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Programme documents

The adopted rulebook, published in full text. Every document below was adopted on 24 August 2026 by founder decision FD-2026-08-24 — the decision record itself is published at the bottom of this page, and it is explicit that formal board ratification is the first item of business when the programme board is constituted.

Documents are published as maintained. Bodies are in English; adoption banners and two amendment records are in Norwegian, the working language of the programme administration.

Programme summary

Programme Factsheetv2026-08 · adopted 2026-08-24

The programme’s single external institutional summary: what MCC is, where it stands today, and what makes it distinct. Replaces the withdrawn External Institutional Launch Pack.

FD-2026-08-24English (Norwegian adoption banner)

Counterparty policies

Transparency and Public Disclosure Policyv1.1 · adopted 2026-08-24

The default-public disclosure commitment: what MCC publishes for every project, credit, retirement and governance decision — and the narrow set of things it withholds. This page exists because this policy requires it.

FD-2026-08-24English (Norwegian adoption banner)
AI and Human Oversight Policyv1.1 · adopted 2026-08-24

How AI is and is not used in the programme: AI-assisted screening with mandatory human review, and the boundaries that keep verification a human, third-party responsibility. Companion to the MCC-850 AI Governance Standard.

FD-2026-08-24English (Norwegian adoption banner)
Claims Policyv1.1 · adopted 2026-08-24

The contribution-first claims framework: what buyers may and may not say when retiring MCC credits. No offsetting, neutrality or net-zero claims; permitted language is enforced at the point of retirement.

FD-2026-08-24English (Norwegian adoption banner)
Registry Termsv1.1 · adopted 2026-08-24

Terms of use for registry account holders: accounts, transfers, retirements, data handling and the registry operator’s obligations.

FD-2026-08-24English (Norwegian adoption banner)
Applicant Termsv1.1 · adopted 2026-08-24

Terms for project proponents applying to the programme: eligibility, submission obligations, fees, and what applicants can expect from the review pipeline.

FD-2026-08-24English (Norwegian adoption banner)
VVB Accreditation and Engagement Termsv1.1 · adopted 2026-08-24

Terms for validation and verification bodies, including the professional indemnity requirement of USD 2,000,000 per claim / USD 5,000,000 in aggregate (art. 11.1, aligned across the corpus by FD-2026-08-24 item D7).

FD-2026-08-24English (Norwegian adoption banner)
Legal and Regulatory Positioning Statementv1.1 · adopted 2026-08-24

How the programme positions its units legally: not securities, not financial instruments, not offsets — and the regulatory perimeter the programme operates within.

FD-2026-08-24English (Norwegian adoption banner)

Methodology and templates

Project Design Document (PDD) Templatev1.1 · adopted 2026-08-24

The eleven-section template (A–K) every project must complete for independent validation, written credit-type-neutrally across the five methodology families.

FD-2026-08-24English (Norwegian adoption banner)
F04 Marine Pollution Prevention: Applicant Guidancev1.1 · adopted 2026-08-24

Family guidance for pollution-prevention projects: flow-basis quantification, 1 MCU = 100 kg verified mass, 10% uncertainty buffer (FD-2026-08-24 item D6).

FD-2026-08-24English (Norwegian adoption banner)

Standards annexes and amendments

MCC-100 Annex — Definitions Registerv1.0 · adopted 2026-08-24

The programme’s single source of definitions. Where a programme document conflicts with this register, the register prevails.

FD-2026-08-24English (Norwegian adoption banner)
MCC-850 Amendment 3 — Confidence Scale 0–100v1.0 · adopted 2026-08-24

Amendment instrument converting the AI confidence canon to a 0–100 integer scale; consolidated into MCC-850 v1.2.

FD-2026-08-24Norwegian
MCC-800 Re-issue Note for v1.1v1.0 · adopted 2026-08-24

Regularises Article 27 of the Registry Operations Standard (the canonical serial-number format) in the v1.1 re-issue.

FD-2026-08-24Norwegian

Governance decisions

Founder Decision Record FD-2026-08-24v2026-08-24 · adopted 2026-08-24

The adopting instrument for the consolidated rulebook. It is explicit about its own basis: a founder decision, made while the programme board is not yet constituted; formal board ratification is the first item of business when it is.

FD-2026-08-24Norwegian

Standards series and adopted policies

CodeTitleVersionFileSHA-256
MCC-001Charter and ConstitutionAmendment 1 (governance architecture, 90-day notice) is before the board at constitution.2.0Download .docx · 17 KBf8adc0dccc9a3e90
MCC-100Programme Standard2.2 (consolidated)Download .docx · 32 KBb8255bb4dbd8de71
MCC-100 Am.1Amendment 1 — Revision loop and workflow stages1.0Download .docx · 7 KBb01a8c56d89891f6
MCC-200Methodology Framework2.0Download .docx · 19 KBc6c1fe8d1dab6abf
MCC-400VVB Accreditation and Performance Standard1.1 (consolidated)Download .docx · 21 KB571fbac8997a7a35
MCC-400 Add.1Addendum 1 — AI-augmented validation and verification1.0Download .docx · 12 KBb38d9b822b60fcd1
MCC-700Governance and Appeals3.1Download .docx · 46 KB5ab17e42ffefd71c
MCC-800Registry Operations StandardRe-issue note published above.1.1Download .docx · 46 KBbbffbee9d2063dff
MCC-850AI Governance StandardAmendment 3 published above.1.2 (consolidated)Download .docx · 29 KB02b4595e1474bf7c
MCC-850 Am.1Amendment 1 — Repeal of Article 281.0Download .docx · 6 KB2a40a8882833d23c
MCC-850 Am.2Amendment 2 — Automated completeness and degraded mode1.0Download .docx · 8 KBfbec32ccd161ec80
PolicyBuffer Pool Management Policy1.0Download .docx · 25 KB4b85637f07b550a3
PolicyCorresponding Adjustment and Double Counting Prevention Policy1.0Download .docx · 22 KB4f46d4dcdf901128
PolicyEnvironmental and Social Safeguards Policy1.0Download .docx · 23 KBbbb62ed288e1cde8
ProcedureHost Country Authorisation ProcedureRead with FD-2026-08-24 item D8 (one host-country rule).1.0Download .docx · 23 KBadd182e784e5c251
FrameworkSustainable Development Contribution Framework1.0Download .docx · 26 KB5b2f9d23c6ee00e6

The standards series is maintained as formatted Word documents and served here as the exact adopted files. Each file's SHA-256 is listed (hover to see it in full); a copy you hold can be checked against it. Published 25 August 2026 under the same founder-decision basis as the documents above; board ratification pending. Family applicant guidance (F01, F02, F05) is under errata revision following the 24 August rulebook audit and is published when corrected; F04 v1.1 is above.

Version discipline. Adopted documents change only by amendment with a version bump (FD-2026-08-24, item D16). Superseded versions are retained in the programme archive. Corrections to anything published here follow the correction procedure in the Transparency Policy — republished with a dated correction notation, never silently.