From November 2014, the Climate Community and Biodiversity Standards (CCB Standards) are operating under the management of the VCS. This brings the VCS experience in managing a carbon certification framework to the day-to-day management of the CCB Standards and will help to develop efficiencies that will ultimately make it easier for project developers to use both standards, either on their own or with each other. The members of the Climate, Community and Biodiversity Alliance (CCBA) (CARE, Conservation International, Rainforest Alliance, The Nature Conservancy and Wildlife Conservation Society) will continue to guide the CCB Standards in partnership with VCS. No major revisions to either the CCB Standards or the VCS Standard are planned. "Bringing the CCB Standards onboard also enables the VCS to provide an independent non-carbon benefits platform to meet our stakeholders’ evolving needs. As you well know, we have been working closely with the CCB Standards for years, and we now have the opportunity to apply our knowledge of managing a carbon certification framework to ensure the CCB Standards continue to assure positive community and broader environmental impacts. We are thrilled to work more closely with the members of the CCBA, who will continue to offer their guidance on how to best move the CCB Standards forward. This will happen largely through the establishment of the CCB Standards Steering Committee, initially composed of representatives of the CCBA member organizations and the VCS. The committee will be co-chaired by CCBA director Joanna Durbin and the VCS’s Toby Janson-Smith, who himself was instrumental in the original development of the CCB Standards," announced VCS CEO, David Antonioli. The VCS Board will now work directly with project developers that are applying both VCS and CCB Standards to confirm both standards are meeting the needs of the market, while maintaining strong environmental and social integrity.
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