Active 27 June 2025
Outcome Label
Eligibility
Removals
13. Waste handling and disposal
This methodology quantifies the carbon dioxide removals resulting from the conversion of waste biomass into biochar at new biochar production facilities. Eligible soil and non-soil applications include crop and grasslands, and emerging products such as biochar-amended concrete and building materials. This methodology is applicable globally.
VM0044 v1.2 includes a new requirement to conduct an investment analysis to demonstrate additionality, and Errata and Clarifications.
Please note:
- Projects seeking to complete registration under VM0044 v1.1 must have requested listing on the Verra Registry before June 27, 2025, and complete validation by December 27, 2025.
- The tracked changes version of the methodology is available under Development History below.
Additional Resource
Proposed Revisions
Development History
VM0044 Methodology for Biochar Utilization in Soil and Non-Soil Applications, v1.2
Status: Active since June 27, 2025
Mitigation Outcome Label Eligibility: Removals
Summary of Changes [If applicable]: A new requirement to conduct an investment analysis (step 3) to demonstrate additionally in Section 7, and Errata and Clarifications.
Tracked Changes Document [If applicable]: VM0044 Methodology for Biochar Utilization in Soil and Non-Soil Applications, v1.2 – Greenlined (PDF)
Developer(s): Verra
Dates of Public Consultation: N/A
Summary of Public Consultation: N/A
VVB Assessment Report(s): N/A – minor revision
Announcement(s): Verra Publishes Minor Revision to Biochar Methodology
VM0044 Methodology for Biochar Utilization in Soil and Non-Soil Applications, v1.1 (PDF)
Status: Active from July 5, 2023 to June 26, 2025
Grace Period:
- Projects seeking to complete registration under VM0044 v1.1 must have requested listing on the Verra Registry before June 27, 2025, and complete validation by December 27, 2025.
Summary of Changes: Version 1.1 includes the following clarifications and corrections:
- Clarifications to eligible feedstocks in Section 4.
- Clarifications to eligible land types for soil application in Section 4.
- Corrections and clarifications to GHG sources included in the project boundary in Table 2.
- Corrections to equations in Section 8.
- Clarifications to parameters available at validation in Section 9.
- Clarifications to the procedure for reassessing the standardized activity method in Appendix 1.
- Clarifications to the procedures for demonstrating feedstocks as waste biomass in Appendix 2.
- General improvements, corrections, and clarifications.
Tracked Changes Document: VM0044 Methodology for Biochar Utilization in Soil and Non-Soil Applications, v1.1 – Greenlined (PDF)
Developer(s): Verra
Dates of Public Consultation: N/A
Summary of Public Consultation: N/A
VVB Assessment Report(s):N/A – minor revision
Announcement(s): Verra Publishes Updated Biochar Methodology
VM0044 Methodology for Biochar Utilization in Soil and Non-Soil Applications, v1.0
Status: Active from August 12, 2022 to July 4, 2023
Grace period:No grace period is given since v1.1 includes relevant Errata and Clarifications. All new projects and projects on the Verra Registry must complete validation using the new version 1.1.
Developer(s): FORLIANCE (external), South Pole (external), Delaney Forestry Services, Biochar Works
Dates of Public Consultation: August 10, 2021 to September 8, 2021
Summary of Public Consultation: Summary of Public Comments for VM0044, v1.0 (PDF)
VVB Assessment Report(s): VVB Assessment Report for VM0044, v1.0 (PDF)