CAR avoidance United States Vintage 2021, 2022, 2023 Documentazione completa General Methodology v2.0

Phlogiston Phase I

CM-d230f9 ↗

5.7 / 10

Integrity

5.2

Transparency

6.0

Claim Safety

5.0

Documentation

7.2

Score Breakdown

Integrity

verified The verification report (2022-12-05) indicates additionality was confirmed by the VVB and reports no material findings or corrective actions.

missing Baseline method, baseline reassessment timing, and leakage treatment are not stated in the extracted record, weakening confidence in the credited reductions.

Transparency

verified The verification report provides a clear monitoring period (2022-07-01 to 2022-09-30) and shows identical claimed and verified reductions (1,541,814).

missing Several core MRV/context fields (baseline method, leakage deduction, safeguards/grievance) are not found in the extracted record, reducing interpretability for external reviewers.

Claim Safety

verified Claimed and verified reductions match in the verification report (2022-12-05), reducing immediate risk of arithmetic overstatement for this period.

missing CORSIA and CCP status are not stated in the extracted record, and baseline/leakage details are missing, increasing greenwashing/over-crediting risk for downstream claims.

Documentation

verified Multiple document types are referenced (PDD, validation report, monitoring report) and extraction confidence is high.

missing Despite multiple documents, important fields (baseline, leakage, safeguards) were not captured in the extracted record, suggesting documentation gaps for key quality questions.

Detailed Analysis

Integrity

The verification report (2022-12-05) confirms additionality was verified by the VVB and reports no material findings and no corrective actions, which supports procedural integrity. However, the baseline approach is not stated in the extracted record, and the timing of any baseline reassessment is also not found, making it difficult to judge whether the counterfactual is conservative. Leakage is marked as not addressed and no leakage deduction is provided in the extracted record, which is a material integrity gap even for industrial avoidance projects if any displacement or upstream/downstream effects exist.

Transparency

The verification report (2022-12-05) clearly specifies the monitoring period (2022-07-01 to 2022-09-30) and reports the same emissions reductions claimed and verified (1,541,814), which is a strong transparency signal for the reported outcome. The VVB is identified (Ruby Canyon Environmental, Inc.), aiding traceability. Still, several key explanatory elements (baseline method, leakage deduction/justification details, and safeguards/grievance information) are not found in the extracted record, limiting public interpretability.

Claim Safety

Because the verification report (2022-12-05) shows no discrepancy between claimed and verified reductions, the risk of overstatement due to verification adjustments appears low for this monitoring period. However, the baseline method is not stated in the extracted record and leakage is not addressed, both of which elevate over-crediting risk and make marketing claims harder to substantiate. CORSIA eligibility and CCP status are not stated in the extracted record, so buyers cannot easily infer whether additional aviation/ICVCM-related claim pathways could create confusion or heightened scrutiny.

Documentation

The extracted record indicates three supporting document types (PDD, validation report, monitoring report) alongside the verification report dated 2022-12-05, and the minimum extraction confidence is high, supporting document reliability. The crediting period (2021-01-20 to 2031-01-19) and the monitored period are both specified, indicating reasonable temporal completeness. Nonetheless, the absence (in the extracted record) of baseline, leakage, and safeguards/grievance details suggests either incomplete disclosure in the available documents or incomplete capture of key sections, which lowers documentation completeness for quality assessment.

Overall

No contradictions were identified in the extracted record, so there is no need to privilege one document value over another. Overall quality is supported by VVB-verified additionality and a clean verification outcome (no findings/corrective actions) with matching claimed and verified reductions for the monitoring period. The main downward drivers are missing baseline specification and leakage treatment in the extracted record, plus absent CORSIA/CCP status and safeguards information, which collectively increase uncertainty and claim risk. (Gate note: documentation is above 3.0 and integrity is above 4.0, so no deterministic caps would be triggered.)

Audit Analysis

The project’s quantified results appear internally consistent for the monitored period, with the verification report showing the same emissions reductions claimed and verified and no material findings. However, key integrity elements (baseline approach, leakage treatment, and any permanence/buffer provisions) are not clearly stated in the extracted record, which increases over-crediting and interpretation risk.

Project Description

Prior to the project activity, the exhaust from the adipic acid process was directed to a Selective Catalytic Reduction (SCR) unit or a Thermal Reduction Unit (TRU). The SCR destroys NOx as part of the facilty's Clearn Air Act Title V permit requirements; however, the SCR is ineffective at abating N2O. The TRU destroys N2O and NOx to a much lesser extent. As a result, in order to comply with the facility's Title V permit, the SCR was operated historically for a signficant fraction of the year. Phase I of the project activity involves the installation of an absorption column that will convert NOx to nitric acid via a high pressure water absorption process. This absorption column will allow the Thermal Reduction Unit (TRU) to accept a higher percentage of the flow from the adipic acid plant, resulting in a higher quantity of N2O destroyed.

Red Flags

Baseline approach and timing of any baseline reassessment were not found in the extracted record, limiting confidence in the counterfactual.
Leakage is marked as not addressed and no leakage deduction is provided, despite leakage being a core integrity element that should be explicitly treated.

Credit Vintages

Nessuna emissione registrata sul registro.

Il marketplace dichiara i vintage: 2021, 2022, 2023 (non verificato).

Cosa migliorerebbe questo punteggio

Disclose (or extract) the baseline approach used under the Adipic Acid Production Protocol and when it was last reassessed, with key parameters and justification.
Provide an explicit leakage assessment (even if concluded negligible) including rationale and any quantified deduction, and document safeguards/grievance provisions if applicable.

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