Capital Link's Berthoud Facility

Audit Analysis

The Berthoud Biochar Facility is a carbon-removal project under the Isometric standard with a 200-year permanence claim and 148,500 tonnes of claimed removals, but the available documentation is limited to a PDD and a stakeholder consultation record. No independent verification body is named, no monitoring or verification report is present, and several key MRV parameters (fnrb method, usage monitoring, grid emission factor) are not stated. The project shows no material findings or reversal events, but the absence of a buffer pool, a project-specific baseline, and a thin leakage justification leave meaningful gaps in the integrity and claim-safety picture.

Project Description

Red Flags

• ⚠No independent verification body (VVB) is named in the available documents, and additionality verification status is unconfirmed
• ⚠200-year permanence claim with no buffer pool percentage stated, leaving no quantified safety margin against reversal
• ⚠No monitoring report or verified ERR figure is available; the 148,500 tCO₂e claim rests solely on the PDD
• ⚠Leakage deduction of 0% is justified only as 'deemed negligible' without a quantified assessment
• ⚠Only two documents (PDD and stakeholder consultation) are in the evidence set; no verification or monitoring report is present

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