This Community was created to connect, support, and catalyze efforts across numerous stakeholders towards the development of a unified book and claim chain of custody framework for transport decarbonization. Our work sprung from the basic questions:
Can heavy transportation emitters contribute to transport decarbonization as an alternative to offsets? Could such activity have beneficial knock-on effects for transportation decarbonization as a whole?
Our sense is that you agree — the answer is a clear, yes. Together, we can ensure that transportation emissions don’t continue to climb. We also know that true collaboration takes time, transparency and trust. RMI and Smart Freight Centre (SFC) are leading this Book & Claim Community, as the joint Secretariat, in order to ensure broad industry alignment. We’re looking for your input.
Throughout 2024, we’ll be focusing on four work areas. There will be opportunities to collaborate, work on problems you and your peers face when implementing book and claim projects, and we will be communicating our collective progress in a monthly newsletter.
Work Areas
Reporting & Targets
Coordinate engagement with key reporting and target-setting organizations and support continuity across emissions accounting
Certification
Pursue alignment across approaches for certifying claims, standards for book and claim and communication with assurance providers
Registries & Applications
Increase coordination between registries and related software solution providers to ensure interoperability and reduce errors
Capacity & Communication
Facilitate cross-sector capacity-building, summarizing and strategically communicating pilot approaches and outcomes