BIRI™ GOVERNANCE CHARTER

Planetary.Blue Biospheric Information Reliability Index (BIRI™)

1. Purpose

The Biospheric Information Reliability Index (BIRI™) is designed to assess the reliability, transparency, and traceability of biosphere-related information sources, not the actual information itself.

BIRI™ does not assess environmental performance, regulatory compliance, financial risk, ethical conduct, or corporate governance.

2. Independence and Oversight

Planetary.blue commits to:

Maintaining methodological independence
Avoiding conflicts of interest in scoring
Separating commercial licensing from scoring decisions
Maintaining an internal review committee for scoring governance

3. Methodology Governance

Planetary.blue will:

Maintain a documented scoring methodology
Conduct periodic methodology reviews
Record methodology updates in a change log
Anchor methodology version hashes to distributed ledgers for transparency

4. Score Integrity and Auditability

Planetary.blue will:

Maintain an authoritative registry of BIRI™ scores
Publish daily cryptographic tracking root proofs of the registry
Anchor tracking roots on distributed ledgers for tamper evidence
Retain historical score records permanently

5. Appeals and Corrections

Planetary.blue will provide:

Planetary.blue will provide:
Evidence-based review procedures
Transparent correction and revision logs

6. Ethical Commitments