How we measure the impact of our projects

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We use a third-party qualified process to verify every tonne of carbon removal we generate.

Carbon removal technologies need to scale drastically over the coming decades to achieve our net zero goals.

But not only that. Equally important are industry-wide standards that help to build trust in a novice and fast-growing industry.

When it comes to transparency and trust, neustark strives to lead as an example for industry peers, partners, clients and policymakers alike that are all committed to climate action. We developed the world's first Gold Standard methodology for tech-based carbon removal and are among the first companies to issue carbon removal credits under Article 6.2 of the Paris Agreement. Every tonne we remove goes through independent, third-party verification.

We have partnered with Gold Standard and puro.earth to have the climate impact of our projects certified according to the highest standards.

What is MRV?

MRV refers to the multi-step process to measure the amount of emissions reduced or removed by a specific mitigation or removal activity over a period of time and report these findings to an accredited third party. The third party then verifies the report so that the results can be certified and carbon credits can be issued.

How we measure our impact?

We back every tonne of CO₂ that we remove using direct physical measurements where available, supplemented by measured activity data and established emission factors.

We track CO₂ using precise mass-flow measurements at the inlet and exhaust of the reaction chamber. Our calculations also account for CO₂ losses from void space that may occur during material discharge. To determine the grey emissions, we measure the electricity consumption of our liquefaction and storage plants, plus the amount and distance of CO2 transported, alongside embodied emissions from plant construction and a buffer for natural carbonation.

All of this data is automatically monitored and logged by our digital tracking platform, so we know exactly how much CO2 we've removed at any point in time.

Our methodology

Our methodology was developed in collaboration with Gold Standard and is also applied under Puro.earth's Carbonated Materials methodology, adapted to our process. Together, they cover mineral waste streams including slags, ashes, and construction and demolition waste. Each credit represents the net removal of one tonne of CO₂. Avoidance credits cannot and will not be generated under this methodology.

Furthermore, the use of fossil CO₂ is not allowed. It solely focuses on air-captured CO₂ and biogenic CO₂ from biomass.

The Science-Based Targets Initiative (SBTi), among others, explicitly encourages companies to not only reduce their own footprint but also invest in activities outside of their value chain in the transformation to net zero because of the urgent need to move the dial on climate change mitigation, today.

Carbon credits are a transparent, measurable and results-based way for companies to do so.

A quality carbon credit means one ton of carbon dioxide has been reduced or removed from the atmosphere. It also means that this reduction or removal has been certified under an internationally recognized carbon standard – such as Gold Standard.

There’s an increasing call for companies to – next to their own vigorous reduction efforts – invest in carbon removal credits to cover their unavoided emissions.

Complement your company’s drastic emissions reductions with neustark’s carbon dioxide removal (CDR) service.
A quality carbon credit means one ton of carbon dioxide has been reduced or removed from the atmosphere. It also means that this reduction or removal has been certified under an internationally recognized carbon standard – such as Gold Standard.
While all types of carbon credits are important tools in helping to achieve a net zero future, the technical differences between carbon removal credits and other carbon credits are important to note.

Carbon avoidance projects contribute to climate action by preventing carbon that would have been released into the atmosphere. This could be building a wind farm to lower reliance on fossil fuels or preventing deforestation.

In buying carbon offsets, a company invests in reducing their emissions via an external project.

Carbon removal projects, as the name suggests, remove carbon from the atmosphere – thus creating negative emissions. Broadly speaking, they are split into 2 categories: natural carbon removals, like tree planting which sequesters carbon as the trees grow, and technological carbon removals, for example, point source CO₂capture and storage via mineralization, like neustark does.

In investing in carbon removal credits, a company counterbalances their hard to abate emissions – in additional to own drastic emission reductions.
The CO₂ that we source is biogenic. Biogenic carbon emissions are those that originate from the processing (e.g. combustion, fermentation) of biological materials such as plants and trees. Burning biomass emits carbon that is part of the biogenic carbon cycle (as compared to burning fossil fuels, which releases carbon that has been locked up in the ground for millions of years). In other words, biomass combustion simply returns to the atmosphere the carbon that was absorbed as the plants grew.

When neustark’s technology injects CO₂ into concrete, it is permanently stored there and removed from where it would otherwise land, in the atmosphere. And since the CO₂ is biogenic, this sequestering process generates negative emissions.

Neustark’s first source partner is the biogas plant ARA Region Bern in Switzerland. New source sites are currently being built, and further partnerships being evaluated, to ensure a close proximity of our source and storage sites.

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