Pilot Testing
Intervention Quality, Accounting, & Reporting (QAR) Standard and Guidance Pilot
The AIM Platform concluded its pilot of the draft Intervention Quality, Accounting & Reporting (QAR) Standard and Guidance in December 2025.
The QAR Standard was released in May 2024 and was designed to help companies account for and report on interventions deemed to be “associated with a company’s value chain” per the AIM Platform Association Test.
Following a similar approach to our Association Test pilot, the QAR Standard was piloted by 20+ global companies operating in diverse sectors with real-world interventions linked to their value chains (as per the Association Test). The QAR Standard pilot ran from September – December 2025. Feedback received during the pilot process was used to inform Version 1 of the AIM Platform Standard and Guidance, published in April 2026.
Association Test Pilot
In early 2025, the AIM Platform piloted the Association Test with 20+ global companies.
The Association Test was designed to help companies assess whether a potential emissions reduction investment, referred to as an intervention, is sufficiently associated with their value chain. This assessment is a critical step in determining whether the intervention can count toward a company’s climate target.
The draft version of the Association Test was shared with participating companies in January 2025, and the pilot ran through April 2025.
Feedback received during the pilot process was used to inform Version 1 of the AIM Platform Standard and Guidance, published in April 2026.
