Externally verified
Compliance with standards
Transparency
Characteristics of GSS CERT units
There are 2 types of offset units within the GSS CERT System – each corresponding to the equivalent of 1 ton of CO2 emissions.
Depending on the project and activity to which they apply, the units are marked with an additional 3-letter tag: GSS-red and GSS-seq.
| Types of GSS units: | Emission type: | Source of origin: | |||||||||||
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| biogas | forest | field | |||||||||||
| GSS-seq – a unit representing the absorption/removal of greenhouse gas emissions from the atmosphere by biological processes using natural processes. | sequestered | Year of offset creation: | |||||||||||
| 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | |||||||||||
| SSE-red – a unit representing the reduction or avoidance of greenhouse gas emissions. | absorbed
avoided |
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| EN | SK | CZ | |||||||||||
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What is the GSS Unit
Each GSS offset unit:
- is unique and identified by an individual and unalterable serial number,
- is transferable – in particular, it may be subject to sale between companies until the Unit is redeemed;
- can be redeemed in favor of the owner of the Unit or in favor of a third party of his choice;
- is perpetual – trading in the Unit or redeeming it is not limited in time.
GSS CERT uses blockchain technology to record and consolidate data about each GSS Unit. Through the use of blockchain technology, all relevant data is consolidated: from the moment a Participant joins the GSS CERT System, through project validation, the process of monitoring, verification and creation of a GSS Unit, to each change of ownership of a GSS Unit and the issuance of a GSS Unit. The immutability of the data described by blockchain technology guarantees the certainty of trading GSS Units.













