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ScoredVCSAgriculture Forestry and Other Land UseUnited StatesRegistry: RegisteredVM0042

Agoro Carbon USA Cropland Program

Developer: Agoro Carbon Alliance US Inc

VCS-3634 ↗

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#1of 308 in Soil carbon#25of 1794 in United States#10of 1612 in Verra (VCS)#1of 22 in VM0042

Assessment

CarbonMeld document-based assessment

01020304 Overall 7.1 / 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%.

Scored2026-10-07medium confidence

evidence:17registry documents · 0red flags

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Analysis

Agoro Carbon USA Cropland Program (United States) improves agricultural land management to cut emissions and store soil carbon (VM0042) under VM0042 v2.0; registry status Registered (VCS), 59,453 credits issued (vintages 2021–2022). The documents name TÜV SÜD America Inc as validation / verification body. The documents estimate 34,913 tCO2e per year. The latest monitoring report (20-March-2021 – 31-December-2022) reports 59,453 tCO2e achieved. Credits issued so far are 95% of the ex-ante estimate for the crediting period elapsed.

Red Flags

No red flags detected.

Findings

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Eligibility & market

What can you claim with this credit?

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)

    Methodology approved by ICVCMVM0042

    The methodology meets the Core Carbon Principles; this project's credits do not carry the CCP label yet.

    Source: ICVCM assessment

  • 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:2026-10-04

Credit Vintages

IssuedRetiredAvailable
2021
7,91107,911
2022
51,542051,542
Total59,453059,453

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Analysis ProvenanceVM0042
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