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ScoredVCSremovalSouth AfricaVintage 2022Registry: RegisteredVM0026

Soil Carbon Improvement Project through Grassland Management, in South Africa

Developer: WeAct Pty Ltd

VCS-2710 ↗

#21of 305 in Soil carbon#7of 136 in South Africa#168of 1608 in Verra (VCS)

Assessment

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01020304 Overall 7.3 / 10 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%.

Analysis

Soil Carbon Improvement Project through Grassland Management, in South Africa (South Africa) improves grassland management to increase soil carbon (VM0026) (sustainable grassland management through rotational grazing) under VM0026 Sustainable Grassland Management, Version 1.1; registry status Registered (VCS), 805,971 credits issued (vintages 2018–2022). The documents name 4K Earth Science Private Limited as validation / verification body. Project area: 91,951 ha. The latest verification report (01-July-2018 – 31-December-2022) verifies 984,785 tCO2e.

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Eligibility & market

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Four checks buyers ask about, from the registry and the Integrity Council (ICVCM).

  • Airlines (CORSIA)

    No CORSIA label on the registry

    Not usable for airlines' CORSIA obligations.

    Source: registry label

  • Integrity label (ICVCM CCP)

    No ICVCM information

    No CCP label and no ICVCM decision found for this project's methodology.

  • Removal or reduction

    Not determined

    The registry data do not say whether these credits are removals or reductions.

  • 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:2026-10-25

Credit Vintages

IssuedRetiredAvailable
2018
89,222089,222
2019
179,69925,000154,699
2020
177,76450,714127,050
2021
179,677179,6770
2022
179,609173,1016,508
Total805,971428,492377,479

Methodology versions used

The methodology version stated in each monitoring, verification and issuance document, by period, compared with the official methodology pages.

  1. 2018–2022VM0026 v1.1last published version

    monitoring report + verification report

    official page · verified on

  • VM0026: Withdrawn (Verra / Verified Carbon Standard) · official page · verified on

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Profile & governance

Analysis ProvenanceVM0026 Sustainable Grassland Management, Version 1.1

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