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Xinhangdao AWMS GHG Mitigation Project In Shangqiu City

Standard
VCS
Registry
VCS-4558 ↗ · Registered
Country
China
Credit type
Livestock, enteric fermentation, and manure management; Waste handling and disposal

Score from methodology v2.1 (analysis of 31 Aug 2026). Re-assessment under v2.2 pending.

Assessment

CarbonMeld document-based assessment

01020304 Overall 5.2 / 10 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

How this analysis was made

Methodology
AMS III.F. Avoidance of Methane emission through composting (Version 12.0); AMS-III.D Methane recovery in animal manure management systems (version 21.0) No methodology-specific rules: the general rules apply. Read the general rules
Our method
CarbonMeld methodology v2.1 · analysed on 31 Aug 2026 · 8/8 registry documents analyzed · re-assessment under v2.2 pending

Analysis

The Xinhangdao swine manure project (VCS-4558) is a registered avoidance project with VVB-confirmed additionality and a well-instrumented monitoring system, but it carries moderate risk from a project-specific modeled baseline, an unconfirmed buffer pool, and two inter-document contradictions (leakage treatment and verified ERR figures). The project delivered roughly 68% of its ex-ante expectation for the first monitoring period, which is conservative but the low extraction confidence and 11 material findings during validation temper confidence in the overall data quality.

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Findings

Risk Indicators

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Leakage

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Evidence

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On this page: the analysis of 31 Aug 2026, marked “Re-assessment pending”. Per-dimension scores, risk indicators, 3 red flags, score factors, detailed analysis, and 8 registry documents (8 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)

    No ICVCM information

    No CCP label and no ICVCM decision found for this project's methodology.

  • Removal or reduction

    Emission reduction or avoidance

    Prevents or reduces emissions — fits contribution claims, not SBTi neutralisation.

    Source: project credit type

    Covers: the project type, not a label on individual credits

  • 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.

Credit VintagesExhausted

IssuedRetiredAvailable
2021
1001000
2022
30,00030,0000
Total30,10030,1000

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