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Shade Coffee & Cacao Reforestation Project

Standard
VCS
Methodology
AR-ACM0003 (CDM)
Registry
VCS-1153 ↗ · Registered
Country
Peru
Credit type
Agriculture Forestry and Other Land Use

Score from methodology v2.1 (analysis of 29 Aug 2026). Re-assessment under v2.2 pending.

Assessment

CarbonMeld document-based assessment

01020304 Overall 3.2 / 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

How this analysis was made

Our method
CarbonMeld methodology v2.1 · analysed on 29 Aug 2026 · 11/11 registry documents analyzed · re-assessment under v2.2 pending

Analysis

The Shade Coffee & Cacao Reforestation Project in Peru is a registered VCS ALM project with a confirmed barrier additionality test and a 13% buffer pool, but it is burdened by an extraordinary volume of non-conformities (20+ NCRs), a project-specific baseline with no documented reassessment, and a striking gap between the PDD's lifetime estimate and the verified delivery for the elapsed monitoring period. The low extraction confidence and corrupted source data further undermine confidence in the underlying record.

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Findings

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On this page: the analysis of 29 Aug 2026, marked “Re-assessment pending”. Per-dimension scores, risk indicators, 5 red flags, score factors, detailed analysis, and 11 registry documents (11 analyzed).

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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 · read on 1 Nov 2026

    Covers: this project's credit records as read on the registry

  • Integrity label (ICVCM CCP)

    Mentioned in the project documents

    The documents mention CCP eligibility; no registry label confirms it.

    Source: project documents (not confirmed by the registry) · documents analysed on 29 Aug 2026

    Covers: what the project documents state — not a registry record

  • 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: methodology

    Covers: the project type, not a label on individual credits

  • 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 · read on 1 Nov 2026

    Covers: this project's credit records as read on the registry

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.

Credit VintagesExhausted

IssuedRetiredAvailable
2020
3873870
2021
6716710
2022
1,0771,0770
2023
1,0771,0770
2024
1941940
Total3,4063,4060

Methodology versions used

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

  1. 2013–2024AR-ACM0003 v2.0current version

    monitoring report + verification report + issuance document

    official page · verified on

  • AR-ACM0003: Active (CDM / UNFCCC) · 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.

Documents on the registry

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