PUR removal Finland Documentazione completa General Methodology v2.0

Carbofex Nokia 1

PUR-507468 ↗

4.3 / 10

Integrity

5.6

Transparency

3.2

Claim Safety

4.6

Documentation

2.8

Score Breakdown

Integrity

verified The verification report (2026-01-21) confirms additionality using an investment test.

missing Leakage treatment, buffer/pooling approach, and any reversal provisions were not found in the extracted record, leaving permanence and leakage robustness unclear.

Transparency

verified A named VVB (EnergyLink Services Pty Ltd) and a defined monitoring period (2025-01-01—2025-09-30) are provided in the verification record.

missing Claimed vs verified removals, usage monitoring approach, and leakage quantification were not found in the extracted record, reducing MRV transparency.

Claim Safety

verified The project is assessed under a specific Puro Biochar Methodology (Edition 2022), which can reduce discretion versus ad hoc accounting.

missing CORSIA and CCP status were not found in the extracted record, and key over-crediting controls (leakage, permanence/buffer, verified ERR) are not evidenced here.

Documentation

verified The verification report is recent (2026-01-21) and indicates no material findings.

missing Minimum extraction confidence is low and the evidence document list is not specific, with a corrective action still required on traceability (verification report, 2026-01-21).

Detailed Analysis

Integrity

The verification report (2026-01-21) confirms additionality via an investment test, which supports additionality robustness. No material findings were reported in that verification report, but a corrective action was still raised on traceability between evidence and calculation inputs, which can affect the reliability of quantified outcomes. Key integrity elements for biochar removals—such as leakage deduction and justification, buffer/pooling or other permanence provisions, and any reversal event reporting—were not found in the extracted record, so integrity is scored conservatively.

Transparency

The extracted record provides the VVB name (EnergyLink Services Pty Ltd) and a clear monitoring period (2025-01-01—2025-09-30) from the verification report (2026-01-21). However, the claimed and verified total removals were not found in the extracted record, preventing a basic cross-check of issuance quantities. The usage monitoring method and leakage accounting details were also not found, and the low extraction confidence further reduces transparency confidence.

Claim Safety

Because this is a removal project under Puro’s Biochar Methodology (Edition 2022), there is at least an identifiable methodological frame for quantification. Still, the extracted record does not include the verified removal total, leakage treatment, or permanence/buffer provisions, which are central to over-crediting and durability risk for biochar claims. CORSIA eligibility and CCP status were not found in the extracted record, increasing uncertainty for buyers seeking claims aligned with those labels and increasing greenwashing risk if marketed as such without evidence.

Documentation

The primary cited document is a verification report dated 2026-01-21, which is recent and reports no material findings. Nonetheless, the minimum extraction confidence is low, suggesting at least one key document was poorly readable, and the evidence document list is not specific (listed as unknown). The presence of an unresolved corrective action on traceability (verification report, 2026-01-21) also indicates documentation/control gaps that should be closed before relying on the record for high-stakes claims.

Overall

Overall scoring is pulled down mainly by missing quantifications (claimed/verified removals), missing leakage and permanence/buffer information, and low extraction confidence, despite VVB-confirmed additionality. The contradiction on safeguards is explicitly noted: one document set indicates safeguards are mentioned (dated 2026-01-21), while an earlier record indicates they are not (dated 2021-10-07). I privilege the more recent 2026 verification record for whether safeguards are mentioned, but the inconsistency signals record reliability issues and contributes to lower transparency/documentation scores. Note: if documentation remains below 3.0, a transparency cap may apply under the gate rules.

Audit Analysis

This Puro biochar removal project has some integrity strengths, notably additionality confirmed by the VVB and no material findings reported in the verification report (2026). However, key quantifications that underpin credit quality (verified removals, leakage treatment, permanence/buffer approach) were not found in the extracted record, and a corrective action on traceability indicates MRV weaknesses.

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

Verified and claimed removals were not found in the extracted record, limiting confidence in credit quantity and over-crediting risk.
A corrective action on traceability between evidence and calculation inputs (verification report, 2026-01-21) suggests MRV/control weaknesses.
Minimum extraction confidence is low, increasing the risk that key requirements (e.g., leakage, permanence provisions) are missing or misread.

Credit Vintages Exhausted

	Issued	Retired
2023	1,565	1,565
2024	951	951
2025	221	221
2026	856	856
Total	3,593	3,593

Cosa migliorerebbe questo punteggio

Publish or extract the verified and claimed removal totals for the monitoring period, including calculation spreadsheets and clear links from each input to source evidence to close the traceability corrective action (verification report, 2026-01-21).
Provide explicit leakage accounting (deduction and justification) and the permanence/durability provisions used (e.g., buffer/pooling, monitoring for reversals), plus clear safeguards evidence (FPIC/grievance) to resolve the safeguards inconsistency.

Questi suggerimenti indicano quali prove pubbliche aggiuntive potrebbero migliorare il livello di confidenza di questa valutazione. Non garantiscono un punteggio futuro più alto.