Social Integrity Methodology (SIM)
This methodology is built around a set of foundational principles that define social integrity in practice. Together, they form a coherent framework for designing, governing, and sustaining carbon projects that are led by IP and LCs and aligned with their social, cultural, and ecological realities.
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The SIM builds on decades of research and has been refined through work with Indigenous partners. It is a process that empowers communities through carbon literacy, readiness assessment, governance design, project development, benefit-sharing, and monitoring. SIM translates principles such as Free, Prior, and Informed Consent (FPIC), collective governance, and equitable finance into training and implementation steps, creating the conditions necessary for durable stewardship, investor confidence, and long-term outcomes.
