PUR removal Finland Documentazione completa General Methodology v2.0

Carbofex 1 Hiedanranta

PUR-911942 ↗

4.4 / 10

Integrity

4.2

Transparency

4.6

Claim Safety

4.0

Documentation

5.2

Score Breakdown

Integrity

verified A buffer contribution of 2.5% is stated in the project record.

missing Additionality, baseline, and leakage treatment were not found in the extracted record, weakening confidence in environmental integrity.

Transparency

verified The monitoring period is clearly stated (2019-05-01 — 2020-07-31).

missing Key MRV outputs (claimed vs verified removals) and several monitoring parameters were not found in the extracted record.

Claim Safety

missing CCP status is listed as eligible, which can increase downstream claims exposure if core quantification elements are not transparent.

inferred CORSIA eligibility was not found in the extracted record, leaving double-claim channel risk unclear.

Documentation

verified A VVB is named (DNV GL) and the record shows no material findings or corrective actions.

missing Evidence documents are not clearly identified (listed as "unknown"), and several core fields are missing despite 3 documents being used.

Detailed Analysis

Integrity

The extracted record indicates a buffer contribution of 2.5%, which is a positive structural element for reversal risk management in a removal project. However, the additionality test type and whether additionality was confirmed by the VVB were not found in the extracted record, and the baseline method and reassessment timing were also not found. Leakage treatment is also missing (no leakage deduction or justification found), which is a material integrity gap for biomass/biochar supply chains.

Transparency

The monitoring period is provided (2019-05-01 — 2020-07-31), and the VVB is identified as DNV GL, which supports basic traceability. At the same time, the extracted record does not include claimed or verified net removals, nor key monitoring/parameter details (for example, usage monitoring method and fossil/non-fossil fraction approach were not found). Evidence documents are listed as "unknown", limiting public reproducibility of the MRV.

Claim Safety

The project is marked as CCP-eligible, which can elevate reputational and compliance reliance on the robustness of quantification and governance. Yet the extracted record lacks the core quantitative outputs (claimed and verified removals) and does not provide baseline or leakage details, increasing over-crediting and greenwashing risk. CORSIA eligibility was not found in the extracted record, so the extent of aviation-claims exposure cannot be determined from the available data.

Documentation

Three documents were used with medium extraction confidence, and the record reports no material findings and no corrective actions, which is directionally positive. However, the document type is unknown, the evidence document list is not specific ("unknown"), and many critical fields (additionality, baseline, leakage, ERR figures) were not found in the extracted record. This indicates incomplete documentation availability or incomplete extraction coverage for key decision-useful items.

Overall

No contradictions were flagged in the extracted record, so there is no internal discrepancy to resolve across documents. The overall score is therefore driven primarily by evidence gaps: missing additionality, baseline, leakage, and claimed/verified removals prevent a robust assessment of whether credited removals are conservative. Note: if documentation were scored below 3.0, transparency would be capped by the gate rule; and if integrity were below 4.0, the overall would be capped at 6.0—these gates are not pre-applied here.

Audit Analysis

This biochar removal project has some integrity support from third-party involvement (DNV GL) and a stated buffer contribution of 2.5%, with no material findings or corrective actions reported in the extracted record. However, key integrity and MRV elements (additionality approach, baseline method, leakage treatment, and verified removals) were not found in the extracted documents, increasing over-crediting and claims risk.

Project Description

Carbofex offers a premium grade of biochar for the horticulture industry and water filtering applications. Our biochar captures and stores more CO2 than is emitted in the manufacturing. One tonne of Carbofex biochar removes 3,2 tonnes of CO2 eq. from the atmosphere into long-term storage in the product. Carbofex is the first Puro.earth-certified biochar producer in the world and created the PYCCS methodology together with Puro.earth. How it works Biochar is produced from biomass or biowaste, through pyrolysis (heating in high temperatures in the absence of oxygen). Pyrolysis creates a very stable, solid form of carbon that can endure in soil for thousands of years, making it an ideal technology for scalable carbon removal. Carbofex biochar is manufactured from spruce thinnings of sustainably managed Finnish PEFC-certified forests. The raw material would thus decay, as CO2 to the atmosphere, without the project. After the state-of-the-art process a kilo (kg) of the resulting biochar embodies 3,43 kg of CO2 and has caused 0,157 kg of fossil CO2 emissions from cradle-to-gate i.e. from harvesting the wood to packing at the plant. The resulting biochar has high fixed carbon content (94%) and chemical and structural stability far greater than in the original materials and removes 3,2 tonnes of CO2 eq. from the atmosphere. It has multiple commercial uses at potentially industrial volumes, for example, as greenhouse additive, in soil regeneration and in wastewater treatment. The biochar production is verified for carbon negativity by DNV GL, and issued CORCs per each tonne of CO2 removed from the atmosphere. Life-Cycle Assessment made by Ecobio followed the methodology described in ISO 14040 and ISO 14044 standards where applicable. Check out our Impact Report Download our factsheet Take a tour of our factory

Red Flags

Additionality approach and whether it was confirmed by the VVB were not found in the extracted record.
Baseline method and any baseline reassessment timing were not found in the extracted record.
Leakage deduction and justification were not found in the extracted record.
Claimed and verified net removals were not found in the extracted record, limiting the ability to assess MRV accuracy.

Credit Vintages Exhausted

	Issued	Retired
2019	835	835
2020	1,086	1,086
2021	1,221	1,221
2022	971	971
Total	4,113	4,113

Cosa migliorerebbe questo punteggio

Publish or provide the verification/monitoring documentation that states the additionality test applied and the baseline approach (including any reassessment schedule) and explicitly confirms VVB conclusions.
Disclose quantified leakage assessment (deduction and justification) and the claimed vs verified net removals for the monitoring period, with enough detail to reproduce calculations.

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