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ScoredCARImproved Forest Management - ARB ComplianceCALIFORNIA, USRegistry: RegisteredGeneral Methodologyv2.1

Backbone

Developer: Sierra Pacific Industries

CAR-1110 ↗

#86of 512 in REDD+#186of 1689 in United States#61of 882 in Climate Action Reserve (CAR)

Assessment

CarbonMeld document-based assessment

01020304 Overall 6.0 / 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%.

Scored2026-09-17high confidence

evidence:14/14registry documents analyzed · 3red flags

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Analysis

The Backbone project is a California improved forest management (ARB compliance) project with a 17.59% buffer pool, a quantified 20% leakage deduction, and no reported reversal events. However, additionality was not confirmed by the VVB and the test type is not stated in the available documents, and the baseline is project-specific without a documented reassessment date. ERR figures show a discrepancy between two monitoring reports (59,011 vs 50,616), with the more recent figure privileged.

Red Flags

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Findings

Risk Indicators

Additionality

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Permanence

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Leakage

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Baseline

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Safeguards

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Double-claim

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Evidence

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

  • Integrity label (ICVCM CCP)

    No ICVCM information

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

  • Removal or reduction

    Carbon removal

    Takes CO₂ out of the atmosphere — the only type that can neutralise residual emissions in an SBTi net-zero claim.

    Source: registry label

  • 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

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:2026-09-27

Credit Vintages Exhausted

IssuedRetiredAvailable
2019
50,61600
2020
62,88600
2021
48,68100
2022
49,33400
2023
59,45400
2024
59,01100
Total329,98200

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Analysis ProvenanceGeneral Methodologyv2.1
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