Refer to Table 5 in the Certification Standard for a full list of eligible project types. As you consider whether your project may be eligible, here is a helpful guide:
Count the price premium (opex or capex) if you choose to spend more than you would normally in a business-as-usual scenario in order to use a preferred input.
For preferred product inputs, the change must have been initiated in the past 5 years. For preferred packaging inputs, there is no time limit.
Examples: buying more expensive, preferred material inputs (or finished goods that contain preferred material inputs) with lower carbon emissions across some or all products; choosing higher-cost renewably-produced electricity at controlled facilities; choosing more carbon-efficient equipment in order to reduce emissions vs conventional equipment
Count the full cost (opex or capex) or the annual depreciation expense (for projects initiated in the past 5 years) if you fund a project to install new equipment / processes / technology specifically to reduce emissions, or retire equipment and replace it early in order to decarbonize more quickly. For early retirement projects, only count the cost of new equipment; do not count the residual value of existing assets
Examples: installing onsite solar at your headquarters; investing in onsite renewables at a supplier facility; installing GHG capture equipment; investing in equipment to switch fuels; converting an older HVAC system to a heat pump before it’s fully depreciated; investing in a regenerative agriculture project at a supplier facility; electrifying a fleet before existing vehicles are fully depreciated
DO NOT count the expenditure if you make a purchase or investment required for regular business operations or to comply with laws or regulations
Examples: buying conventional inputs to make your products; replacing an HVAC system at end-of-life; building out office or warehouse space; buying new equipment to increase production capacity