Validation and Verification

An independent validation and verification process is essential to ensure the integrity of projects registered with the Natural Forest Standard.

Validation/Verification Bodies (VVBs) play an important role in the project process, conducting third-party assessments to provide independent confirmation that projects are in conformance with the Natural Forest Standard Requirements.

The NFS requires independent third-party validation and verification of all projects registered with the Natural Forest Standard.   These independent assessments are conducted by qualified Validation and Verification Bodies (VVBs).

No Natural Capital Credits will be issued without having successfully passed a rigorous validation and verification process to ensure the project meets the requirements of the Natural Forest Standard.

There are separate guidance manuals for the validation and verification, and the periodic verification processes.

Current List of NFS approved VVBs

Enviance Services Private Limited

Website: https://enviance.in/

Contact Email: pankaj@enviance.in

Bureau Veritas Certification

Website: www.bureauveritas.com.br

Contact Email: michelle.borges@bureauveritas.com 

Aster Global Environmental Services, Inc.

Website: https://www.asterglobal.com/

Contact Email: jmcmahon@asterglobal.com

Become an approved NFS VVB

If you are interested in becoming a Natural Forest Standard approved VVB, please view the documentation below.  Applications are accepted and reviewed on a rolling basis.

These documents have an effective date of 28th February 2024 for all VVB applications.

To apply, please complete the application form and submit together with all required supporting documentation to info@ecosystemcertification.org.

VVB Performance

Should ECO NFS determine that a Validation and Verification Body (VVB) has not upheld the NFS standards due to ongoing performance issues, carelessness in report preparation or audit practices, or credible concerns that VVB protocols, procedures, or that the VVB Terms of Reference are not being adhered to in practice, ECO NFS may, at its discretion, issue warnings, impose temporary suspensions, or provide directives for rectification. Furthermore, ECO NFS reserves the right to disqualify VVBs from future validation or verification engagements or other NFS-related activities.