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.

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The Importance of 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 flexibility to allow businesses to access carbon offset credit market supply at a reasonable cost for compliance.

Consultation while drafting CEQA mitigation measures

Act as a liaison with the CEQA agency to provide carbon offset credit market education

Provide carbon offset credits that meet the specific mitigation measure

Facilitate the purchase and sale of carbon offset credits

Provide proof of retirement of carbon offset credits to satisfy CEQA compliance

CEQA GHG Mitigation Development & Compliance Process

Consultation

Consult with Project Owners & Operators and 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 projects that meet the GHG mitigation measure requirements

Execute & Deliver

Provide transactional services & ensure that the carbon offset credits purchased and retired to accomplish CEQA goals