Community Inclusion Standard

Certification Mark

Community Inclusion Standard Certification Mark ©TM Nature Finance Certification Alliance

Projects that achieve certification at a Basic or Enhanced level, against our certification criteria, will be able to use our Certification Mark in their printed an online media, including any relevant project registries.

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Compared to the open-source licensed Community Inclusion Standard (i.e. Best Practice Guide and Certification Criteria), our Community Inclusion Standard Certification Mark is a proprietary trademark of the Nature Finance Certification Alliance (NFCA).

We have partnered with Kana to fully digitise the Community Inclusion Standard. Any projects passing an audit for the CIS will be flagged in their UK projects directory. Through the FIRNS CIS development project, 3 projects, registered under the Woodland Carbon Code, passed trial audits by Soil Association Certification.

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Given the 'plug-in' nature of our standard, we do not currently offer our certification mark to projects who are not registered and compliant with a recognised code or credit scheme. It will also require the code or credit scheme to adopt a tailored version of our certification criteria within their standard.

Our definition of a recognised' code or scheme's status with respect to accreditation to the Integrity Council for the Voluntary Carbon Market (ICVCM) and/or the BSI Nature Investment Standards (BSI-NIS).

Use of our certification mark is dependent upon making the necessary licensing agreements with the NFCA.

For NFCA Members Only