Bringing Beyond Carbon biochar risks to light

Key takeaways

• Biochar projects can carry a range of risks beyond carbon, notably related to land and resource rights, labour safety, ecosystems, and pollution. 

• Biochar projects assessed by BeZero fall from low-high across the beyond carbon risk tier distribution.

• Unique from other project types, beyond carbon biochar risks are present at three distinct stages of the supply chain: feedstock sourcing, facility siting and operation, and end use.

• BeZero’s upcoming pre-rating biochar scorecard provides a novel and proprietary screening for beyond carbon risks, so that project developers, buyers, and investors can understand project-level beyond carbon risks by answering less than 20 questions.