Opening an afternoon of panels featuring fellow carbon market player Verra and representatives from the Integrity Council for the Voluntary Carbon Market (ICVCM) and the Voluntary Carbon Markets Integrity Initiative (VCMI), Kim’s address veered on the defensive after a turbulent 2023 for the voluntary carbon markets.
Measuring Scope 1, 2 and 3 emissions is a complex matter, and nobody will accomplish it in a year’s time. In fact, everyone who is on the decarbonisation journey “will stumble”, says Margaret Kim, chief executive officer of carbon credit verifier Gold Standard.
In her opening keynote at the GenZero Climate Summit on April 16, Kim says: “We need to create a community where we are observing, watching [and] supporting that progressive journey; I cannot stress this enough.”
