What happens when the most powerful standard-setter in carbon markets tries to reform the system from the inside?
In this episode, we speak with Mandy Rambharos, the new CEO of Verra, at a pivotal moment for the voluntary carbon market. Public trust is low, market rules are under pressure, and project developers are struggling to navigate layers of complexity.
Mandy reflects on what she found when she joined Verra, the hard questions she’s asking internally, and where real change is actually possible.In this episode:
- Why Verra needs to listen more to people on the ground
- What’s broken about the way methodologies are made
- The growing gap between buyers’ expectations and project realities
- Why the system became more about consultants than communities
- What a fairer, simpler, and more effective carbon market could look like
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