Voluntary carbon markets (VCM) are neither legally mandated nor enforced but self-governed; Organizations/individuals (farmers) with operations that generate carbon offsets, can issue and sell them to companies/individuals who want to measurably decrease the amount of CO2e they emit. This Framework provides an innovator landscape of the players in this space including project developers, standards & registries, rating companies, marketplaces, brokers, MRV, insurance companies, and more.