Isometric has issued the first carbon credits marked with the Core Carbon Principles (CCP) label after the Integrity Council for the Voluntary Carbon Market (ICVCM) approved its methodology for biochar production and storage.
The credits, generated by CO2 removal company Charm Industrial, were issued by Isometric on August 4th and were given the CCP label yesterday, on the same day that the ICVCM approved Isometric’s methodology.
With this move, Charm Industrial’s credits become the first-ever industrial biochar credits on the market to receive the CCP label, setting a new quality standard for projects active in this decarbonization domain.
This year, biochar projects have taken the lead in carbon removal deliveries, and Charm Industrial is one of the many market players that tackle CO2 emissions through this biomass-powered technology.
In the case of Charm, the company utilizes a fast pyrolysis process that combats atmospheric CO2 by converting agricultural and forestry waste into carbon-dense bio-oil that gets injected underground for safe and secure storage.
To ensure the high integrity and transparency of the biochar carbon credits that enter the voluntary carbon market, the ICVCM approved three new biochar methodologies that are now greenlighted to use its CCP label—an indicator of premium carbon credit quality.
The approved methodologies include Isometric’s Biochar Production and Storage (V 1.0), CAR – U.S. and Canada Biochar (V 1.0), and Verra’s VM0044 Methodology for Biochar Utilization in Soil and Non-Soil Applications (V 1.2).
Relevant: ICVCM Approves New Biochar And IFM Methodologies
So far, Isometric has registered twenty-five carbon dioxide removal projects under its Biochar Production and Storage methodology, with 500,000 credits expected to be issued under it in 2026.
While Charm Industrial is the first project developer to receive the CCP label under the approved Isometric biochar methodology, the registry points out that its platform also cooperates with other biochar suppliers like Carboneers and Pacific Biochar, which are now also eligible to use the prestigious label.
