Service 01 · Carbon · RV Assurance
GCOM Project Readiness Review.
A structured 19-dimension readiness assessment against the GCOM rulebook, scored and documented with a prioritised remediation plan.
Disclaimers
- 01Renewable Vision is not presented as a DNA-accredited VVB unless formal accreditation has been obtained.
- 02Renewable Vision may support project preparation, MRV evidence management, and coordination with accredited VVBs.
- 03Validation and verification opinions must be issued only by DNA-accredited VVBs.
- 04Any future Renewable Vision assurance activity must comply with GCOM criteria, sectoral scope accreditation, impartiality, conflict-of-interest, and quality management requirements.
- 05A project supported by Renewable Vision Advisory should not be validated or verified by the same legal or operational unit unless conflict-of-interest rules are fully satisfied and permitted by GCOM.
GCOM Project Readiness Review
Before any validation engagement is signed, project owners should know exactly where they stand against the GCOM rulebook. We run a structured 19-dimension readiness assessment, score the project 0 to 100, and produce a remediation plan with prioritised actions. Most projects close their highest-impact gaps in four to eight weeks.
What you receive at the end of the engagement.
In scope
- Project ownership and CR documentation review
- Methodology applicability check against SA-DNA M1 to M5
- Project boundary statement and emissions sources map
- Baseline scenario assessment and emission factor sourcing
- Additionality analysis (investment, barrier, common practice)
- Monitoring plan completeness check
- SDG contribution screening
- Double-counting risk review
Not in scope
- Formal validation opinion (issued only by a DNA-accredited VVB)
- Detailed PDD drafting (see Service 02)
- Operation of the MRV data room (see Service 03)
- Buyer negotiation or sale of credits
What we need from you to begin.
- Project ownership documentation, CR copy, board approval if applicable
- Project design summary or feasibility study
- Site and capacity data, technology choice, expected COD
- Any prior carbon-related disclosures or third-party assessments
Grounding clauses we work to.
- GCOM Criteria s.3.1.1Validation must confirm that the project meets all applicable GCOM guidelines and requirements.
- GCOM Criteria s.3.1.3VVBs must employ a thorough evaluation approach using complete, accurate, and conservative evidence.
- GCOM Standards s.4Sectoral scope of the applied methodology must be validated.
Related services.
Renewable Vision is not presented as a DNA-accredited VVB unless formal accreditation has been obtained. We support project preparation, MRV evidence management, and coordination with accredited VVBs. Validation and verification opinions must be issued only by DNA-accredited VVBs.
The free readiness report is self-assessed. The paid review checks the evidence.
Project readiness report
- Generated from your own answers, the project record and the documents you upload.
- A score, a credit profile, integrity indicators, an evidence checklist and an action plan, printable as a PDF.
- Fixed rules with no human review: guidance, not validation or verification.
GCOM Project Readiness Review
- The RV team reads the evidence itself: ownership, methodology fit, boundary, baseline, additionality and monitoring plan.
- You receive the team's expert opinion on readiness, which is not a validation opinion, with the five deliverables listed on this page.
- It is still preparation, not validation or verification: those opinions are issued only by VVBs accredited by the DNA.
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