Intervention Quality, Accounting, and Reporting Standard and Guidance
Stakeholder consultation period now open through November 21!
We are pleased to announce that the public stakeholder consultation period for the Intervention Quality, Accounting, and Reporting (QAR) Standard and Guidance is now open through November 21, 2025.
We invite organizations and individuals to review the draft materials and provide feedback to help ensure the QAR provides companies with reliable guidance on how to accurately assess quality, and account and report for qualifying value chain interventions.
The QAR Standard was written to guide companies investing in value chain interventions (referred to as “reporting companies”). Where other actors, such as intervention hosts, are referenced in requirements or recommendations, it is the responsibility of the reporting company to ensure these are fulfilled. Accordingly, while most consultation questions are directed at reporting companies, some may also be relevant to intervention hosts, suppliers, or other stakeholders involved in the interventions.
We encourage you to respond to as many questions as you are able, based on the information available to you, and to provide as much detail as possible where relevant. Your input is critical to shaping a robust and widely supported framework—thank you for contributing to this important process.
Want to learn more? Watch our Webinar introducing the QAR linked below.
To submit your feedback, please use the Microsoft Form linked below.
For any additional questions or comments, feel free to contact us at info@aimplatform.org.
The AIM Platform Intervention Quality, Accounting, and Reporting (QAR) Standard and Guidance is currently being piloted
The Intervention Quality, Accounting, and Reporting (QAR) Standard and Guidance is currently being piloted by 20+ companies across a range of sectors. Building on the intervention quality criteria outlined in Criteria 2–11 of the draft AIM Platform Criteria, this publication guides companies on how to account for and report interventions that are deemed “associated with the value chain,” as defined by the Association Test.
In addition to piloting, the draft QAR Standard will be open for a public stakeholder comment period from September 10th, 2025 – November 21st, 2025.
Feedback received from the pilot process and public stakeholder comment period will be used to revise the QAR Standard. An updated version is anticipated to be released early 2026.