in five sections

AI mode

Pro

Describe the project in plain English and get the documents for its project type.

You choose
Project description
You get
Documents in five sections

Certification process

Pro

Follow a registry’s certification steps in order, ticking off the documents each one needs.

You choose
Registry
You get
Certification steps in order

What happens to your data.

What CarbonCompass sends, what stays in your browser, and where each document opens.

  • Descriptions in AI mode

    A description you type in AI mode is sent to the CarbonCompass API to classify the project.

  • Checklists stay in your browser

    Download Checklist builds the HTML file in your browser, so nothing is uploaded or stored.

  • Documents open at the source

    Each document link opens at the registry’s own source, where the registry publishes it.

  • Sign in with email or Google

    Create an account with an email and password, or sign in with your Google account.

Find your project documents.

Search Gold Standard, Verra (VCS) and ICR documents for your carbon project on the free plan.