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Re-assessment pendingVCSAgriculture Forestry and Other Land UseAustraliaRegistry: Issuance requestedVM0042

Ground-Truth Australian Orchards

Developer: Carbon Friendly Pty Ltd

VCS-4118 ↗

#274of 296 in Soil carbon#15of 15 in Australia#1576of 1612 in Verra (VCS)#19of 22 in VM0042

Score from methodology v2.1 (analysis of 9 Sep 2026). Re-assessment under v2.2 pending.

Assessment

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01020304 Overall 3.4 / 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%.

Re-assessment pending · v2.1

Analysis

The Ground-Truth Australian Orchards project (VCS-4118) is a soil-carbon ALM project under VM0042 v2.0 with a 20-year crediting period, but the available validation report contains 24 material findings spanning baseline, additionality, permanence, leakage, and GHG calculation deficiencies. A critical contradiction in annual emission reduction figures (900,698 vs 205,786 tCO₂e) and the absence of any verified monitoring data create substantial over-crediting risk. The project is registered and carries an 11% buffer pool, but the depth of unresolved assessment gaps in the primary document significantly undermines confidence in the integrity and safety of the claimed credits.

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Findings

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On this page: the analysis of 9 Sep 2026, marked “Re-assessment pending”. Per-dimension scores, risk indicators, 5 red flags, score factors, detailed analysis, and 7 registry documents (7 analyzed).

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  • 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 · ICVCM table read on 4 Oct 2026

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  • Removal or reduction

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