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VCM first carbon credit auction

On October 25, 2022, VCM held the largest voluntary carbon market auction to date, selling more than 1 million metric tonnes of CO2 credits.

Strict criteria underpins the credit selection

A robust due diligence process ensured that the credits offered were of the highest quality and integrity, these included:

  • CORSIA compliant
  • Registered by the leading standard setter Verra
  • Vintage of 2018+
  • No credits from jurisdictions with unclear VCM legal frameworks
  • With extensive DD’s on the underlying projects and developers themselves (with many being screened out despite meeting the otherwise specified criteria)

The details of the 1.4 MT credit basket can be found below:
PROJECT TYPE COUNTRY OF ORIGIN VINTAGE, YEAR Verra ID BASKET COMPOSITION, %
Renewables, Wind Brazil 2019-2020 1903 10.6%
Renewables, Wind Turkey 2019 1587 3.5%
Renewables, Wind South Africa 2018-2020 1950 23.2%
Renewables, Wind Brazil 2018-2020 1812 6.7%
Renewables, Wind Thailand 2018-2020 2002 3.6%
Renewables, Wind Argentina 2018-2020 1820 17.6%
Waste Management China 2020 2615 7.1%
Renewables, Wind Thailand 2020 2001 3.5%
Methane Reduction China 2019 2358 8.6%
Biomass Generation China 2019-2020 1875 4.0%
Methane Reduction China 2020 2746 8.0%
Renewables Solar Morocco 2018-2019 2036 3.5%
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