Project Design Document (PDD) Creation for Carbon Projects
Verra and Gold Standard PDDs built to pass validation, with defensible baselines, additionality, leakage, permanence, and digital MRV.
FG Capital Advisors builds audit-ready Project Design Documents for AFOLU, energy, waste, and blue carbon projects. We cover baselines, additionality, MRV, GIS, and registry submissions so your project reaches validation without endless revisions.
We serve developers and corporate sponsors who need a bankable, registry-compliant PDD that holds up under VVB review. The work includes boundary mapping, scenario analysis, uncertainty treatment, permanence risk, sampling plans, QA/QC, social safeguards, benefit sharing, and Article 6 alignment where relevant.
We draft to Verra VCS/CCB, Gold Standard, and ART TREES requirements and package evidence so auditors can verify quickly and cleanly.
Methodology & Project Boundary
Screening across eligible methodologies, geographic and activity boundaries, project start date, crediting period, and double-counting risks. Clear rationale for the selected pathway.
Baseline & Additionality
Baseline scenario modeling, barrier and investment analysis, grid or market factors, and demonstration of additionality with transparent assumptions and data sources.
Leakage, Permanence & Risk Buffer
Activity-shifting and market leakage assessment, permanence risk profiling, buffer pool calculations, and practical mitigation measures.
MRV Plan & Sampling Design
Monitoring parameters, stratification, statistical design, uncertainty treatment, QA/QC procedures, and data custody. Written so field teams can execute without guesswork.
GIS, Remote Sensing & Stratification
Geospatial boundary files, land cover change analysis, historical reference periods, sample frame design, and map books aligned to registry templates.
Safeguards, Stakeholders & FPIC
E&S risk screening, stakeholder engagement plans, FPIC where applicable, grievance mechanisms, benefit sharing summaries, and community documentation.
Validation Dossier & Registry Pack
Complete PDD, calculation sheets, evidence annexes, data room structure, and responses to expected validator queries. Submission management and auditor coordination.
Claims, Article 6 & Corresponding Adjustments
Guidance on claims language, host country approvals, and corresponding adjustments where relevant, with eligibility checks to avoid rework.
Our lead authors have drafted and reviewed PDDs under Verra VCS/CCB, Gold Standard, ART TREES, and legacy CDM. Experience spans ARR, IFM, REDD+, flare gas capture, landfill gas, renewable energy, and blue carbon. The team includes GIS specialists, modelers, and former VVB staff.
We are independent and registry-agnostic. You receive transparent models, editable files, and a clean audit trail.
PDD Refresh or Retrofit
$7,500
For stalled or legacy projects. Targeted gap analysis, methodology remap, refreshed baseline and MRV sections, and a focused validator response pack.
Full Single-Site PDD
$12,500
End-to-end authoring with calculations, GIS, safeguards, stakeholder records, MRV design, and validation prep through registry submission.
Programmatic or Portfolio
Custom Pricing
Frameworks for multi-site rollouts, standardized modules, data room architecture, and recurring issuance planning tied to sponsor goals.
FG Capital Advisors is an independent consulting firm. We are not a verifier or registry agent and we do not guarantee validation or issuance. All services are advisory only. Clients retain ownership of project data, models, and carbon rights unless agreed otherwise.
