Swiss projects

From March 2007, myclimate customers have had the option of offsetting their emissions in the "Swiss projects" portfolio. The myclimate VER projects have been developed following the methodologies of the Clean Development Mechanism (CDM), while the documents and procedure steps have been adapted to the specific situation in Switzerland.

External monitoring of the projects is performed by a UN-recognized monitoring agency or an equivalent certification authority. This way the challenge of quality assurance is met.

According to current law, Swiss carbon offset projects only make a contribution toward the achievement of the climate protection targets the Swiss government has set anyway. However, since myclimate customers are to be garanteed an impact of their contribution on climate protection above and beyond the targets Switzerland has committed to, the same amount of emission is reduced in the international project portfolio in addition to emission reductions in Switzerland.