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Re-assessment pendingVCSAgriculture Forestry and Other Land UseSouth AfricaRegistry: RegisteredVM0042

CNG AgriCarbon Rewards Programme

Developer: Anthesis B.V

VCS-2554 ↗

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#137of 296 in Soil carbon#54of 128 in South Africa#993of 1612 in Verra (VCS)#8of 22 in VM0042

Score from methodology v2.1 (analysis of 2 Sep 2026). Re-assessment under v2.2 pending.

Assessment

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01020304 Overall 5.4 / 10
Integrity 🔒 Transparency 🔒 Claim Safety 🔒 Documentation 🔒
Dimension scores are locked — the faint arcs are empty tracks, not zero scores.

Scale 0–10 · method weights: integrity 35% · transparency 25% · claim safety 25% · documentation 15%.

Re-assessment pending · v2.1

Scored2026-09-02low confidenceLatest monitoring period ends: 2021-07-03

evidence: 14/14 registry documents analyzed · 5 red flags

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Analysis

The CNG AgriCarbon Rewards Programme is a VCS ALM soil-carbon project across three South African farms (~345 ha) with a confirmed barrier-test additionality assessment and a 12.5% buffer pool, but it carries notable technical risks: the RothC soil model requires re-validation for organic-fertiliser practice changes, 22 non-conformity reports were raised during verification, and the crediting period is inconsistent between the PDD (20 years) and the verification report (50 years). Leakage is deemed negligible without a quantified deduction, and the project-specific baseline has no documented reassessment date.

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On this page: the analysis of 2 Sep 2026, marked “Re-assessment pending”. Per-dimension scores, risk indicators, 5 red flags, score factors, detailed analysis, and 14 registry documents (14 analyzed).

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Eligibility & market

What can you claim with this credit?

Four checks buyers ask about, from the registry and the Integrity Council (ICVCM).

  • Airlines (CORSIA)

    No CORSIA label on the registry

    Not usable for airlines' CORSIA obligations.

    Source: registry label · read on 1 Nov 2026

    Covers: this project's credit records as read on the registry

  • Integrity label (ICVCM CCP)

    Methodology approved by ICVCMVM0042

    The methodology meets the Core Carbon Principles; this project's credits do not carry the CCP label yet.

    Source: ICVCM assessment · ICVCM table read on 4 Oct 2026

    Covers: the methodology (every project using it), not this project's credits

  • Removal or reduction

    Not determined

    The registry data do not say whether these credits are removals or reductions.

  • Paris Agreement (Article 6)

    No Article 6 authorization

    No corresponding adjustment: the host country can also count this reduction towards its own target.

    Source: registry label · read on 1 Nov 2026

    Covers: this project's credit records as read on the registry

Information only, from public sources. Claim rules (CORSIA, SBTi, EU rules on green claims) change: check them before making a public claim. Since 27 September 2026, EU consumer rules do not allow “climate neutral” product claims based on offsets.

Registry labels last checked:2026-11-01

Credit VintagesExhausted

IssuedRetiredAvailable
2018
6,0616,0610
2019
8,6498,6490
2020
13,54213,5420
2021
10,95410,9540
Total39,20639,2060

Methodology versions used

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  1. 2018–2021VM0042 v1.0since replaced by v2.2

    verification report

    official page · verified on

    outside the ICVCM CCP-approved range (VCS: 2.2) · official page · verified on

  • VM0042: Active (Verra / Verified Carbon Standard) · official page · verified on

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