PUR removal Canada Documentazione completa General Methodology v2.0

Bella Biochar Corporation

PUR-157033 ↗

4.2 / 10

Integrity

5.2

Transparency

3.3

Claim Safety

4.6

Documentation

2.6

Score Breakdown

Integrity

verified The verification report (2022-05-31) indicates additionality was confirmed by the VVB and reports no material findings or corrective actions.

missing Baseline approach, leakage deduction/justification, and buffer/reversal provisions were not found in the extracted record, weakening confidence in the robustness of the accounting.

Transparency

verified The monitoring period is clearly stated (2021-07-01 to 2022-03-15) in the verification report (2022-05-31).

missing Claimed vs verified removals, monitoring/usage tracking approach, and key parameters were not found in the extracted record, limiting MRV transparency.

Claim Safety

verified No material findings were reported in the verification report (2022-05-31), which reduces (but does not eliminate) misstatement risk.

missing CORSIA/CCP status and core accounting elements (baseline and leakage) were not found in the extracted record, increasing greenwashing and over-crediting risk.

Documentation

verified A dated verification report is present (2022-05-31) and a VVB is identified (350Solutions, Inc.).

missing Evidence documents are not clearly identified (listed as "unknown") and extraction confidence is low, indicating incomplete/uncertain documentation.

Detailed Analysis

Integrity

The verification report (2022-05-31) indicates the project’s additionality was confirmed by the VVB and reports no material findings and no corrective actions, which supports basic process integrity. However, the extracted record does not include the baseline method or when it was last reassessed, nor any leakage deduction or justification, which are central to biochar removal accounting. Buffer pool contribution and any reversal monitoring/events were also not found in the extracted record, leaving permanence and reversal handling unclear.

Transparency

The verification report (2022-05-31) provides a defined monitoring period (2021-07-01 to 2022-03-15) and identifies the VVB (350Solutions, Inc.). Beyond that, the extracted record does not provide claimed or verified removal totals, nor the monitoring/usage tracking method for biochar application and durability, limiting the ability to independently understand MRV quality. The registry is listed as “other,” and the evidence document list is not specific ("unknown"), reducing public traceability.

Claim Safety

Because the extracted record does not include claimed vs verified removals, baseline approach, or leakage treatment, there is elevated risk that credits could be misunderstood or overstated relative to what the documents actually support. The verification report (2022-05-31) reporting no material findings helps, but it does not substitute for missing quantitative disclosure in the extracted record. CORSIA eligibility and CCP status were not found in the extracted record, so buyers cannot easily assess alignment with higher-integrity claim frameworks.

Documentation

Although a verification report dated 2022-05-31 is present and a VVB is named, the evidence documents are not clearly identified (listed as "unknown"), and the minimum extraction confidence is low, indicating at least one key document was poorly readable. With only four documents used and multiple key fields not found in the extracted record (baseline, leakage, totals), documentation completeness is weak. No corrective actions are listed, but given the extraction limitations, this cannot be treated as strong assurance of completeness.

Overall

Overall quality is constrained primarily by evidence gaps: the extracted record lacks baseline and leakage information, buffer/reversal provisions, and claimed/verified removal totals, which are essential for assessing a biochar removal project. The low extraction confidence further reduces reliability and drives down the documentation score (note: under the gate rules, documentation below 3.0 would cap transparency post-scoring). There were no contradictions reported in the extracted record, so no cross-document discrepancies needed resolution.

Audit Analysis

The verification report indicates the project was verified by a VVB and reports no material findings or corrective actions, which supports basic credibility. However, key quantification and accounting elements (baseline approach, leakage treatment, buffer/reversal provisions, and verified removals) were not found in the extracted record, and document extraction confidence is low, increasing over-crediting and interpretation risk.

Project Description

Bella Biochar is truly a Cinderella Story as the only Canadian, commercial scale manufacturer of non-pyrolytic, Organically Certified, premium quality biochar, produced from landfill diverted biomass. The granddaughter of European Peasant Farmers, Bella's CEO and Founder, Jodi Formosi, learned to respect the Environment and Agriculture at a young age. When she combined that respect with her passion as a Pollution Solution Consultant, Jodi realized the gap in the World Biochar Market for premium quality biochar and Carbon Dioxide Removal. She also recognized the need for Environmentally and Socially Responsible Governance of waste wood biomass, in lieu of the unnecessary and irresponsible way it was being landfilled and/or left to decay. As a result, in April, 2019 Bella Biochar was incorporated. Determined to build a company on scientifically substantiated research and development, in 2020 Bella became a member of the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada by establishing a Collaborative Industry Partnership with the University of Western Ontario. The first lesson learned was that not all biochar is created equally. The raw material base used and the temperature that the material is heated in, and then cooled at, changes the chemical composition of the biochar. The Bella Team then completed the rigorous research and development necessary to determine optimal feedstock intake and manufacturing protocols, while using a process temperature double that of pyrolytic biochar. Ultimately, the Bella Team succeeded at producing a cleaner, purer, biochar with consistently high carbon content and superior porosity and adsorption properties compared to that of Activated Carbon. Upon Organic Certification, Bella Biochar began pioneering the premium quality Biochar Market in Canada. Bella’s second goal of proving Climate Resilience was realized by completing a Life-Cycle Analysis in 2021. For every metric tonne of Bella Biochar produced, approximately

Red Flags

Verified and claimed removal totals were not found in the extracted record, limiting the ability to assess over-crediting risk.
Baseline approach and leakage treatment were not found in the extracted record for a biochar removal project.
Low document extraction confidence suggests at least one key document was poorly readable, reducing reliability of the extracted facts.

Credit Vintages Exhausted

		Issued	Retired	Available
2022		19	19	0
Total		19	19	0

Cosa migliorerebbe questo punteggio

Publish or provide extractable documentation of the baseline approach, leakage assessment (including any deduction), and how permanence/reversal risk is handled (e.g., buffer contribution and monitoring).
Disclose claimed and verified removal totals for the monitoring period and the biochar usage/application monitoring method (including durability assumptions and verification), with clear links to registry entries and source documents.

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