Carbon Credits and CEQA Mitigation
AQC provides consultation and brokerage services to navigate the ambiguous California Environmental Quality Act (“CEQA”) greenhouse gas mitigation compliance requirements. Our expertise has supported dozens of projects by identifying, purchasing, and retiring the carbon offset credits to satisfy CEQA compliance.
Understanding the Carbon Offset Market while drafting CEQA mitigation measures
AQC staff has extensive experience working with the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) clients by assisting them in drafting and tailoring their greenhouse gas mitigation measures. It is of the utmost importance to ensure that CEQA mitigation measures are written with the flexibility to allow businesses to access carbon offset credit market supply at a reasonable cost for compliance.
CEQA GHG Mitigation Development and Compliance Process
consultation
Consult with project owners and operators to provide carbon offset credit education
design
Assist our clients to ensure the GHG mitigation measure provides market flexibility for high-quality, low-cost carbon offset credits
identify
Identify a basket of carbon offset projects that meet the GHG mitigation measure requirements
accomplish goals
Provide transactional services and ensure that the carbon offset credits purchased are retired to meet CEQA goals