Frequently Asked Questions

The AIM Platform FAQs

What is the Advanced and Indirect Mitigation (AIM) Platform?

The Advanced and Indirect Mitigation (AIM) Platform is a cross-sectoral, multi-stakeholder initiative that aims to unlock new climate finance for the hardest-to-abate sectors by addressing accounting and reporting barriers to value chain mitigation action. It is convened by the Center for Climate and Energy Solutions, Center for Green Market Activation, and Gold Standard.

For information on the AIM Platform’s vision, mission, and purpose, please visit About AIM Platform.

The AIM Platform is convened by Climate and Energy Solutions (C2ES), Center for Green Market Activation (GMA), and Gold Standard, known collectively as the “AIM Platform Organizers”. These organizations are responsible for guiding the AIM Platform’s strategic direction, developing draft content, and overseeing its administration. While C2ES, GMA, and Gold Standard collaborate with companies on other decarbonization initiatives, these efforts are distinct and separate from the AIM Platform. For more details on the role of the AIM Platform Organizers, please visit the Governance webpage.

The AIM Platform’s Governing Committee is responsible for approving AIM Platform publications, including all Standard and Guidance documents. The Governing Committee is composed of up to 15 independent members from civil society, standard-setting bodies, and the private sector, covering a wide range of sectors and mitigation strategies. For more information, please visit the Governing Committee Members webpage.

To date the AIM Platform has developed three publications to support companies pursuing value change interventions.

For more information on the AIM Platform’s outputs, please visit the Deliverables webpage.

The AIM Platform uses the term “intervention” to refer to a value chain activities that reduce or remove greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from the atmosphere. Example interventions include using sustainable aviation fuel instead of conventional jet fuel for air transport, replacing a coal boiler with an electric boiler powered by renewable electricity, or using low-emission cement/concrete instead of conventional cement/concrete at a construction site.

The AIM Platform does not develop target setting standards, and thus the AIM Platform cannot determine a value chain intervention’s eligibility within target setting standards and systems. 

The AIM Platform collaborates with other standard developers, including with the Science Based Targets Initiative (SBTI) and GHG Protocol. SBTI and GHG Protocol are observers to the AIM Platform governing committee.

During the first half of 2025 a group of companies will pilot test the draft AIM Platform Association Test with interventions and their GHG inventories. Through the pilot process, companies will test the Association Test to ensure it is understandable, actionable, and assurable. Feedback from the pilot will inform revisions to the Association Test.

At this time, the AIM Platform is no longer accepting participants for the AIM Association Test Pilot. However, companies and other organizations are encouraged to provide their feedback on the Association Test during the Q1 2025 stakeholder comment period. The AIM Secretariat will analyze all provided feedback and use it to revise the draft Association Test. The AIM Platform may also run pilot tests of future publications.  If you’d like to receive updates on this and other AIM Platform developments, please subscribe to our stakeholder list.

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