Jones Day partner Dickson Chin selected to ICC and Carbon Measures Technical Expert Panel on Carbon Accounting
Jones Day is pleased to announce that Dickson Chin, a partner in the Firm, has been selected to serve on the International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) and Carbon Measures Association (CMA) Technical Expert Panel (TEP) on Carbon Accounting. The TEP is a global, cross-sector panel convened by ICC and CMA to develop a practical, ledger-based carbon accounting framework that operates at the product level—where businesses buy and sell goods.
Mr. Chin brings more than 25 years of experience representing investors, financial institutions, utilities, developers, and other market participants in energy transactions across the Americas, European Union, United Kingdom, Asia Pacific, and Africa. With deep experience in renewable energy and carbon transactions, including wind, solar, hydrogen, battery storage, carbon credits, carbon capture and sequestration, and carbon intensity attributes, his practice spans energy marketing and trading, project finance and development, joint ventures, and mergers and acquisitions. Mr. Chin was engaged by the International Swaps and Derivatives Association (ISDA) to prepare the Global Financial Power Purchase Agreement Confirmation Template, the U.S. Renewable Energy Certificate Annex, and the EU Guarantees of Origin Annex, and served as lead counsel on the ISDA working group that prepared the Verified Carbon Credits Definitions.
"Dickson's selection to the TEP is a tremendous honor and a reflection of the depth and sophistication of the lawyers in our practice," said Howard Sidman, Chair of the Firm's ESG Practice. "The TEP is shaping the very carbon accounting standards that our clients across the energy, industrial, and financial sectors are asking for. His seat at that table means Jones Day will bring firsthand insight into these developments, and to our clients, as they navigate an increasingly complex landscape of carbon regulation, transactions, and supply chain requirements."
"As carbon accounting rules become clearer and more standardized, the ability to transact in low-carbon products with confidence will be a powerful catalyst for infrastructure development—unlocking project finance, streamlining supply chain agreements, and reducing the friction that currently slows the deployment of clean energy and industrial assets at scale," said Brian Sedlak, co-leader of Jones Day's Real Estate Practice and its Energy Transition & Infrastructure initiative. "Dickson's direct involvement with the global standards for low-carbon product transactions will be of great value to our clients."
The TEP's near-term objectives are twofold: first, to establish clear, globally applicable carbon accounting standards grounded in familiar financial-accounting principles that avoid double-counting and improve comparability; and second, to set simple, contract-ready rules for how product-level carbon information is transferred, documented, and relied upon by counterparties in sales, financing, and insurance. The panel's initial focus is on core industrial products that account for a significant share of global emissions, including electricity, fuels, steel, concrete, and chemicals. Over a two-year work program, the TEP will inventory existing approaches, publish Guiding Principles, propose adoptable accounting standards, and issue implementation handbooks and product-level roadmaps.
