Biochar

at Isometric

Scientific rigor simplified

Issue credits fast with Isometric

Isometric’s Biochar Protocol is the highest quality protocol on the market. When combined with Isometric Certify, you can quickly and easily submit data for verification.

Streamline your workflow and increase your revenue with Isometric Certify and the Biochar protocol.

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Recognize revenue monthly

Suppliers that work with Isometric can get credits issued monthly. Isometric's Certify platform makes verification fast, getting you credits—and cashflow—in weeks, not years.*

How to work with Isometric

1

Use our Feedstock Eligibility Checker to see if your feedstock is eligible

2

Create a Certify Account to learn what you'll need to submit for verification

3

Prepare your carbon accounting with our easy-to-use LCA Builder

How does Isometric compare

Credit Issuance
Monthly
Credit durability
200 or 1000 years
ICVCM accreditation
ICROA accreditation
Cost to get started
Free Eligibility Assessment
Certification tools
Free access to Isometric Certify
Verification support
Dedicated point of contact through verification

"Isometric helps us deliver on our monitoring responsibilities by making protocol requirements clear and data flows very efficient.

Certify makes the verification process and our project development easier every day."

Mart de Bruijn
Co-Founder and Director

A rigorous protocol that works for you

Working with Isometric's Biochar Protocol ensures credits are only issued when carbon dioxide has been durably removed from the atmosphere—creating confidence for buyers and suppliers.

What’s in the protocol

Durability

Cutting edge scientific research shows that biochar can store carbon dioxide for more than 1,000 years. Until now, suppliers could only issue biochar credits for 100 year timeframes. 

Under the Isometric Biochar Protocol, suppliers can choose the durability of credits they issue.

  • Credits issued for 200 year durability must use H/Corganic measurements and projected decay curves
  • Credits issued for 1,000 year durability must use Random Reflectance (R0) measurements to quantify the fraction of inertinite biochar

The Isometric Biochar Protocol is the first and only protocol on the market to allow for biochar credits to be issued with a durability of 1,000 years.

Storage

There are several storage options for biochar produced via pyrolysis. Isometric’s protocol can verify projects where biochar is stored in:

  • Agricultural soils
  • Low-oxygen burial environments 
  • Built materials (coming soon)

Isometric’s modular approach makes it easy to understand the requirements for storage in different environments and allows Isometric to regularly update storage options based on the latest scientific research.

Greenhouse gas accounting

Quantifying the net negativity of biochar projects is key to ensuring a high quality bar for credits.

The Isometric protocol has clear guidelines for the robust quantification of net negativity:

  • Rigorous eligibility criteria for biomass feedstocks in our embedded Biomass Feedstock Accounting Module
  • An accounting framework for direct emissions from pyrolysis of biomass and LCA emissions from transportation, energy use and embodied emissions

No other protocol on the market has such comprehensive requirements that ensure credits can comply with all relevant accreditations in the market, including upcoming EU regulations under CRCF.

Our Biochar scientists

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Sophie Gill
Sophie Gill, Ph.D.

Marine Biogeochemistry

Marya Matlin-Wainer
Marya Matlin-Wainer

Environmental Chemistry

Emma Marsland
Emma Marsland

Life Cycle Analysis

Konstantina Stamouli, Ph.D.

Biomass Terrestrial Storage

Make verification painless with Certify

Biochar data is complex. Calculating the total carbon removed can be daunting.

Isometric Certify—and its easy to use tools—take the guesswork out of calculating net removals, making verification quick.

Submit easily

Any supplier or software provider can submit data via the platform, saving your team time and increasing the accuracy of your reporting.

Verify quickly

The platform helps verifiers complete robust audits, quickly—meaning suppliers can get credits issued within a month of data submission.

Scale simply

Whether you have a pilot or large site, Certify scales with you. Adding new feedstocks and storage sites is straightforward and easy.

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Ready to issue credits with the world’s leading Biochar protocol?

Eligibility Assessments are free when you work with Isometric.  

Check your protocol compliance in a week and start issuing credits in months.