Verification Standards

List of environmental goals: Rebalance the carbon cycle, Improve soil health, Protect watersheds, Support local biodiversity, Contribute to resilient producer livelihoods.

Climate Beneficial™ Verified provides direct technical and financial support to farmers and ranchers for the implementation of carbon farming practices.

Climate Beneficial™ works to support the transition of whole farms to more ecologically aligned, regionally situated and socially resilient systems. Our monitoring and measurement tools include a combination of direct measurement, dynamic environmental systems models and satellite systems. These tools are used to annually track and verify the continual improvement and innovative work that our producer community has embarked upon to stabilize our climate while producing high quality fiber and food.

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Whole Farm Planning

Climate Beneficial™ starts with a Carbon Farm or Resilient Ranch Plan. Goals of Whole Farm Planning include:

increase terrestrial carbon (vegetation + soils) ∙ reduce the production of GHGs ∙ identify appropriate conservation practices ∙ quantify practices using COMET and IPCC calculation tools

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Monitoring + Practice Implementation

Onsite visits are conducted by 3rd party Technical Assistance Providers (TAPs). Our TAP organizational partner is Carbon Cycle Institute. Common Monitoring Methods include:

GPS tagged photos and videos ∙ on-farm inspection ∙ producer records or receipts ∙  record audits ∙ satellite imagery

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Certification of Verification

After practices are verified a farm or ranch receives a Certificate of Verification (CoV), which includes:

farm or ranch information ∙ practices implemented ∙ verified acreage ∙ verified volume ∙ soil test results + data trends analysis ∙ summary of estimated GHG benefit associated with participation

Infographic titled 'Climate Beneficial Impact Data' showing benefits of Climate Beneficial Cotton & Wool. Left: '2024' and 2016–2024' data including Conservation Practices (126, 724), Total Acres (17K+, 180K+), CO2e Sequestered (5.5K+, 82.5K+). Right: California Cotton improvements such as 40% reduction in synthetic pesticides, 72% improvement in soil organic carbon, 26% reduction in synthetic nitrogen, 739 acres of managed wetland habitat, 100% elimination of glyphosate and fungicides."
Donut chart showing percentages of Climate Beneficial producers in 2024. 63.9% are Verified, 36.1% are Transitional. Key included.

Climate Beneficial™ Program Producer Pipeline

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Image of a sheep with text about wool production practices, including prescribed grazing, compost application, conservation cover, native species planting, reduced tillage, habitat restoration, biodiversity features, silvopasture, and cover crops.
Cotton farming practices and a cotton field

Source Climate Beneficial™ Verified Cotton + Wool