Climate Friendly is deeply disappointed by contradictory and inaccurate reporting on Human-induced Regeneration (HIR) projects and our carbon project services in the Nine newspapers on 8 and 9 February 2025.
Contrary to the reporting, the projects we service have been accurately credited based on verified, independently audited results following land management practice changes, and have successfully met the original financial forecasts for a long-term project partner whose land manager is featured in one of the stories.
We are disappointed the Nine reporting team failed to check their facts with us before publishing this error.
The two articles were highly contradictory, with the first suggesting that there is over-crediting of projects and the second that projects are being under-credited. Neither of these assertions are true, and these old criticisms of the HIR method have already been subject to intense scrutiny and review.
Our project partnerships are based on a sharing of risk between Climate Friendly and our partners, and are backed by best-practice science. Our partners retain full ownership and control of their properties and their carbon projects, including determining how they use or sell any ACCUs generated. We are long term partners and share the ups and downs. The projects don’t generate ACCUs unless they achieve verified results, and we don’t get paid unless our partners get paid.
Misreporting on carbon farming only serves to create hesitancy at a time when urgent action is needed to accelerate land-based carbon sequestration, alongside decarbonisation of all sectors.
Here are some useful links for more information:
A simple explainer of how the HIR method works is available here, and look here to see how we use technology to provide accurate measurements across a project.