Working with the Carbon Trust Standard
International Alliance Partnership opportunities
The Carbon Trust Standard is the leading international mark of achievement and recognition for organisations measuring, managing, and reducing greenhouse gas emissions. Now you can be part of it.
The opportunity
The Carbon Trust Standard is expanding rapidly as a global certification programme for organisations carbon footprints, and Carbon Trust Certification seeks well-positioned national partners to deliver the Carbon Trust Standard in markets outside of the UK.
The role of an Alliance Partner is to market the Carbon Trust Standard in a defined geography and to assess organisations to the Carbon Trust Standard. Alliance Partners are responsible for launching the Carbon Trust Standard locally, and for delivering assessment and verification services. Successful Alliance Partners will win new clients and promote the benefits of certification in their market, and provide standalone technical resource. With the Carbon Trust Standard, Alliance Partners can quickly add successful and proven carbon footprint certification services to their existing business line with minimal additional development.
The benefits
The Carbon Trust Standard offers a unique opportunity to create value alongside Carbon Trust Certification in this rapidly growing sector:
- Be part of a recognised and established international certification programme
- Encourage organisations to reduce their greenhouse gas emissions in line with national objectives
- Acknowledge and reward organisations measuring and reducing their greenhouse gas emissions
- Benefit from potential revenue and reputational growth.
Interested in becoming an Alliance Partner?
The preferred partners will bring:
- Commercial outlook and approach to market
- Carbon assessment and certification expertise
- Strong delivery capability and established customer relationships
- Local market leadership
- Track record of successful partnerships.
The suitability of applicants will be evaluated against a criteria consisting of a combination of business and technical skills; professional experience; ability to bring complementary capabilities and resources in key geographies; alignment with our ambitions and goals; alignment with our brand; likelihood of being able to deliver a successful partnership; associated risks and risk management capability.
To take advantage of this unique opportunity to join the Carbon Trust Standard as an Alliance Partner, please contact Darran Messem, Managing Director Carbon Trust Certification, at certification@carbontrust.com.
Expressions of interest are invited on an on-going basis; there is no fixed deadline for submission. We will provide confirmation upon our receipt of your submission and will endeavour to provide an initial response within 15 business days.
Should you require any further information, please contact Carbon Trust Certification Limited via certification@carbontrust.com or at:
Carbon Trust Certification Limited
4th Floor
Dorset House
27-45 Stamford Street
London SE1 9NT
T: +44 (0)20 7170 7000
F: +44 (0)20 7170 7020
www.carbontruststandard.com
Alliance Partnership brochure - Carbon Trust Certification Alliance Partnership Overview
Expression of interest form - Carbon Trust Certification Expression of Interest for Partnership
Technical criteria guidance - Carbon Trust Certification Partnership Technical Criteria
Independent UK Assessors
An important element of the service we provide relies upon our deployment of independent assessors. The role of the assessor is to:
- Provide independent guidance to those undergoing Assisted Certification.
- Review submissions from organisations undergoing Certification Only
- Provide an objective and independent recommendation for organisations that meet published reduction and governance criteria that an applicant organisation be awarded the Carbon Trust Standard.
Our assessors are accredited after undergoing a selection process that usually involves a four-step process:
1. Completing and submitting an application and responding to a range of questions to provide information on an individual’s education, skills and experience in carbon management;
2. Undergoing a review of that application against pre-determined criteria by independent advisers to the Carbon Trust Certification Limited and being short listed for an interview;
3. Successfully completing an interview with representatives of the Carbon Trust Certification Limited and a training programme;
4. Being accredited by the Carbon Trust Certification Limited as an assessor.
From time to time we expect to seek applications from individuals who believe they may have the skills and experience that we need.
When we seek applications we would normally set out our requirements below and on the Carbon Trust website.
How to apply
During times when we are not actively seeking applicants to be assessors prospective assessors might find it convenient to log their interest on our website by completing a simple form. When we then next go out to seek further assessors we will send an email to those whose interest is already logged on our website to see if they wish to apply for a position as an independent assessor. If this is of interest please complete the assessor enquiry form.
We are currently not seeking assessors for within the UK.