1. SOCIALCARBON ® Standard Introduction to the Standard

2. WHO WE ARE

3. Who we are Instituto Ecológica Palmas (Ecologica Institute - EI) is a non-profit organization active in the Amazon rainforest. IE is also a founding member of Observatório do Clima, a network that brings together civil society organizations in order to discuss climate change in the Brazilian scenario. During the past ten years, EI’s mission has been to develop activities focused on climate change mitigation through: Scientific research Environmental preservation Community development. Canguçu Research Center

4. Ecologica Institute’s Results 460,000 tons of carbon reduced. 46 studies on climate change, renewable energy, environmental conservation and community development. 2,323 native hectares conserved. 300 hectares of forest restored. 6,480 people trained. 110 families included in the market through the commercialization of sustainable products that benefit the climate.

5. SOCIALCARBON® Standard The Ecologica Institute is the developer of the SOCIALCARBON concept and the SOCIALCARBON ® Standard. The SOCIALCARBON Standard is an additional certification to guarantee that carbon offset projects are sustainable and result in social and environmental benefits (commonly called "co-benefits“).

6. 1998 Forest project in Brazil 2006 Switching fuel projects (biomass in small industries) 2007 HPP, both large and small scale 2011 Projects Validated in 3 continents 2014 Join Documents VCS+SOCIAL CARBON 2000 Development of the Social Carbon concept and methodology 2003 Publication of the book: Social Carbon: adding value to sustainable development 2003 - … All Ecologica Institute’s projects use Social Carbon methodology (capacity building, sustainable products, etc.) 2010 Publication of the second book: Biodiversity and Social Carbon 2012 Biodiversity and Social Carbon is considered by an important Brazilian periodic as among the ‘10 books for young environmental entrepreneurs’ SOCIALCARBON Standard: certification for carbon offset projects Social Carbon concept: methodology for community development projects The Evolution of SOCIALCARBON® 2013 SOCIALCARBON Standard V. 5.0

7. Achievements 59 projects certified in Brazil, China, Turkey, Indonesia & Índia tCO2e: over 9,5 million CO2e tons reduced. Indicators available for: Forestry, Fuel Switching, Composting, Hydro Power, Landfills and REDD. tCO2e: over 3 million offset units retired. Source: Markit Environmental Registry

8. MARKET INFORMATION

9. What Buyers Want Source: ICROA research study into Co-benefits from the voluntary market, undertaken by Imperial College

10. Prices of carbon credits (VERs) Source: State of the Voluntary Carbon Market 2012

11. SOCIALCARBON® Market share "More than a third of VCS tonnes (9.6 MtCo2e) claimed or aimed to additionally deliver social or environmental benefits under the Climate, Community and Biodiversity Standards (CCB Standards) for forestry carbon projects or according to the SOCIALCARBON Standard (1.3 MtCO2e) as buyers continued to show interest in offsets with certified benefits beyond carbon." (page 15, State of the Voluntary Carbon Market 2014)

12. Authorized Developers Certifying Entities

13. SOCIALCARBON® DIFFERENTIAL

14. SOCIALCARBON Differential Sustainability Goals : Bottom-Up Business NGOs Governments Local Stakeholders Project developers Project Developers Business NGOs Governments Local Stakeholders Long term sustainability

15. Our Differential It is more flexible and responsive to the realities of developing countries. It has a more practical approach (facts instead of check list of criteria). All stakeholders can participate on decision making processes. It adds value and bring transparency for carbon offsets. It provides a view of the local reality of the project, not only the common discourse about project’s positive and negative impacts. It does not exclude projects, but promotes the inclusion of projects with higher potential of development and commitment in carbon market. It strives for continuous improvement instead of selective criteria for projects. SOCIALCARBON Standard is the only standard created in a developing country (Brazil). It is based on the Sustainable Livelihood Approach. Accreditation and use are free of charge.

16. HOW SOCIALCARBON® WORKS

17. 1 - Use of six basic resources: Social, Human, Financial, Natural, Biodiversity/Technology and Carbon. 2 - The indicators have a score beginning at the most precarious scenario (level 1) and ending at the ideal situation (sustainable use of resource – level 6). 3 - All the data is collected through participative methods (interviews, questionnaires and meetings with stakeholders). 4 –The results are presented on a template report and the average score by the indicators is plotted in a hexagon to facilitate analysis of the project’s evolution. How it works

18. SOCIALCARBON® Requirements Project developers establish a baseline using the standard's assessment tools. Developers must then demonstrate improvements in relation to this baseline through SOCIALCARBON monitoring reports that are independently verified by accredited certifying entities. CDM, VCS, ACR other offset programs defines methodologies to measure contributions to emissions reductions. SOCIALCARBON defines methodologies to measure contributions to sustainable development.

19. SOCIALCARBON: project cycle PAYMENT OF SOCIALCARBON LEVY (USD 0,02) PAYMENT OF VCS LEVY SOCIALCARBON STANDARD & INDICATORS UNFCCC & VCS METHODOLOGIES SOCIAL CARBON REPORT (POINT ZERO) SOCIAL CARBON REPORT (POINT ZERO) D.O.E. VALIDATION MONITORING & ACTION PLAN D.O.E. VERFICATION (POINT ONE) D.O.E. VERFICATION (POINT ONE) VCS_PDD D.O.E. VALIDATION MONITORING D.O.E. VERIFICATION Feasibility Study REGISTRATION INTO MARKIT REGISTRY DOCUMENTS AND STATESMENT ISSUANCE Carbon AccountingSustainability

20. Contact: SOCIALCARBON TEAM info@socialcarbon.org www.socialcarbon.org