Open Carbon Protocol Handbook
  • Welcome to the Open Carbon Protocol
  • The OCP Process Overview
  • Back to the OCP
  • GOVERNANCE
    • OCP Governance Structure
      • OCP Board
    • Conflict of Interest
    • Annual Audit Process
    • Stakeholder Engagement & Complaints
    • Business Model & Financial Transparency
    • OCP Sustainability: Environmental and Social Strategy
    • KYB & Anti-Money Laundering Policy
    • Anti-Bribery and Corruption Policy
  • METHODOLOGIES
    • Methodology Development, Feedback & Approval
      • Underlying Credit Value & Uncertainty
      • Methodology Demo Videos
      • OCP Methodology Requirements
    • The Expert Community
  • PROJECTS
    • Project Proposal Flow
      • Project Proposal and Validation Demo Videos
    • Third-Party Validation
      • MRV: Monitoring, Reporting and Verification
    • Safeguards, Co-Benefits & SDGs
    • Mitigating Project Risk: Insurance and Buffer Pool
  • REGISTRY
    • The OCP Registry Infrastructure
      • Opening and Closing an Account
    • Credit Issuance Flow
      • Retirement Information
    • No Double Counting
    • Registry Information
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Opening and Closing an Account

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  • In order to open an account on the OCP or use the OCP Registry or any of the tools provided through the Platform, the must be accepted.

  • There are two onboarding routes onto the OCP Platform - one with Know-Your-Business for users that will have permission to own credits (including issue, transfer, retire) and one without KYB for other users (such as experts).

  • For KYB we use Middesk, a leading B2B Business Identiy Partner. [See also for more details]

  • Known accounts allows users to:

    • propose a new project,

    • provide data for projects,

    • hold, transfer and retire credits.

  • Accounts must represent a business or an organization, not an individual, and must not act on behalf of or as an agent of any other third-party organization.

  • Pre-Approved Sub-Registry Users may assign Beneficial Ownership of credits to a third-party organization (not an individual) after conducting KYB on all beneficial owners. Sub-Registry Users retain the right to transfer ownership to other users or beneficial owners, but they must notify the OCP before recording this in the registry and pay the applicable fees.

Validator Accounts

  • Validator accounts must meet all of the criteria described above for Known accounts.

  • They must also complete the Validator Application Form and get approval from the OCP Admin. Part of the application requires the user to provide accurate and truthful information on their sector expertise and accreditations. If this changes, it must be disclosed to the OCP in writing.

  • They must also agree to the OCP Conflict of Interest policy and sign the OCP COI attestation.

OCP reserves the right to refuse to open a new account or suspend access to an existing account for any reason at any time.

Closing Account

Users may close their User Account at any time by providing 30 Business Days written notice to the OCP, either via the OCP Platform or via email or mail. During that time, Users should make reasonable efforts to transfer, retire, or cancel all credits in their inventory. Once the account is closed, ownership of all remaining credits is transferred to oneshot.earth.

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