Talk:Verified Carbon Standard

References & promotional tone
There are lots of mentions in the media, but these don't constitute notability by themselves. Are there any news articles or other notable sources which are primarily about VCS?

It seems like this is an important topic which probably satisfies WP:Notability, but it needs better references. I've added links to an FAO and a UK govt document for the interim - not sure if they meet the criteria, but at least they're not self-promotion.

It still has a promotional tone, but I removed the section which seemed least justified/supported, about the CEO. --Chriswaterguy talk 00:57, 21 December 2013 (UTC)


 * Cleaned this up a little bit with sources, also reflecting renaming of organization to Verra. Cheerful word nerd (talk) 20:13, 17 September 2018 (UTC)


 * Adding some more information on Guardian report. — comment added by Cathywiki76 (talk • contribs) 20:54, 19 January 2023 (UTC)

Bulked up on available public comments on offsets and markets. WikiEditor8910 (talk • contribs) 23:24, 19 January 2023 (UTC)

Divergence of standard and organization names
The standard is now still VCS, while the organization is named Verra. I worked on this some, but could probably be made even clearer. I think VCS the standard is still more notable than the Verra organization -- not sure if necessitates a separate entry for Verra yet. Cheerful word nerd (talk) 20:49, 17 September 2018 (UTC)

blank-and-redirect from Verified Carbon Standard
made a blank-and-redirect from Verified Carbon Standard Cheerful word nerd (talk) 20:43, 17 September 2018 (UTC)

Guardian: Shell to spend $450m on carbon offsetting as fears grow that credits may be worthless
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/jan/19/shell-to-spend-450m-on-carbon-offsetting-fears-grow-credits-worthless-aoe

John Cummings (talk) 14:31, 19 January 2023 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 20 January 2023
Please add the following sentence with citation to the last line of the second paragraph above History section. "However, these findings are disputed by Verra and other actors in the marketplace." with the following source cited: Cathywiki76 (talk) 11:01, 20 January 2023 (UTC)
 * Red information icon with gradient background.svg Not done: please provide reliable sources that support the change you want to be made. You'll need to find secondary sources discussing this. This is essentially a blog piece published by a company. ScottishFinnishRadish (talk) 19:46, 20 January 2023 (UTC)