CarbonSolve Receives BeZero Carbon Rating for Kajiado Rangelands Carbon Project
CarbonSolve is proud to announce that our Kajiado Rangelands Carbon Project in Kenya has been assigned a BeZero Carbon ex ante Rating of “A.pre”. A BeZero Carbon ex ante Rating (referred to as the ‘ex ante rating’) represents BeZero Carbon’s opinion on the likelihood of the carbon credit achieving a tonne of CO₂e avoided or removed. It is an opinion on the greenhouse gas efficacy of an ex ante credit. An “ex ante” rating technically means “before the event” – before a project generates and sells carbon credits (also shown by the “.pre” label). Once a project sells carbon credits, it would be called “ex post” or “after the event.”
An A.pre rating represents BeZero Carbon’s view of a high likelihood that credits issued by the project will achieve what they predict: that each credit will represent one tonne of CO2e avoided or removed. The rating is driven by the project’s very high additionality, moderate permanence, and high confidence in carbon accounting accuracy.
The rating places the Kajiado Rangelands Carbon Project in the highest 25% of BeZero-rated Soil Carbon and Agriculture projects, comparable to top-performing BeZero ex post ratings within the same sector.
CarbonSolve’s investment in Kenya through the Kajiado Rangelands Carbon Project is designed to advance large-scale rangeland restoration and establish a sustainable financing mechanism to support pastoral communities. The initiative strengthens traditional pastoral practices, ensuring that rotational grazing remains a sustainable and resilient livelihood while increasing soil carbon and improving biodiversity.
"This rating affirms that projects which engage communities responsibly and apply rigorous scientific standards are capable of delivering genuinely high-quality credits.,” said CarbonSolve Director Mark Ritchie. “In addition, we hope this credit quality rating will also consider the many co-benefits associated with nature-based land management projects, such as improved livelihoods and livestock production and biodiversity conservation. Such carbon dioxide removal projects can have many co-benefits.”
About BeZero
BeZero Carbon is a global carbon ratings agency that equips world-leading organisations with the knowledge, tools, and confidence to make better climate decisions. With a team of more than 180 climate scientists, geospatial experts, data scientists, financial analysts, and policy specialists, BeZero has provided ratings for over 400 projects on the voluntary carbon market.
