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Goldman Sachs Group Inc

Named as beneficiary of 315,000 t CO₂e retired in 17 retirements from 7 projects · 2022-02 → 2024-09

Source: the public retirement records of GS, VCS (beneficiary named by the registry). A retirement beneficiary is not necessarily the direct purchaser of the credits, and only retirements where the registry publishes the beneficiary are counted, so the total can be lower than what the organisation retired. The quality view below is CarbonMeld's assessment of each project — not a rating of the company.

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What these tonnes are

  • Projects without a document-based rating87%
  • Projects with a registry status of rejected, withdrawn, terminated, suspended or issuance denied24%
  • Projects carrying the registry's CCP label0%
  • Carbon removal projects30%
  • Projects carrying a CORSIA eligibility label0%

Shares weight each project by the tonnes this organisation retired from it: the denominator is all retired tonnes and the categories overlap — a project can carry several labels at once. They use today's registry labels and CarbonMeld assessments of the projects, not the vintage-specific certification of the retired units, and not those at the time of retirement. The unassessed share is not a quality verdict: it names projects without a current CarbonMeld assessment.

Projects retired

  1. reassessment queued
  2. 2.5/10
  3. Hechu Afforestation Project in Anhui ProvinceVCS-1855ChinaWithdrawn from the registry40,000 t
    archived — never analysed
  4. Qianxinan Afforestation Project in Guizhou ProvinceVCS-1847ChinaRejected by the registry35,000 t
    no rating yet
  5. reassessment queued
  6. no rating yet
  7. reassessment queued

Latest retirements

DateTonnesVintageProject
2024-09-1965,0002019REDD+ PROJECT IN NUT CONCESSIONS IN MADRE DE DIOS, PERU
2024-09-1915,0002020Qianxinan Afforestation Project in Guizhou Province
2024-09-1910,0002020Hechu Afforestation Project in Anhui Province
2024-09-199,4672019The Breathing Space Improved Cooking Stoves Programme, India - VPA No. 10 Envirofit
2024-09-195,5332019The Breathing Space Improved Cooking Stoves Programme, India - VPA No. 11 Envirofit
2023-10-2364,9992019REDD+ PROJECT IN NUT CONCESSIONS IN MADRE DE DIOS, PERU
2023-10-2315,0002020Qianxinan Afforestation Project in Guizhou Province
2023-10-2315,0002019The Breathing Space Improved Cooking Stoves Programme, India - VPA No. 11 Envirofit
2023-10-2310,0002020Hechu Afforestation Project in Anhui Province
2023-10-2312019REDD+ PROJECT IN NUT CONCESSIONS IN MADRE DE DIOS, PERU
2023-01-165,0002019The Breathing Space Improved Cooking Stoves Programme, India - VPA No. 10 Envirofit
2023-01-1320,0002020Hechu Afforestation Project in Anhui Province
2023-01-1315,0002019REDD+ PROJECT IN NUT CONCESSIONS IN MADRE DE DIOS, PERU
2023-01-135,0002020Qianxinan Afforestation Project in Guizhou Province
2022-02-1040,0002018Reduction of deforestation and degradation in Tambopata National Reserve and Bahuaja-Sonene National Park within the area of Madre de Dios region –Peru
2022-02-1019,9992012 - 2017Reforesting Degraded Lands in Chile through the use of Mycorrhizal Inoculation
2022-02-1012012 - 2017Reforesting Degraded Lands in Chile through the use of Mycorrhizal Inoculation