Local stakeholder consultation
Before validation, a project consults local stakeholders, including at least one physical meeting, and records the results in the Stakeholder Consultation Report (SCR).
Steps
- Map stakeholders and group them: local people, disadvantaged communities, local authorities, local NGOs and local businesses.
- Invite them and explain their role in the consultation.
- Hold at least one physical meeting. Describe the project, explain its likely impacts, and collect and answer feedback.
- Record the minutes, feedback and your responses in the SCR.
- Act on it. The Delegate Entity incorporates relevant feedback into the design. The VVB reviews how feedback was handled.
If the design changes significantly afterwards, hold a new meeting.
Two kinds of consultation
- Local stakeholder consultation is run by the project, in person, before validation.
- Extended stakeholder consultation is the online public consultation run by NCCF after listing. See Extended stakeholder consultation.
If a physical meeting isn’t possible
In an exigent situation, such as a health emergency or civil unrest, NCCF can approve consultation by other means. See Exigent situations.
Sources
- Carbon Standard v1.1, section 9.7
- Registration and Issuance Procedure v1.0, section 4.2
- Guidelines for Exigent Situations v1.0, section 4
