Carbon Credit Buyer's Due-Diligence Kit

How to judge any carbon credit before you buy, the 25 questions to ask a seller, and a scorecard to compare offers.

The first three pages. Download them as a PDF.

What's inside the guide

1. What you're actually buying
2. The quality tests that matter
3. Red flags
4. 25 questions to ask a seller
5. Contract essentials
6. Making claims that stand up
7. How to check a credit on a registry in five minutes
8. Using the scorecard

The Excel tool

Credit Quality Scorecard (Excel). Yellow cells take your numbers; everything else works itself out.

Who it's for

Companies, traders and advisers buying voluntary carbon credits.

Details

You download	ICN_Credit_Due_Diligence_Guide.pdf ICN_Credit_Quality_Scorecard.xlsx
Length	5 pages including the cover
Last checked	29 October 2026. Sources are listed in the guide.
Use	Anyone in your organisation may use it. Please don't share it outside.