News and events

We've launched a new project to develop a standard buyer-seller contract for Pending Issuance Units and Woodland/Peatland Carbon Units. 

We’ve published a new version of the WCC today and there are some key changes for project developers and landowners to note: 

There is a new standard document, and new template documents for all stages (registration, validation and verification).  If you haven’t yet started on your documentation, please use the new Version 2.1 documents (Version 2.4 for the carbon calculator).  

Guaranteed income for delivery of verified Woodland Carbon Units in England over the next 30 years.  View Newsletter

UK businesses can now instantly reduce their carbon footprints by purchasing credits created by forestry projects.

• Woodland Carbon Code Version 2.0 launched:
  • Widened the definition of a 'single project'

The United Kingdom Accreditation Service (UKAS) has accredited Acoura and Soil Association for verification of Woodland Carbon Code projects. Both were previously accredited for validation. 

A young woodland in West Lothian, Scotland, has become the first project in the UK to be ‘verified’ as continuing to meet the standards of the Woodland Carbon Code after ‘passing’ its first five-yearly progress inspection. 

A streamlined and more cost-effective process for certifying and managing small woodlands to the standards of the Woodland Carbon Code was launched today. 

The first units of carbon dioxide set to be sequestered, or removed from the atmosphere, by woodlands validated under the UK’s Woodland Carbon Code have been notified for sale for the first time as National Climate Week gets under way. 

• Woodland Carbon Code V1.2 released