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Client: Credible Carbon Project: Reliance Compost Completed: 24 August 2015 Report prepared by Carbon Calculated
Greenhouse Gas Verification
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Abbreviations and glossary of terms
CDM Clean Development Mechanism (UNFCCC Kyoto Protocol)
CH4 Methane
CO2e Carbon dioxide equivalent – standardisation of all greenhouse gases to reflect the global warming potential relative to carbon dioxide.
Defra United Kingdom Department of Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
GHG Greenhouse gases
IPCC International Panel on Climate Change
PDD Project Design Document
PIN Project Idea Note
SOPs Standard Operating Procedures
SSRs Sources, Sinks & Reservoirs (Greenhouse Gas)
WBCSD World Business Council for Sustainable Development
WRI World Resources Institute
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Acknowledgements Carbon Calculated would like to thank the following individuals at Reliance Compost for their assistance in collating the required information for this report and in fielding all questions: Detlev Meyer Christo Bester Eddie Redelinghuys Anton Cartwright (Credible Carbon)
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Table of Contents
Abbreviations and glossary of terms .......................................................................................................................... 2
Acknowledgements .................................................................................................................................................... 3
Table of Contents ....................................................................................................................................................... 4
Section A: Introduction ............................................................................................................................................... 5
Section B: Background information ............................................................................................................................ 6
1. Project description ........................................................................................................................................ 6
2. Verification objectives ................................................................................................................................... 6
3. Approach to verification ................................................................................................................................ 6
4. Limitations and assumptions ......................................................................................................................... 8
Section C: Findings .................................................................................................................................................... 10
5. Verification of Credible Carbon Registry questions ..................................................................................... 10
6. GHG Saving Schedule ................................................................................................................................... 15
Section D: Conclusion and Way Forward .................................................................................................................. 16
7. Conclusion ................................................................................................................................................... 16
8. Verifier opinion ............................................................................................................................................ 17
9. Contacts ....................................................................................................................................................... 17
References ................................................................................................................................................................ 18
Appendix A: Reliance Compost Donations & Sponsorships ..................................................................................... 19
Appendix B: About Carbon Calculated ..................................................................................................................... 24
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Section A: Introduction The purpose of a Verification Report is to provide assurance to intended users that the organization's GHG assertions are complete, accurate, consistent, transparent, conservative and without material discrepancies. Credible Carbon commissioned Carbon Calculated (“the Verifier”) to verify the Reliance Group Trading (Pty) Ltd, trading as Reliance Compost, 2014 project emission reductions with the view to express an opinion on whether Reliance Compost’s GHG assertions meets the requirements of the Credible Carbon Registry. The Credible Carbon Registry requirements and the findings of the verification are summarised in the table below:
Credible Carbon Registry Requirement Verifier Finding i. The project is real. ü ii. The project’s described technology is in place and functioning according to its
design specifications. ü
iii. The estimates of greenhouse gas emission reductions are reasonable in terms of accepted international standards and unbiased towards buyer or seller.
ü 208 310 tonnes CO2e Jan – Dec 2014
iv. The project has a discernible impact on poverty. ü As an independent Carbon Consultancy offering a diverse range of services relating to carbon management and strategy according to international best practice in South Africa, there is no actual or potential conflict of interest between Carbon Calculated and Reliance Compost in performing the verification. Karen van der Wath performed the verification as she is in possession of a certificate of proficiency issued by the GHG Management Institute for the verification of inventories and projects using the ISO 14064-‐3 (2006) verification standard.
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Section B: Background information
1. Project description Reliance Compost entails composting of chipped green material (plant residues, garden waste, park waste) from the of Cape Town metropolitan municipality. The material is taken from Green Waste Transfer Stations (GWTS) in Cape Town where it is sorted and the green material is decontaminated if necessary and chipped to reduce the volume. The chipped green material is brought to the composting site at Olyphantsfontein Farm in Klipheuwel where it is treated and accumulated in windrows. A periodical turn-‐over of the shredded material with a mechanical turner ensures on-‐going aerobic decomposition and the production of high quality compost that can be used as organic fertilizer. The existing process has proven to be very successful and the tonnages of chipped material composted annually has increased year on year to the current more than 100 000 tons. The baseline for the composted material assumes that it would have been transferred from the GWTS to one of two landfills in Cape Town. Under business as usual the chipped green material would have been taken to one of the GWTS before being transferred to one of the landfill sites. The carbon emission reductions are generated through a specially developed composting technology that helps to address some of the worlds’ biggest environmental and agricultural problems (soil degradation, climate change through increased carbon dioxide emissions, the excessive use of water, and the increasing amount of waste). Composted product is organically certified annually and used in a range of environmentally sustainable agricultural and gardening activities.
2. Verification objectives The objectives of this verification are to ensure that the emission reduction project meets the requirements of the Credible Carbon Registry and is quantified as per the guidance provided by the relevant CDM methodologies. This verification using the ISO 14064-‐3 Standard is based on a PIN as there is no validated or registered PDD for the project. The Credible Carbon Registry requirements that need to be verified are whether:
i. The project is real; ii. The project’s described technology is in place and functioning according to its design specifications; iii. The estimates of greenhouse gas emission reductions are reasonable in terms of accepted international
standards and unbiased towards buyer or seller; iv. The project has a discernible impact on poverty.
3. Approach to verification
3.1. Approach to calculation Emissions are quantified according to the guidance provided by the Small-‐Scale CDM methodologies AMS III.E v. 7: “Avoidance of methane production from biomass decay through controlled combustion” and AMS III.F v. 5: “Avoidance of methane production from biomass decay through composting”. Baseline emissions are calculated taking into account the amount of processed material that would have been transferred to a landfill site. Project emissions are generated by the transportation of input and output materials as well as electricity and fuel consumption on site.
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3.2. Verification Standard
The verification was performed in accordance with the ISO 14064-‐3 International Standard for GHG verifications (projects). ISO 14064-‐3 The ISO (the International Organization for Standardization) is a worldwide federation of national standards bodies (ISO member bodies). The work of preparing International Standards is normally carried out through ISO technical committees. ISO 14064-‐3 (2006) specifies principles and requirements and provides guidance for those conducting or managing the validation and/or verification of greenhouse gas (GHG) assertions. It can be applied to organizational or GHG project quantification, including GHG quantification, monitoring and reporting carried out in accordance with ISO 14064-‐1 or ISO 14064-‐2. ISO 14064-‐3 specifies requirements for selecting GHG validators/verifiers, establishing the level of assurance, objectives, criteria and scope, determining the validation/verification approach, assessing GHG data, information, information systems and controls, evaluating GHG assertions and preparing validation/verification statements.
3.3. Reporting period The reporting period of the project being verified is from 1 January 2014 to 31 December 2014 (both days inclusive).
3.4. GHG Assertions Reliance Compost’s GHG assertion is:
§ that the project meets the requirements of the Credible Carbon Registry; § the amount of emission reductions reported (208 310 tonnes CO2e) is correct to a 5% materiality
threshold.
3.5. Project documentation Under the Credible Carbon Standard, the onus is on projects to make themselves “auditable”, through the keeping and provision of data. Carbon Calculated reviewed the following project and background documentation about the project site and design, as well as data and controls to be assessed:
§ The 7th Monitoring Report Versions 1 -‐ 3, dated 24/8/2015, which provide a description of the project, SSRs and project emissions as well as provides the baseline scenario, SSRs and the quantification of GHG emission reductions. Further, it provides procedures for monitoring and data management.
§ Spreadsheets providing activity data for baseline and project emissions and emission factors used in the quantification of GHG emission reductions.
§ Reports for incoming chipped green material received and sales reports of compost sold with delivery distances during the period.
§ Report of reconciliation of incoming chipped green material and the City of Cape Town invoices reflecting quantities of incoming chips received during the period.
§ Confirmation of shortest distances between drop off facilities in Cape Town and the Olyphantsfontein compost facility.
§ Reports for electricity and diesel consumed during the period. § The monitoring data management/archiving policy together with monthly confirmation reports from the
Lab Manager that no compost windrows were rejected due to non-‐compliance or deviations from the monitoring system for the 7th verification period.
§ The stock assessment policy with the monthly quantification of stock at the end of each month. § Calibration certificate no VC7518 & test report no T18196 for the weighbridge, Type MASSAMATIC Dux SL,
Serial No. 043154, dated 24/10/2013, expiry date 24/10/2015. § Calibration certificate no VC6591 & test report no T21070 for the weighbridge, Type MASSAMATIC Dux SL,
Serial No. 043154, dated 29/09/2014, expiry date 29/09/2016. § Calibration certificate no 13J005 for the handheld digital thermometer, Type TCL, model DT-‐305 Range -‐
50~1300◦C(K), Serial No. 7231133, dated 17/10/2013, expiry date October 2014.
§ Invoice for purchasing two new handheld digital thermometres, model DT-‐305 dated 10/03/2014. § Ceres GmbH confirmation that the compost can be used as soil amendment or fertiliser in organic farming,
dated 11/10/2013 and 14/10/2014, expiry dates 30/9/2014 and 30/09/2015 respectively. These inspections were carried out during 2013 and 27/08/2014 respectively.
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§ Approval from the City of Cape Town to operate a compost plant on portion 2 of the Olyphantsfontein Farm, dated 8/8/2012.
§ Corporate Social Investment report of upliftment activities with proof of financial donations made or product donated.
§ Documentation of previous verifications. § Credible Carbon Registry requirements (4 questions) and PIN.
4. Limitations and assumptions
4.1. General Reliance Compost commissioned TÜV NORD to verify the project under the TÜV NORD Voluntary Emission Reduction Standard (TN-‐VO 001) applicable for VER project activities since inception – 1 May 2008 to 31 December 2011. On the basis of site visits and a review of project documentation it was confirmed that with regards to the realized technology, the project equipment, as well as the monitoring and metering equipment, the project has been implemented and operated as described in the TÜV NORD Project Design Document. As a result of the verifications, TÜV NORD confirmed that:
§ all operations of the project are implemented and installed as planned and described in the validated project design document.
§ the monitoring plan is in accordance with the applied approved CDM methodology, i.e. AMS III.E v. 7 and AMS III.F v. 5.
§ the monitoring system is in place and functional. The project has generated GHG emission reductions. The 7th Monitoring report, documentation and operations follow the original project design with no deviations.
4.2. Specific 4.2.1. – On-‐site weighting
Calibration certificate no 7518 & test report no T18196 for the weighbridge, Type MASSAMATIC Dux SL, Serial No. 043154, dated 24/10/2013, has an expiry date of 24/10/2015. Calibration certificate no VC6591 & test report no T21070 for the weighbridge, Type MASSAMATIC Dux SL, Serial No. 043154, dated 29/09/2014, expiry date 29/09/2016. The calibration is in compliance with the Standard Operating Procedures (SOP’s) requirement that monitoring equipment must be calibrated at the frequency recommended by the manufacturer, but not less than once every 12 months. During the second half of the year there were numerous power cuts due to load shedding and damage to power cables. Further, the weighbridge system (computer) crashed which required the re-‐installation of the weighbridge software. This resulted in many manual entries as weighbridge information was not available. Reliance was placed on delivery notes for the volume of waste product that came in and sold product that went out as it was not possible to physically weigh them. A conservative approach was used and lower than average weights were recorded so not to inflate the incoming figures. The City of Cape Town is extremely strict when it comes to invoicing. Both the City of Cape Town and Reliance Compost have to sign off each Delivery Slip before a truck leaves the chipping site. The City of Cape Town uses the chips delivery notes to calculate and reconcile payment while Reliance Compost account for incoming chips from the delivery notes. As an additional control measure the quantities as per the City of Cape Town invoices were reconciled with the incoming chips report.
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4.2.2. – Turning of windrows At Reliance Compost organic waste is aerobically degraded to generate high quality compost which can be used as organic fertilizer. The effect of this aerobic degradation is the avoidance of methane emissions (GWP of 21), because during the composting process only CO2 (GWP of 1) will be emitted if aerobic conditions are ensured during the process. To ensure the correct aerobic conditions the level of CO2 and temperature of compost are measured daily. These measurements determine which windrows need turning to ensure aerobic conditions. The monthly reports issued by the Lab Manager confirmed that the CO2 levels and temperature of the compost were within acceptable levels during the verification period, hence there were no cancelled rows. The handheld digital thermometer, Type TCL, model DT 305 Range -‐50~1300
◦C(K), Serial No. 7231133, has a calibration certificate no 13J005, dated 17/10/2013, expiry date October 2014. Two new handheld digital thermometres, model DT-‐305 were purchased on 10/03/2014.
4.2.3. – Confirmation of Materials Used in Organic Agriculture The compost produced by Reliance Compost is certified annually by CERES GmbH that it can be used as soil amendment or fertiliser in organic farming according to the EU Council Reg. (EC) 834/2007 (Annex I) standard. This CERES seal of confirmation is based on an onsite verification and laboratory analysis. The inspections took place on during 2013 and 27/08/2014. Document no. 18418 is dated 11/10/2013 and valid until 30/9/2014 while document no. 30168 is dated 14/10/2014 and valid until 30/09/2015.
4.2.4. – 7th Verification Period
The 7th Monitoring Report was prepared by Reliance Compost in accordance with the CDM-‐PDD with no changes from the project activity as described.
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Section C: Findings
5. Verification of Credible Carbon Registry questions 5.1. Is the project real? Carbon Calculated visited Reliance Compost at Olyphantsfontein Farm, Slent Road, Klipheuwel on 20 July 2015 and can verify that the project is in existence. 5.2. Is the described technology in place? The site visit confirmed that composting activities are in existence and that weighing of the chipped green material and compost through the means of a weighbridge is in operation. Mechanical turners turning the windrows as well as the lab operations confirmed that the technology for aerobic degradation is in place as can be seen from the pictures below.
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5.3. Are the greenhouse gas reductions reasonable in terms of accepted international standards and unbiased towards buyer or seller?
The following table is a summary of the re-‐computation performed to test if methodologies are being correctly applied and to verify the emission factors used and the accuracy of the original calculations, together with findings.
Reported emissions compared to Verifier calculations Reliance Compost Calculation Verifier Calculation
Description Activity data
Variable Emissions Factor 2014
Metric tonnes CO2e
Metric tonnes CO2e
Revised
Emissions Factor 2014
Metric tonnes CO2e
Difference Materiality %
Materiality %
Revised
Baseline emissions: BEy = Qbiomass * CH4_IPCCdecay * GWP_CH4 Baseline emissions
Biomass tons 121 226
119 236
Various 222 159 218 511 Various 218 512 3 647 1.750% 0.000%
Project emissions: PEy = PEy, transport + PEy, power PEy, transport
Waste km/truck 101.32
101.21
0.001450 1 129 1 107 0.001450 1 107 22 0.011% 0.000%
Compost km/truck 131.09 0.001450 4 398 4 398 0.001450 4 397 1 0.000% 0.000%
PEy, power
Electricity kWh 333 659 0.001221 408 408 1.03
Eskom 2014
344 64 0.031% 0.031%
Diesel Tons 1 345.45
1 307.09
3.1863 4 288
4 288 3.1896 Defra 2014
4 169 119 0.057% 0.057%
Petrol Tons 0
31.97 0,0000 0 0 3.1463
Defra 2014
101 -‐101 -‐0.048% -‐0.048%
Total Project emissions 10 223 10 201 10 117 106 0.051% 0.040%
Total emission reductions 211 936 208 310 208 395 3 541 1.699% -‐0.040%
Findings giving rise to CARs as per clause 7.2: § Baseline emissions
ü Carbon was calculated using an accepted emissions factor and formula as per the CDM-‐PDD. û Tons of biomass received was used to calculate the carbon emissions resulting in an
overstatement of 3 647 tCO2e as a result of the weighbridge system crash and load shedding where manual entries resulted in inaccuracies.
ü As an additional control measure the quantities as per the City of Cape Town invoices were reconciled with the incoming chips report. The delivery notes for October were used as these were more accurate than the incoming chip report.
ü This category is a major source of carbon emissions (100% of baseline emissions) and it could lead to material discrepancies if errors or omissions are present in the reported data.
§ Project emissions -‐ transport ü Carbon was calculated using an accepted emissions factor and formula as per the CDM-‐PDD. û The weight and incremental distance of the solid waste transported was used to calculate the
carbon emissions resulting in an overstatement of 22 tCO2e. ü The average truck capacity for waste transportation was overstated by truck net weight
inaccuracies causing small discrepancies. ü The weight and distance of compost delivered was used to calculate the carbon emissions
resulting in small discrepancies (overstatement of 1 tCO2e).
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ü The category relating to transport of compost is a major source of carbon emissions (43.5% of project emissions) and it could lead to material discrepancies if errors or omissions are present in the reported data.
§ Project emissions – power: electricity ü Carbon was calculated using an accepted emissions factor and formula as per the CDM-‐PDD.
However, the emissions factor from the Eskom 2014 Annual Report could be used for localisation. ü The kilowatt hours consumed was used to calculate the carbon emissions with a small discrepancy
(0.031% overstatement) due to the difference in emission factors. § Project emissions – power: diesel and petrol
ü Carbon was calculated using an accepted emissions factor and formula as per the CDM-‐PDD. ü The total amount of petrol purchased and consumed was not separately disclosed in the
calculation resulting in an understatement of 101 tCO2e. ü Litres of diesel and petrol purchased was converted into tons of diesel and used to calculate the
carbon emissions resulting in an overstatement of 119 tCO2e. ü The category relating to diesel consumption in operations is a major source of carbon emissions
(41.2% of project emissions) and it could lead to material discrepancies if errors or omissions are present in the reported data.
§ Total emission reductions ü Baseline emissions calculated and reported are overstated by 3 647 tCO2e (1.750%). ü Project emissions: transport calculated and reported are overstated by 23 tCO2e (0.011%). ü Project emissions: power calculated and reported are overstated by 83 tCO2e (0.040%). ü Total emission reductions calculated and reported are overstated by 3 541 tCO2e (1.699%). ü No material discrepancies were discovered that could affect the decisions of the intended users. ü The emission reductions are unbiased towards a buyer or seller.
5.4. Is there a discernible impact on poverty? The Company’s mission is to Grow Greener Generations, and it does this by getting involved in the community, through sponsorships, tree-‐planting projects and developing communal food gardens. It is thus no surprise either that much of the company’s income is ploughed back into the community to build sustainable environments which can be viewed at http://photo.sh/tags/growinggreenergenerations. Since 2008 Reliance Compost has grown from a staff compliment of 20 (5 office/admin staff and 15 production workers) to the current 220 staff consisting of 96 monthly paid staff, 75 weekly paid staff and an additional 49 staff on chipping sites in and around Cape Town. Revenue was earned during 2014 by selling 21 759 tCO2e from historical carbon emission reduction activities. Of this carbon revenue 61.9% was ploughed back into Corporate Social Investment activities through product donations and sponsorhips while a further 74.3% was spent on staff upliftment and wellfare. The activities highlighted below took place during the period under review, i.e. January to December 2014, but there are many other projects not mentioned that benefitted from Reliance Compost's contributions. A detailed listing of donations and sponsorships can be viewed in Appendix A. Where items are marked with “^” or “*” the product donated was checked against the sales reports or invoices requesting payments were presented. 100 Homes Project Together With Wesbank and SEED.ORG During 2014 Reliance Compost partnered with SEED.ORG and donated compost towards 142 homes for this specific project. The project aims to transform Cape Flat homes into a sustainable homestead, focusing on growing home gardeners in the Mitchells Plain area. This project equips people to save water, grow food, inspire a different future, promoting food freedom, build community resilience, social cohesion and provide opportunity within the local community. The project Hundred Homes Project-‐ Growing Urban Resilience can be viewed at http://seed.org.za/hundred-‐homes-‐project-‐mitchells-‐plain-‐food-‐freedom-‐update/. Tyisa Nabanye Tyisa Nabanye is a non-‐profit urban agricultural organization dedicated to growing organic food on the slopes of Signal Hill in Cape Town. They work towards improving food security, promoting sustainable livelihoods and
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creating employment. Reliance Compast sponsored all the compost for the vegetable garden since its beginning in August 2013. The Tyisa Nabanye project can be viewed at https://www.facebook.com/tyisanabanye.
Urban Harvest Reliance Compost partnered with Urban Harvest, assisting and supporting them with healthy soil for all their CSI food garden projects at schools in the Western Cape. Urban Harvest is South Africa’s oldest edible garden service. Urban Harvest makes organic food gardening accessible, easy and fun by the service of installation, maintenance and support. Their unique school community food-‐garden model ensures highly productive gardens & inspiring ‘garden champion’ that generate food, incomes and skills for communities. Urban Harvest’s operations can be viewed at http://urbanharvest.co.za/food-‐gardens/community-‐projects/. World Design Capital Project-‐ Litha Primary Gugulethu Together with Urban harvest and Edupeg, Reliance Compst helped setup a vegetable garden at Litha Primary in Gugulethu. This project was a collaboration of education and nutrition to help promote, maths, literacy and healthy eating in an underprivileged community. The project took hold of unused space on the school grounds and instead turned it into a healthy and flourishing garden, which will also support and aid the schools feeding scheme, ensuring that all the school children are fed and kept healthy. It is just the beginning of what could become a transformation in a barren community. Reliance Compost donated top soil and fine compost for the food garden at Litha Primary School which can be viewed at http://www.social-‐peek.com/Keywords/gugulethugarden/?sort=MostPopular. Food Forests for Farms Plant Day Greenpop and the South African National Biodiversity Institute (SANBI) partnered to plant fruit trees and indigenous vegetation at the Abalimi Bezekhaya community gardens in Khayelitsha with support from Reliance Compost, the Cape Town International Convention Center, Willow Creek Olive Farm, Just Trees, Mooisig Nursery and others. During the day, over 400 fruit trees, windbreaks and indigenous medicinal shrubs and ground covers to reestablish the farms windbreaks were planted, mini food forests were created and the development of further biodiversity in the area was encouraged. More details about the project can be viewed at https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.769558956395172.1073741861.140517169299357&type=1.
Greenpop Greenpop is a social business that believes greening and sustainable living can be fun, POPular and accessible for all. It believes in inspiring a greener, more conscious, inclusive movement and do this through tree planting projects, green events, education, social media, voluntourism and activating people to start DOING!
School Trees Greening grey areas through planting trees at schools and other organisations – urban greening has endless benefits. In South Africa, there is huge disparity between the ʻleafyʼ privileged areas and the ‘barren’ under-‐privileged areas. Lack of green spaces in communities is known to contribute to social problems. The Kuo & Sullivan Report, 2001, states: “Degradation of neighbourhoods exacerbates poor social cohesion, crime, drug abuse and environmental downfall. Urban greening has been closely linked to reductions in these social problems.” Reliance Compost is a continued sponsor and supporter of Greenpop and donated rich and nutritious compost to plant 20 119 trees in urban schools around the Western Cape. Reforestation Projects Deforestation is a huge problem in the rural areas of sub-‐Saharan Africa. People need to use wood to survive but there is no culture of replacing trees. Deforestation for agriculture is also an issue in many areas. To make up for the world’s loss of trees in the past decade, trees need to be planted in 1.3 million square kilometres, an area as large as Peru. Accomplishing that would mean planting about 14 billion trees every year for 10 years in a row ~ UNEP
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Zambia Festival of Action Event Reliance Compost held a Compost Creation competition on social media, encouraging the public to create anything they could think of using Reliance Compost bags. The two favorites of the entries won an all paid trip join in on the action for a week at the Trees For Zambia festival with Greenpop. Reliance also launched an internal competition where employees had the chance to sumbit a video motivating why they need to go to Zambia and sent two staff members to Zambia. At the festival they helped plant trees at schools, farms and in communities. Furthermore, they helped build and paint schools too. Why Zambia? Zambia has one of the highest deforestation rates in the world – in 2012 Greenpop started an ongoing tree planting and eco-‐education project around Livingstone. The aim to raise awareness about the area and be part of the solution. The Zambia Festival of Action happens annually to boost Greenpop’s ongoing project and encourage even more people to branch out and be the change. In 2011 and 2012 a total of 1324 and 2001 trees were planted respectively. In 2013 a total of 5001 trees were planted during 2 consecutive weekends while 3901 trees were planted in 2014. Greenpop’s operations can be viewed at http://www.greenpop.org/projects/. Abalimi During 2014 Reliance Compost continued its support for ABALIMI, a Non-‐Governmental Organisation (NGO) working to empower the disadvantaged through urban agriculture and environmental programmes and projects. Abalimi’s vision is for individuals and groups from disadvantaged communities in Cape Town Metropolitan Area to recognise the link between their survival, health and the active improvement of their environment. To have the confidence to initiate, replicate and sustain food growing and greening activities locally, regionally and nationally and to recognise these actions as an entry point to other development activities that can improve their lives. Abalimi’s activities can be viewed at http://abalimi.org.za. Miss Earth South Africa The Miss Earth South Africa is a leadership programme that aims to empower young South African women with the knowledge and platform to create a sustainable difference in our plight to combat the destruction of our natural heritage. Its vision is to create a positive and lasting change in corporate and social behaviour by addressing environmental, water, energy, conservation and sustainability issues. Reliance sponsored the 2014 finalists from Cape Town with organic compost for the development of small food gardens and tree planting events in and around the Western Cape. Miss Earth South Africa’s operations can be viewed at http://www.missearthsa.co.za. Oranjezicht City Farm The Oranjezicht City Farm (OZCF) is a non-‐profit project celebrating local food, culture and community through urban farming in Cape Town. It is growing vegetables, holding public events and running education programmes to help educate Capetonians and their children about food, environmental and related issues, develop skills among the unemployed, build bridges across communities, and champion underutilised green spaces in the city. During 2014 Reliance Compost has continued its support for the OZCF project through product donations. The OZCF project activities can be viewed at http://www.ozcf.co.za. City of Eden The City of Eden is dedicated to growing and transforming Cape Town into an edible city. They identify unoccupied spaces in Cape Town and transform it into edible spaces by planting vegetable gardens. They have also developed the Food Route, which is similar to The Wine Route, but links organic urban farms and provides a new tourism opportunity for Cape Town's sustainable food ecosystem. Furthermore, The Food Route
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offers combinations of city and township food tours which will include harvesting and sampling the produce as fresh meals either at the farms or at partner restaurants that are supplied by the farms featured on The Food Route. Reliance supports City of Eden’s transformed green spaces with compost and make sure the food gets grown organically. The City of Eden’s activities can be viewed at http://cityofeden.org.
Growing Greener Generation Tours & Training School groups are transported around Cape Town in a funky bus to discover and explore the greener places of Cape Town. This included visits to the Reliance Compost Farm, a recycling drop-‐off site and tourist attractions like Table Mountain and The Castle. These tours aimed to educate learners about their environment and broaden their perspective of the environment. Reliance Grow Greener Generations offered training at the Reliance composting site. Here institiutions visiting the farm learn about the compost production process, sustainability, and recycling. A 2014 training highlight for Reliance was a visit by the The National Institute for the Deaf’s Agri students, who spend a day at Reliance learning all about the importance of soil. The National Institute for the Deaf (NID) is a dynamic, non-‐profit organisation and the only facility in South Africa and Africa that provides the full continuum of services to the Deaf. Reliance Compost is therefore fulfilling its mission of Growing Greener Generations through the donation of compost and sponsorships and makes a contribution to the alleviation of poverty or livelihood risk through the actions listed above.
6. GHG Saving Schedule The following is a schedule of GHG savings and carbon credits issued for the project from inception to date. Carbon credits available for sale can be purchased through the Credible Carbon registry – see http://www.crediblecarbon.com/.
Vintage (calendar year)
Period Carbon Credits Issued
2008 01/05/2008 – 31/10/2008 01/11/2008 -‐ 31/12/2008
12 390 32 011 44 401
2009
01/01/2009 – 31/12/2009 56 484
2010 01/01/2010 – 28/02/2010 01/03/2010 – 31/12/2010
12 813 47 187 60 000
2011 01/01/2011 – 31/03/2011 01/04/2011 – 31/12/2011
17 409 68 932 86 341
2012
01/01/2012 – 31/12/2012 142 376
2013
01/01/2013 – 31/12/2013 154 702
2014 01/01/2014 – 31/12/2014 208 310
Total
752 614
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Section D: Conclusion and Way Forward
7. Conclusion 7.1. Clarification requests
§ None
7.2. Corrective action requests § CAR1 – Delivery (intake) report to be reduced by 1 990 tons of chips to 119 236 tons. § CAR2 – Incremental distance for solid waste transportation to be recalculated and updated in
calculation sheets.
7.3. Forward action requests § FAR1 – Include the Data / Parameter for petrol consumption in the Monitoring Report. § FAR2 – Include petrol consumption separately in project emissions calculation.
7.4. Opportunities for improvement § OFI1 – Error checking routines for data transfer between different systems should be implemented to
increase accuracy of quantification and ensure that data is correct, particularly the transport of waste (incoming chips report) and transport of compost (sales report).
§ OFI2 – Include the date when signing off the monthly monitoring reports.
7.5. Conclusion Reliance Compost has revised and restated its GHG assertion to incorporate the Corrective Action Requests (CARs) and the outcome is as follows: § Total emission reductions
ü Baseline emissions are accurately calculated and reported. ü Project emissions: transport are accurately calculated and reported. ü Project emissions: power are accurately calculated and reported (0.040% overstatement). ü Total emission reductions are accurately calculated and reported (0.040% understatement). ü No material discrepancies were discovered that could affect the decisions of the intended users. ü The emission reductions are unbiased towards a buyer or seller.
The Verifier opinion is based on the revised Monitoring Report Version 3 incorporating the CARs.
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8. Verifier opinion Credible Carbon commissioned Carbon Calculated to perform a verification of the Reliance Group Trading (Pty) Ltd, trading as Reliance Compost, 1 January 2014 to 31 December 2014 project emission reductions. The verification was performed between 20 July 2015 and 24 August 2015. GHG Assertion #1: The Reliance Carbon project meets the requirements of the Credible Carbon Registry. Verifier Opinion and Qualifications Based on the process and procedures conducted, the GHG assertion meets the requirements of the Credible Carbon Registry. GHG Assertion #2: The amount of emission reductions reported (208 310 tonnes CO2e) is reasonable. Verifier Opinion and Qualifications Based on the process and procedures conducted, the GHG assertion is materially correct and is a fair representation of the GHG data and information, with the following qualifications:
§ All stipulated corrective action requests are addressed. This verification statement is dated 24 August 2015.
9. Contacts Alex Hetherington, Carbon Calculated, Founding Member [email protected] Telephone: 021 789 0448 Cell: 082 411 3191 Karen van der Wath, Carbon Calculated, Associate [email protected] Telephone: +230 483 1195 Cell: +230 5970 8497 Anton Cartwright, Credible Carbon [email protected] Cell: 084 780 3450
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Appendix A: Reliance Compost Donations & Sponsorships Below is a summary of the donations, sponsorships and social improvements effected by Reliance Compost during the period of verification. Where items are marked with “^” or “*” the product donated was checked against the sales reports or invoices requesting payments were presented. SUMMARY Amount
Product Donations R 326 148
Greenpop R 45 000
Miss Earth R 7 702
School Projects R 10 000
Community Projects R 56 245
Non-‐Compost Donations R 26 764
Trade Expo's & Conventions R 56 859
Staff upliftment & welfare R 634 254 Total R 1 162 972
Product Donations Date Doc number Client
Product value
02/04/14 INA49438 Tax Invoice -‐ TYSIA NYBANYE URBAN AGRIC ^ R 2 355,00 03/09/14 INA52062 Tax Invoice -‐ LITHA PRIMARY SCHOOL ^ R 5 920,00 09/05/14 INA49812 Tax Invoice -‐ DONATION -‐ ABALIMI ^ R 1 880,00 21/02/14 INA48939 Tax Invoice -‐ DONATION-‐ORANJEZICHT ^ R 2 150,00 27/02/14 INA49011 Tax Invoice -‐ DONATION-‐ORANJEZICHT FARM ^ R 2 150,00 20/03/14 INA49269 Tax Invoice -‐ ORANJEZICHT -‐ DONATION ^ R 4 300,00 06/05/14 INA49751 Tax Invoice -‐ DONATION-‐ORANJEZICHT ^ R 3 700,00 21/05/14 INA49948 Tax Invoice -‐ DONATION -‐ ORANJEZICHT ^ R 2 480,00 09/07/14 INA51392 Tax Invoice -‐ DONATION-‐ORANJEZICHT ^ R 6 780,00 21/08/14 INA51883 Tax Invoice -‐ ORANJEZICHT CITY FARM ^ R 1 500,00 19/09/14 INA52373 Tax Invoice -‐ ORANJEZICHT CITY FARMS ^ R 2 600,00 05/11/14 INA53398 Tax Invoice -‐ ORANJEZICHT CITY FARM ^ R 4 215,00 25/11/14 INA53737 Tax Invoice -‐ ORANJEZICHT CITY FARM ^ R 3 000,00 R 32 875,00
17/01/14 INA48481 Tax Invoice -‐ DONATION-‐1 MILLION TREES ^ R 575,00 29/01/14 INA48630 Tax Invoice -‐ DONATION-‐1 MILLION TREES ^ R 705,00 03/02/14 INA48735 Tax Invoice -‐ DONATION-‐1MILLION TREES ^ R 2 660,00 24/02/14 INA48952 Tax Invoice -‐ DONATION-‐1 MILLION TREES ^ R 1 060,00 04/04/14 INA49479 Tax Invoice -‐ 1 MILLION TREES-‐DONATION ^ R 5 040,00 09/04/14 INA49515 Tax Invoice -‐ 1 MILLION TREES-‐DONATION ^ R 4 470,00
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27/08/14 INA51990 Tax Invoice -‐ 1 MILLION TREES ^ R 1 620,00 30/10/14 INA53218 Tax Invoice -‐ 1 MILLION TREES ^ R 1 260,00
R 17 390,00
17/01/14 INA48480 Tax Invoice -‐ DONATION-‐PROJECT EDEN ^ R 690,00 11/12/14 INA54157 Tax Invoice -‐ PROJECT EDEN R 480,00
R 1 170,00
14/01/14 INA48483 Tax Invoice -‐ DONATION-‐GREENPOP ^ R 1 350,00 17/02/14 INA48862 Tax Invoice -‐ GREENPOP -‐ DONATION ^ R 1 364,00 08/05/14 INA49766 Tax Invoice -‐ DONATION-‐GREENPOP PLATBOS ^ R 5 075,00 23/05/14 INA49979 Tax Invoice -‐ DONATION-‐GREENPOP ^ R 2 400,00 19/09/14 INA52372 Tax Invoice -‐ GREENPOP NURSERY ^ R 2 480,00 31/10/14 INA53261 Tax Invoice -‐ GREENOP GREYTON ROSE FAIR ^ R 2 030,00
R 14 699,00
13/01/14 INA48485 Tax Invoice -‐ DONATION-‐HUURHUIS PAARL ^ R 10 796,00 14/01/14 INA48484 Tax Invoice -‐ DONATON-‐ALNOOR ORPHANAGE ^ R 1 005,00 17/01/14 INA48482 Tax Invoice -‐ DONATION-‐ST AGNES PRIMARY R 1 878,00 17/01/14 INA48518 Tax Invoice -‐ DONATION-‐SCOTTSVILLE HS R 1 920,00 30/01/14 INA48649 Tax Invoice -‐ DONATION-‐MOEDERGEMEENTE R 892,00 17/02/14 INA48827 Tax Invoice -‐ DONATION-‐MALOPO HORT R 2 240,00 19/02/14 INA48947 Tax Invoice -‐ DONATION-‐MALOPO HORT R 1 720,00 27/02/14 INA49013 Tax Invoice -‐ DONATION-‐NED DOMAN SCHOOL R 1 030,00 27/02/14 INA49015 Tax Invoice -‐ COMPETITION WINNER R 470,00 27/02/14 INA49016 Tax Invoice -‐ COMPETITION WINNER R 470,00 27/02/14 INA49017 Tax Invoice -‐ COMPETITION WINNER R 470,00 28/02/14 INA49068 Tax Invoice -‐ AVALON DONATION R 0,00 03/03/14 INA49213 Tax Invoice -‐ KAAP AGRI -‐ VREDENBURG R 1 400,00 04/03/14 INA49135 Tax Invoice -‐ CAPE GREEN FORUM-‐DONATION R 712,00 07/03/14 INA49165 Tax Invoice -‐ NOORDER-‐PAARL HIGH SCHOOL ^ R 7 310,00 11/03/14 INA49161 Tax Invoice R 2 580,00 13/03/14 INA49187 Tax Invoice -‐ NID COLLEGE FOR DEAF ^ R 9 168,00 13/03/14 INA49189 Tax Invoice -‐ SUSTAINABLE BROTHERS R 2 990,00 26/03/14 INA49339 Tax Invoice -‐ STARKE AYRES -‐ DONATION R 240,00 27/03/14 INA49351 Tax Invoice -‐ DONATION-‐ADVENTURE WORKS ^ R 3 630,00 27/03/14 INA49357 Tax Invoice -‐ DONATION -‐ WELBELOON FARM R 3 800,00 27/03/14 INA49375 Tax Invoice -‐ COUTRAI PRIMARY-‐DONATION ^ R 3 230,00 27/03/14 INA49377 Tax Invoice -‐ MALOPO HORTICULTURE ^ R 3 040,00 01/04/14 INA49422 Tax Invoice -‐ SINETHEMBA HIGH SCHOOL ^ R 3 620,00 11/04/14 INA49532 Tax Invoice -‐ DONATION-‐KIRSTENBOSCH R 1 612,00 14/04/14 INA49608 Tax Invoice -‐ DONATION-‐PAARLZICHTSCHOOL ^ R 5 045,00 15/04/14 INA49584 Tax Invoice R 3 720,00 16/04/14 INA49582 Tax Invoice -‐ RIETENBOSCH-‐ DONATION R 5 240,00 16/04/14 INA49603 Tax Invoice -‐ DONATION -‐ BADISA WELFARE ^ R 6 660,00 17/04/14 INA49625 Tax Invoice -‐ THESPINA ALLEN -‐ DONATION ^ R 1 380,00 30/04/14 INA49699 Tax Invoice -‐ DONATION -‐ GRACE PRIMARY R 3 425,00
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30/04/14 INA49714 Tax Invoice -‐ DONATION-‐JAN KRIELSKOOL R 3 440,00 30/04/14 INA49716 Tax Invoice -‐ DRAKENSTEIN CENTRE R 1 426,00 06/05/14 INA49750 Tax Invoice -‐ DONATION-‐GRACE PRIMARY R 1 750,00 08/05/14 INA49816 Tax Invoice -‐ DONATION -‐ LENTEGEUR HOSP R 720,00 15/05/14 INA49871 Tax Invoice -‐ CONSTANTIA-‐COMPETITION R 2 590,00 23/05/14 INA49978 Tax Invoice -‐ DONATION-‐HAVEN NIGHT SHEL ^ R 1 335,00 23/05/14 INA49980 Tax Invoice -‐ DONATION-‐GYMNASIUM PAARL R 2 500,00 26/05/14 INA50973 Tax Invoice -‐ DONATION-‐DEBOT TRACTORS R 412,00 29/05/14 INA51018 Tax Invoice -‐ DONATION-‐ID MKHIZE SCHOOL ^ R 4 255,00 29/05/14 INA51020 Tax Invoice -‐ DONATION-‐LANGA DISABLED ^ R 4 405,00 29/05/14 INA51021 Tax Invoice -‐ KAYAMANDI PRIMARY SCHOOL R 1 000,00 29/05/14 INA51022 Tax Invoice -‐ DONATION -‐ BETH URIEL-‐ME R 437,00 29/05/14 INA51023 Tax Invoice -‐ RIETENBOSCH PRIMARY -‐ME R 640,00 29/05/14 INA51024 Tax Invoice -‐ WYNBERG CRECHE -‐ME R 540,50 29/05/14 INA51025 Tax Invoice -‐ IDAS VALLEY PRIMARY-‐ ME ^ R 824,50 29/05/14 INA51026 Tax Invoice -‐ CONSTANTIA PRIMARY -‐ME R 980,00 29/05/14 INA51027 Tax Invoice -‐ DONATION-‐KYLEMORE CRECHE R 1 131,00 29/05/14 INA51028 Tax Invoice -‐ GOODWOOD PRESB CHURCH R 575,00 29/05/14 INA51029 Tax Invoice -‐ BLUEDOWNS PRIMARY ^ R 670,00 29/05/14 INA51115 Tax Invoice -‐ AVALON DONATION R 0,00 03/06/14 INA51060 Tax Invoice -‐ DONATION-‐TWEESPRUIT FARM ^ R 14 789,00 05/06/14 INA51107 Tax Invoice -‐ DONATION-‐BETH URIEL R 656,00 05/06/14 INA51108 Tax Invoice -‐ DONATION-‐PRESTWHIC-‐ME R 644,00 05/06/14 INA51109 Tax Invoice -‐ DONATION-‐BLUEDOWNS-‐ME ^ R 642,00 10/06/14 INA51124 Tax Invoice -‐ BRAVE TRUST TB CLINIC R 1 440,00 30/06/14 INA51278 Tax Invoice -‐ IDAS VALLEY PRIMARY ^ R 126,00 03/07/14 INA51347 Tax Invoice -‐ DONATION-‐VUYA ENDAWENI R 350,00 15/07/14 INA51452 Tax Invoice -‐ TOUCHING THE EARTH LIGHT R 1 995,00 16/07/14 INA51501 Tax Invoice -‐ SPCA STELLENBOSCH R 960,00 16/07/14 INA51502 Tax Invoice -‐ BLUE MOUNTAIN PRIMARY ^ R 1 670,00 18/07/14 INA51478 Tax Invoice -‐ HESKETH KING CENTRE R 5 060,00 29/07/14 INA51573 Tax Invoice -‐ AGAPE SCHOOL R 860,00 29/07/14 INA51574 Tax Invoice -‐ DUNATOS SCHOOL ^ R 1 645,00 11/08/14 INA51714 Tax Invoice -‐ ST GEORGES HOME R 120,00 19/08/14 INA51886 Tax Invoice -‐ MBEWU PROJECTS R 1 730,00 22/08/14 INA51916 Tax Invoice -‐ MOYA WE KHAYA ^ R 3 180,00 26/08/14 INA51988 Tax Invoice -‐ HILLSONG AFRICA R 2 970,00 04/09/14 INA52113 Tax Invoice -‐ DASDRIF BOERDERY ^ R 11 850,00 05/09/14 INA52126 Tax Invoice -‐ KWHATTU R 856,00 05/09/14 INA52138 Tax Invoice -‐ DONGOLA GUEST HOUSE R 2 650,00 09/09/14 INA52144 Tax Invoice -‐ GREEN TRADE FORUM R 816,00 10/09/14 INA52210 Tax Invoice -‐ ABRI NORTJE ^ R 15 447,50 12/09/14 INA52299 Tax Invoice -‐ SUSTAINABLE BROTHER R 240,00 23/09/14 INA52460 Tax Invoice R 2 450,00 25/09/14 INA52506 Tax Invoice -‐ SAMANTHA POTGIETER R 1 400,00 01/10/14 INA52623 Tax Invoice -‐ WALKING THE DAISIES R 450,00 02/10/14 INA52624 Tax Invoice -‐ HUIS ANDREW MURRAY R 2 570,00 03/10/14 INA52671 Tax Invoice -‐ COURTRAI PRIMARY SCHOOL ^ R 2 660,00
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09/10/14 INA52761 Tax Invoice -‐ DONGOLA GUEST HOUSE R 3 170,00 09/10/14 INA52762 Tax Invoice -‐ MY GREEN HOME ^ R 7 562,00 11/10/14 INA52821 Tax Invoice -‐ KRAAIFONTEIN TEHUIS R 540,00 16/10/14 INA52917 Tax Invoice -‐ GREYTON ROSE FAIR R 1 440,00 30/10/14 INA53217 Tax Invoice -‐ MBEWU PROJECTS ^ R 2 930,00 31/10/14 INA53237 Tax Invoice -‐ WOODSTOCK DROP-‐OFF R 270,00 03/11/14 INA53308 Tax Invoice -‐ AFRIPLEX R 2 580,00 04/11/14 INA53326 Tax Invoice -‐ OBSERVATORY JUNIOR SCHOOL ^ R 5 510,00 06/11/14 INA53383 Tax Invoice -‐ GOEDGEDACHT POP CENTRE ^ R 2 350,00 07/11/14 INA53392 Tax Invoice -‐ SUSTAINABLE BROTHERS R 540,00 11/11/14 INA53458 Tax Invoice -‐ CONSTANTIA OPENING GARDEN R 931,00 17/11/14 INA53580 Tax Invoice -‐ WELLINGTON GOLF CLUB R 2 140,00 18/11/14 INA53619 Tax Invoice -‐ PAARL LIONS CLUB R 600,00 25/11/14 INA53736 Tax Invoice -‐ SEXYFOOD SA -‐ ORANJEZICHT R 1 500,00 27/11/14 INA53877 Tax Invoice -‐ KANNEMEYER PRIMARY SCHOOL R 2 280,00 02/12/14 INA53884 Tax Invoice -‐ WILLOWS PRIMARY SCHOOL ^ R 3 600,00 08/12/14 INA53938 Tax Invoice -‐ LWANDLE PRIMARY SCHOOL ^ R 6 990,00 09/12/14 INA54054 Tax Invoice -‐ GREEN SHARE ORG R 540,00 15/12/14 INA54168 Tax Invoice -‐ BANCEDENI CENTRE R 2 295,00 17/12/14 INA54222 Tax Invoice -‐ VUZAMANZI PRIMARY ^ R 540,00 R 249 858,50
TOTAL PRODUCT DONATIONS R326 147,50
^ Product donated checked against the invoices as per the sales reports presented Greenpop
Client Value
Hogsback Reforest Sponsorship * R15 000 Cape Getaway Show * R30 000
R 45 000 Product Sponsorship – included in product donations R14 699 * Invoices requesting payment presented Miss Earth
Client Value
Sponsorship – CL Williams R 2 000 Sponsorship – Stardust Theatrical R 5 702
R 7 702
School Projects
Client Value
Kersboslaagte Primary School Camp * R 10 000
* Invoices requesting payment presented
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Community Projects Item Value
Ride the Rhino Sponsorship * R 50 000
Rhino Campaign Sponsorship * R 6 245
Total R 56 245 * Invoices requesting payment presented Non-‐Compost Donations
Item Value
WHILE YOU WERE SLEEPING-‐SPONSORSHIP R 7 500
Cycle race entries R 260
Trees Donation to Lentegeur R 1 995
SA Landscape Institute National – SALI – trophy sponsorship * R 5 000
Garett Sponsorship * R 2 456
Miss Earth ladies to attend workshop R 100
Casual day stickers -‐ NID -‐ Nasionale Instituut vir Dowes * R 200
Flower Craft -‐ Stad Kaapstad R 307
kidz xmas presents R 500
Installeer nuwe kabel vir laerskool * R 7 824
CRAZY STORE-‐kidz xmas gifts R 623
Total R 26 764 * Invoices requesting payment presented Trade Expo's & Conventions
Item Value
Bien Donne Agri Cape week * R 19 035
SAGIC CONVENTION R 11 990
Stand -‐ trade day * R 5 750
Stall rental * R 5 600
Compost seminar -‐ €1000 * R 14 484
Total R 56 859 * Invoices requesting payment presented Staff Welfare
Item Value
Group Life Scheme * R 376 108
Medical Aid contributions * R 258 146
Total R 634 254 * Bankstatements reflecting payments presented
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Appendix B: About Carbon Calculated Carbon Calculated is a specialist carbon analysis and advisory company founded in 2008 by Alex Hetherington and Nici Palmer. A selection of clients follows:
Carbon Calculated sets aside ten per cent of all turnover to support social and environmental development projects in South Africa. For more information, please visit www.carboncalculated.co.za.