Welcome to the American Carbon Registry®

Formerly known as the GHG Registry

Founded by the Environmental Defense Fund in 1996, Environmental Resources Trust (ERT) created the worlds first private greenhouse gas emissions registry in 1997, the GHG Registry®. ERT and the GHG Registry became part of the non-profit Winrock International in 2007. Winrocks mission is to empower the disadvantaged, increase economic opportunity and sustain natural resources around the world. It is a global leader in such areas as agriculture and forestry (www.winrock.org).

The GHG Registry will be officially re-launched in November as the American Carbon Registry®, the only U.S. registry that can boast time-tested integrity in the areas of carbon registry operations and carbon technical services. The new American Carbon Registry website (www.americancarbonregistry.org) will also be launched in November and will include the American Carbon Registry Operating Standard, a corporate inventory protocol and various industry and project protocols as well as an upgraded trading platform.

ERT is recognized industry pioneer, having worked for over a decade in the technical and policy areas to set the highest standards for carbon offset creation. Since its launch, ERT and the American Carbon Registry have worked with major US companies in key emitting sectors as well as companies with corporate social responsibility objectives, providing technical support to enable accurate emissions tracking using our on-line serialized registry system. Over 100 million tons of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from corporate, utility and other private sector organizations have been registered, including 21 million tons of emission reductions. Our system has provided the infrastructure for international trades of GHG reductions including one of the first ever between a US and Canadian company.

The American Carbon Registry® was designed to:

Provide transparency over ownership claims concerning emission reductions

Support market transactions of verified emission reductions

Record validated greenhouse gas emissions profiles

Document the environmental integrity of registered GHG emissions

American Carbon Registry utilizes ERTs rigorous screening process (www.ert.net), which enables cost-effective registration of high quality GHG inventories and Verified Emission Reductions, denominated in units of metrics tons and labeled as Emissions Reduction Tons (ERTs).

American Carbon Registry® members may use ERTs infrastructure to support their internal emissions management functions or as a public disclosure and public offer facility.

Buyers of verified project-based carbon offsets may use the American Carbon Registry® to identify and contact potential sellers and to support and document their purchases.

Sellers of verified project-based carbon offsets may use the American Carbon Registry® to advertise and promote their projects, document their validity and support the sales process.