Governance & Disclosure

Jedon Kotler’s approach to governance and disclosure is designed for an environment in which climate-related claims are subject to regulatory scrutiny, audit review, and legal challenge.

This page explains—clearly and publicly—how decisions are made, how claims are controlled, and how disclosures are disciplined, without relying on technical or legal memoranda.

1. Governance Philosophy

Jedon Kotler operates under a simple governing principle:

No climate-related claim is made unless it can be supported by evidence, enforced by control, and defended under scrutiny.

Governance is structured to prioritize:

• Accuracy over advocacy
• Documentation over narrative
• Long-term defensibility over short-term acceptance

This philosophy applies across asset management, methodology application, validation, and public communications.

2. Organizational Roles & Oversight

Asset Stewardship

Jedon Kotler is the owner and steward of the underlying asset associated with the project located in Los Angeles County, California, USA (onshore) As owner, Jedon Kotler has direct authority over whether hydrocarbons are extracted or withheld.

This ownership-based control is the foundation of permanence.

Independent Functions

Critical project functions are intentionally separated:

• Methodology Development:
  Developed using recognized greenhouse gas accounting principles and standards
• Independent Validation:
  Performed by accredited third-party validators operating under ISO 14064-3
• Governance & Disclosure Oversight:
  Maintained internally to ensure consistency between documentation and public statements

No single function unilaterally controls asset ownership, methodology, validation, and disclosure.

3. Claim Approval & Control Process

All climate-related claims pass through a controlled internal review process before public release.

This process includes:

1. Verification that the claim is supported by documented evidence
2. Confirmation that the claim is consistent with validated scope and limitations
3. Review for consistency with regulatory and disclosure expectations
4. Approval by designated governance personnel

Claims that exceed documented or validated support are not approved.

4. Disclosure Discipline

Jedon Kotler applies a documentation-first disclosure posture.

This means:

• Public statements are constrained by technical documentation
• Qualitative or comparative claims are avoided unless explicitly supported
• Assumptions and limitations are acknowledged where relevant

The objective is not to maximize perceived impact, but to ensure accuracy, consistency, and defensibility.

5. Separation of Documentation and Communications

To reduce misrepresentation risk, Jedon Kotler maintains a clear separation between:

• Technical Documentation
  (methodologies, validation reports, legal instruments)
• Public Communications
  (website content, summaries, explanatory materials)

Public-facing materials are derived from, and limited by, underlying documentation.
They do not replace or reinterpret it.

6. Greenwashing Risk Management

The governance framework explicitly addresses common greenwashing risk vectors:

• Permanence: enforced through ownership and legal restraint, not modeled
• Reversal: structurally eliminated through non-extraction
• Double counting: mitigated through singular asset ownership and claim control
• Overstatement: prevented through conservative language and internal review

Claims are intentionally narrower than what might be commercially advantageous.

7. Alignment With Evolving Expectations

Although the project operates on a voluntary basis, its governance and disclosure approach anticipates:

• Increased regulatory attention to climate claims
• Heightened audit and assurance expectations
• Retrospective review of public disclosures

The project is designed to remain defensible even if standards tighten over time.

8. What This Page Does—and Does Not—Represent

This page:

• Explains how governance and disclosure decisions are made
• Describes controls applied to climate-related claims
• Clarifies Jedon Kotler’s disclosure philosophy

This page does not:

• Substitute for technical documentation
• Provide legal advice
• Represent a guarantee of regulatory acceptance

Its purpose is transparency around process and discipline.