Archived Riverse Standard Documents
This page contains the archived versions of Riverse Standard Documents for continuity, transparency, and traceability.
Last updated
This page contains the archived versions of Riverse Standard Documents for continuity, transparency, and traceability.
Last updated
Riverse SAS
New appendix with IT Security requirements
Terminology changes, reflected in the Glossary (notably discount factor and buffer pool)
August 2024
This version fully aligns with CORSIA and ICROA requirements. Notably through:
Revised additionality assessment requirements and templates
Revised permanence and reversal risks requirements and templates
Revised ESDNH requirements and templates
Alignment of GHG quantification with ISO14064-2:2019
May 2024
Restructure standard documentation to move all procedures to “Procedure Manual”
Revised Environmental and social do no harm assessment method
Baseline choice approach to be based on WBCSD
Introduction of new appendix on Ramp up effects
October 2023
Clarification of the text on multidecadal monitoring
Permanence risk assessment introduced
June 2023
Restructure all eligibility criteria under 14 distinct criteria
Added section on General LCA methodology
Introduction of Key Impact Indicators in verification mechanism
Revised rules of buffer and provision pool
May 2023
In-depth eligibility criteria and project requirements have been established, including Technology Readiness Level (TRL), Rebound effects, Leakage, and the "Do no harm" principle.
A new "provision fund" has been introduced.
Provided more a detailed procedure regarding Validation and Verification Body (VVB) audits.
September 2022
These represent the historical methodology used in the Riverse Standard. Projects that were initially certified under these earlier versions have undergone a re-evaluation to ensure they meet the criteria of the program's most current version.
May 2022
Terminology changes, reflected in the Glossary (notably discount factor and buffer pool). Clearer performance criteria for VVBs, including timeliness, accuracy, and communication metrics. Clarifications regarding compliance with updates to Riverse Standards or methodologies.
May 2024
More detailed/new procedures related to site registration, VVB protocols, site audits (remote and in-person), methodology creation/revision, RCC management section on provision pools, over/under achievement and reversal/cancelation
February 2024
The first version of the Riverse Procedures Manual lays out the foundational procedures. It resulted from restructuring and moving content out of the Riverse Standard Rules starting in V5.2.
October 2023