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ScoredVCSAgriculture Forestry and Other Land UseUnited StatesRegistry: RegisteredVM0003

Family Forest Carbon Project

Developer: Forest Carbon Works PBC

VCS-4268 ↗

#1of 302 in Soil carbon#52of 1786 in United States#15of 1583 in Verra (VCS)#1of 5 in VM0003

Assessment

CarbonMeld document-based assessment

01020304 Overall 8.1 / 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

Family Forest Carbon Project (United States) improves forest management to increase carbon stocks (VCS IFM) (improved forest management) under VM0003 v1.3; registry status Registered (VCS), 263,142 credits issued (vintages 2020–2025). The documents name AENOR INTERNACIONAL S.A.U as validation body and AENOR CONFÍA S.A.U (2020-07-14 – 2023-09-29, 2024-06-01 – 2025-01-31), KBS Certification Services Ltd (2023-09-30 – 2024-05-31) as verification bodies. Project area: 25,870 ha. The latest verification report (1 June 2024 – 31 January 2025) verifies 127,613 tCO2e.

Red Flags

No red flags detected.

Findings

Risk Indicators

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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 under ICVCM assessmentVM0003

    The Integrity Council has not decided on this methodology yet.

    Source: ICVCM assessment

  • Removal or reduction

    Carbon removal

    Takes CO₂ out of the atmosphere — the only type that can neutralise residual emissions in an SBTi net-zero claim.

    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:2026-10-18

Credit Vintages

IssuedRetiredAvailable
2020
29827523
2021
10,0979,561536
2022
24,80123,3941,407
2023
56,78353,4283,355
2024
157,23954,977102,262
2025
13,924013,924
Total263,142141,635121,507

Methodology versions used

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

  1. 2020–2023VM0003 v1.3current version

    monitoring report + verification report

    official page · verified on

  2. 2023–2024VM0003 v1.3current version

    monitoring report + verification report

    official page · verified on

  3. 2024–2025VM0003 v1.3current version

    monitoring report + verification report

    official page · verified on

  • VM0003: Active (Verra / Verified Carbon Standard) · official page · verified on

A version is shown only when the document's own text writes it next to the methodology code. Current versions, status and CCP ranges come from the official pages linked, checked on the date shown.

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Analysis ProvenanceVM0003 v1.3

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