Purpose & Summary

This Operational Guidance elaborates norms and good practices on monitoring and verification (M&V) related to company commitments on topics within the Accountability Framework scope. It focuses on environmental and social outcomes associated with raw material production and primary processing.

This high-level guidance on credible and effective M&V is intended to apply across a range of commodities and contexts and may be adapted through the development or adoption of context-specific M&V systems, tools, and processes.