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ScoredCARAvoided Grassland ConversionCOLORADO, USRegistry: RegisteredGeneral Methodologyv2.1

Heartland Ranch Phase 5

Developer: Southern Plains Land Trust

CAR-1694 ↗

#72of 1689 in United States#20of 949 in Climate Action Reserve (CAR)

Assessment

CarbonMeld document-based assessment

01020304 Overall 6.5 / 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%.

Scored2026-09-19high confidenceLatest verified monitoring: 2023-06-30

evidence:8/8registry documents analyzed · 3red flags

Generated by CarbonMeld Analysis Pipeline · Methodology · Editorial Policy · About the System
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Analysis

Heartland Ranch Phase 5 is a CAR-registered avoided grassland conversion project in Colorado with a VVB-confirmed combined additionality test and a clean verification record (no material findings, no corrective actions). However, the project-specific baseline and the absence of any quantified leakage treatment or justification represent meaningful gaps in the integrity and claim-safety picture. Documentation is solid with eight source documents and high extraction confidence, though one file is unidentifiable.

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)

    Eligible — first phase 2024–2026

    Airlines can use these credits for their international CORSIA obligations.

    Source: registry label

  • Integrity label (ICVCM CCP)

    Methodology under ICVCM assessmentCAR U.S. Grassland Protocol

    The Integrity Council has not decided on this methodology yet.

    Source: ICVCM assessment

  • Removal or reduction

    Emission reduction or avoidance

    Prevents or reduces emissions — fits contribution claims, not SBTi neutralisation.

    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

IssuedRetiredAvailable
2022
2,44202,442
2023
2,64702,647
Total5,08905,089

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Analysis ProvenanceGeneral Methodologyv2.1
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