Specialized advisory across carbon integrity and climate assets
JSC supports buyers, investors, brokers, marketplaces, portfolio owners and developers at different points in the asset and decision lifecycle — from comparative portfolio assessment to project-level integrity work, methodology review and independent technical review.
Carbon Integrity Advisory
Registry status and verification alone rarely answer whether the credits associated with a project remain technically defensible for the decision being made.
Who it is for: Buyers, investors, brokers, marketplaces, portfolio owners, funds and project developers.
Discuss an integrity assessment →Structured, risk-based technical assessment of carbon projects, credits and issuances to identify material integrity risks, evidence gaps and decision-relevant issues.
- Carbon Integrity Report — CIR
The core deliverable: a structured, expert-reviewed integrity assessment of a project and its associated credits.
- Carbon Credit Red Flag Report
A focused register of material red flags, evidence basis and priority follow-up questions.
- Full Integrity & Risk Assessment
A deeper follow-on assessment where the evidence and the decision at stake justify it.
- Additionality and baseline credibility
- Carbon accounting and over-crediting exposure
- Permanence and reversal risk
- MRV and monitoring evidence
- Methodology alignment and claims exposure
- Red flag register with evidence basis and priority
- Supporting and mitigating evidence
- Prioritized information-gap request
- Decision-oriented summary
Carbon Portfolio Assessment & Prioritization
Portfolios and pipelines often contain more assets than can justify full diligence, and evidence quality and commercial readiness vary materially across them.
Who it is for: Portfolio owners, brokers, marketplaces, funds, investors, asset managers, corporate buyers and intermediaries.
Discuss a portfolio assessment →Structured comparative assessment of multiple projects or credit opportunities to classify assets, identify technical and commercial viability, create a shortlist, prioritize deeper diligence and define next steps.
- Portfolio screening as a first stage
- Classification and shortlisting
- Methodology, registry and crediting-pathway review
- Integrity and MRV exposure
- Technical and commercial viability
- Prioritization for deeper diligence
- Minimum information requests and next actions
- Comparable portfolio view across assets
- Classification and shortlist
- Priority flags and evidence gaps
- Viability and monetization considerations
- Recommended diligence depth and next steps by asset
Carbon Methodology & MRV Review
Baselines, monitoring architecture and accounting assumptions determine whether a carbon claim can be reproduced and defended under scrutiny.
Who it is for: Developers, standards users, investors and technical teams.
Discuss a methodology or MRV review →Independent technical review of the methodological and monitoring foundations supporting carbon claims.
- Baseline logic and additionality approaches
- Carbon accounting assumptions and calculation consistency
- Monitoring architecture and data quality
- Methodology applicability and eligibility
- Auditability and verification readiness
- Technical findings with integrity implications
- Proposed resolutions and implementation requirements
- Auditability assessment
Independent Technical Review & Audit Readiness
Project teams often need an independent technical challenge before external validation, verification, methodology review or investor diligence.
Who it is for: Project developers, asset owners, standards users, technical teams and organizations preparing for external technical scrutiny.
JSC does not provide validation, verification or certification through this service and is not acting as a validation/verification body (VVB).
Discuss a technical review →Independent technical review of project documentation, methodologies, MRV systems, calculations, evidence packages and auditability to identify issues before external scrutiny.
- Technical document review
- Evidence sufficiency
- Methodology applicability
- Calculation and monitoring consistency
- Issue logs and comment tracking
- Audit-readiness checks
- Technical-response support where appropriate
- Prioritized technical findings
- Evidence-gap list
- Issue and comment matrix
- Audit-readiness assessment
- Recommended corrective actions and technical review note
Supporting capabilities available alongside the core services
Carbon Asset Development Diagnostics
Technical diagnostic of methodology fit, MRV readiness, data availability, certification exposure and commercialization potential — for activities that may or may not become credible carbon assets.
- · Methodology mapping
- · MRV readiness and data gaps
- · Certification exposure
- · Buyer and investor readiness
Who it is for: Project developers, climate-tech companies and investors.
Carbon Markets & Climate Strategy Advisory
Strategic and technical advisory for organizations navigating evolving voluntary and compliance markets, eligibility expectations and integrity requirements.
- · Voluntary and compliance markets
- · Article 6 readiness
- · Procurement strategy
- · Asset commercialization
Who it is for: Corporates, funds, developers and climate-technology companies.
Evidence first. Risk focused. Decision oriented.
Evidence-led
Assessments start from the documentation, methodology, monitoring information and registry records actually available.
Materiality-focused
JSC concentrates on the assumptions and uncertainties most likely to affect integrity or the decision at hand.
Structured, project-specific
Repeatable frameworks improve consistency; project evidence determines the conclusion.
Expert-reviewed
Technical judgement interprets evidence, challenges assumptions and separates material risk from minor issues.