Carbon Standards, an independent, Switzerland-based standard and registry for nature-based carbon dioxide removal (CDR), has launched a public consultation on its new EU Biochar Carbon Removal Standard (EU BCR).
This offering presents a certification methodology for permanent carbon removals from biochar activities, compliant with the EU Carbon Removals and Carbon Farming Regulation (CRCF).
Adopted by the European Commission, the CRCF regulation is the first EU-wide voluntary framework for certifying carbon dioxide removals, carbon farming, and CO2 storage in products.
With this methodology, Carbon Standards presents project developers with a dedicated CRCF-aligned certification pathway as part of its existing Global Biochar C-Sink Standard.
The standard applies to BCR activities whose biochar production facilities and biochar storage are located in the European Union.
As such, it covers activities from the production of biochar, its tracking to the point of application or incorporation, the quantification of the net CDR benefit, and the issuance and registration of permanent carbon removal units.
Carbon Standards highlights that projects certified under the Global Biochar C-Sink Standard can add EU BCR certification. Additionally, it clarifies that this methodology requires EBC certification of the biochar used in the activity.
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EU-based biochar CDR can be certified under two separate tracks
The EU Biochar Carbon Removal Standard comes with two separate certification tracks.
Track A covers the application of biochar on soil. This includes direct biochar application, as well as biochar mixed in with soil or with soil amendment products and biochar incorporation into compost, manure, growing media, substrates, or fed to animals and recovered as manure.
Track B, on the other hand, covers biochar incorporated in cement, concrete, or asphalt.
The EU BCR Standard outlines rules for biomass sourcing and feedstock classification; digital monitoring, reporting, and verification (dMRV) requirements; and detailed descriptions on all other relevant aspects of biochar CDR activity.
Launched this week, the public consultation on this offering will run for 30 days, and stakeholders can submit their feedback on it by 24 September 2026.
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