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ABOUT OQI
« OQI Objectives :: OQI Members Combined, the member organizations of the Offset Quality Initiative (OQI) have an unparalleled range of experience and expertise in the greenhouse gas offset field. OQI members represent all aspects of the offset commoditization chain, including project development and origination, validation and verification, protocol and methodology development, and registration, as well as professional capacity building and policy analysis. Moreover, all of the member organizations are nonprofit organizations committed to addressing key market failures and protecting public interests.
The Climate Trust  The Climate Trust was founded to manage a portfolio of compliance-grade carbon projects as a result of Oregon’s leadership in passing the nation’s first legislation to limit carbon dioxide emissions. Since then, our mission has expanded to provide expertise, financing, and inspiration to stimulate communities, businesses, and governments to implement innovative and effective climate solutions that endure. In order to arrest the rise in greenhouse gas emissions and to avoid the most dangerous impacts of climate change, The Climate Trust pioneers ways to accelerate implementation of projects, financing, and supportive policies as a trustee of environmental assets in the renewable energy, energy efficiency, agriculture, forestry, and transportation sectors. With over a decade of experience in US compliance and voluntary markets, The Climate Trust brings its unique perspective to policymakers at the state, regional, and national levels. The Climate Trust spearheaded and leads the Offset Quality Initiative. The Pew Center on Global Climate Change  The Pew Center on Global Climate Change was established in 1998 as a nonprofit, nonpartisan, and independent organization dedicated to providing credible information, straight answers, and innovative solutions in the effort to address global climate change. The Center engages decision-makers at the federal, state, regional, and international levels to achieve its goals for mandatory federal climate change policy and a post-2012 international climate agreement. The Center's Business Environmental Leadership Council (BELC), a group of 42 mainly Fortune 500 companies with over $2 trillion in combined revenue, is the largest U.S.-based association of corporations committed to advancing mandatory policy and business solutions to address climate change. The Pew Center is also a founding member of the influential U.S. Climate Action Partnership. Climate Action Reserve (Formerly The California Climate Action Registry)  The Climate Action Reserve is a U.S. private nonprofit organization addressing climate change and bringing together participants from the government, environment and business sectors. It works to ensure environmental benefit, integrity and transparency in greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions accounting and reduction and progressive movement in GHG emissions policy nationally and in the Western U.S. The Climate Action Reserve is parent to three programs, the California Climate Action Registry, Climate Action Reserve and Center for Climate Action. As the subsequent organization of the California Climate Action Registry, the Climate Action Reserve continues building on the California Registry's reputation as a respected and internationally recognized leader in climate change issues.The Environmental Resources Trust  The Environmental Resources Trust (ERT) harnesses the power of markets to improve the environment. To this end, in 1997 ERT and Environmental Defense Fund founded the first U.S. carbon registry, the GHG Registry, now known as American Carbon Registry (ACR). Non-profit ACR is a leading voluntary and pre-compliance carbon offset program with strong standards for environmental integrity. ACR boasts over a decade of operational experience in development of high quality carbon offset standards and protocols, carbon offset issuance and serialization and transparent on-line transaction reporting. ACR has issued over 30 million carbon offsets and in 2008 was the most widely used voluntary carbon market registry in the world. ERT and ACR joined Winrock International in 2007, expanding the Winrock team of climate change, forestry, clean energy, agriculture, biofuels and carbon market experts. Greenhouse Gas Management Institute 
The Greenhouse Gas Management Institute, a registered nonprofit organization, trains, certifies, and networks a global community of experts that account, audit and manage GHG emissions based on world-class training and professional standards. The Institute's membership includes individuals and organizations, from beginners to certified professionals, working on all aspects of climate change. Founded in 2007 through a partnership between ClimateCHECK and the GHG Expert Network, the Institute works with the World Resources Institute, the World Bank, the United Nations, the Carbon Disclosure Project, Point Carbon, Harvard University Extension School and our exceptional faculty on training and professional development programs utilizing innovative internet tools to ensure that professionals will be available to support future market mechanisms and other policy responses to climate change.
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The Climate Group is an independent nonprofit organization that works with government and business leaders to accelerate the transition to a low-carbon economy. Its coalition of proactive leaders - from government, businesses, and NGOs - has demonstrated that the emissions reductions needed to stop climate change can be achieved while boosting profitability and competitiveness. Companies, states, regions, and cities around the world are realizing there are significant economic as well as environmental advantages of taking decisive action now. The Climate Group was founded in 2004 and has offices in the United Kingdom, the United States, China, India, and Australia. 