Air New Zealand carbon credit retirements

Built from registry retirement records that name this organisation as beneficiary. Retirements that name no beneficiary, or name it differently, are not included, so this view is partial.

Key figures

Tonnes retired

121,680

Retirements

192

Years

2019 to 2022

Projects

108

Registries

2

Source: Registry records · Data as of 1 June 2026

Retirements by year

Tonnes by the year the retirement was recorded.

Tonnes retired by yearAir New Zealand: 121,680 tonnes retired, 2019 to 2022, by year of retirement.025k50k75k100k2019: 12,376 tonnes20192020: 39,304 tonnes202020212022: 70,000 tonnes2022
YearTonnes retired
2022 70,000
2021 none recorded
2020 39,304
2019 12,376

Source: Registry records · Data as of 1 June 2026

By project type

TypeTonnesShare
Energy Efficiency50,60941.6%
Not specified27,42722.5%
Renewable Energy23,68019.5%
Fuel Switching19,95516.4%
Ghg Management9<0.1%

Types as the registries record them.

By registry

RegistryTonnesShare
Gold Standard105,95487.1%
Verra15,72612.9%

By vintage

The year the emission reduction or removal took place.

VintageTonnesShare
Before 201629,66724.4%
2016 to 202092,01375.6%
2021 onwards00%

By host country

CountryTonnesShare
Vietnam21,94918%
China20,85617.1%
New Caledonia9,3587.7%
Türkiye9,2577.6%
Kenya8,6037.1%
Ghana7,9426.5%
India6,6905.5%
Chile6,3785.2%
Taiwan5,1584.2%
Peru5,0224.1%

The 10 largest of 29 countries.

ICVCM status of methodologies

Current statusTonnesShare
Methodology not matched to ICVCM records41,64834.2%
Some versions of the methodology approved33,38527.4%
Methodology assessed and not approved26,73122%
Methodology under assessment19,67016.2%
No ICVCM decision on the methodology yet2460.2%

Status shown is the methodology's current ICVCM status. It may have been decided after these credits were retired.

What the ICVCM status means

Removals and avoidance

ClassTonnesShare
Impermanent removal1,3301.1%
Reduction or avoidance120,35098.9%

Removals: 1,330 tonnes (long-duration and impermanent). Reduction or avoidance: 120,350 tonnes.

How projects are classed

Projects retired from

Largest first. 108 projects, page 4 of 5.

ProjectRegistryCountry TonnesYears
GS1340 Efficient cookstoves in Burkina Faso - VPA-10 - tiipaalga F3PA cookstoves in Bam and Loroum GLD3524 Gold Standard Burkina Faso 185 2022
GS1340 Efficient cookstoves in Burkina Faso - VPA-09 - tiipaalga F3PA cookstoves in Bam and Loroum GLD3523 Gold Standard Burkina Faso 185 2022
GS1340 Efficient cookstoves in Burkina Faso - VPA-03 - tiipaalga F3PA cookstoves in Bam and Loroum GLD3517 Gold Standard Burkina Faso 184 2022
Bandirma-3 WPP GLD683 Gold Standard Türkiye 179 2022
GS1340 Efficient cookstoves in Burkina Faso - VPA-07 - tiipaalga F3PA cookstoves in Bam and Loroum GLD3521 Gold Standard Burkina Faso 176 2022
Improved cook-stoves in Guinea GLD880 · Energy Efficiency Gold Standard Guinea 166 2022
Installation of Biogas Plant by INSEDA Members & Partners GLD666 Gold Standard India 165 2022
GS1005 Qori Q'oncha - Improved cookstoves diffusion programme in Peru - VPA3 GLD1365 · Energy Efficiency Gold Standard Peru 146 2022
GS1340 Efficient cookstoves in Burkina Faso - VPA-08 - tiipaalga F3PA cookstoves in Bam and Loroum GLD3522 Gold Standard Burkina Faso 127 2022
22.5 MW Wind Power Project in Rajasthan India GLD3965 · Renewable Energy Gold Standard India 126 2022
GS1366 Micro Energy PoA VPA 5 BioLite Improved Stove Programme India GLD4270 · Energy Efficiency Gold Standard India 121 2022
Efficient Cookstoves in Bahia II - Santo Amaro GLD1028 · Energy Efficiency Gold Standard Brazil 114 2022
GS1264: Native Clean Water Programme West Africa: VPA(01) Ghana GLD1294 Gold Standard Ghana 100 2022
WWF Ningshan County High Efficient Cook Stove Project GLD2429 · Energy Efficiency Gold Standard China 94 2022
GS1729 Myanmar Stoves Campaign - Stoves for Myanmar - VPA No. 003 GLD2395 · Energy Efficiency Gold Standard Myanmar 93 2022
WWF Mamize Firewood-Saving Cook Stove Project IV GLD1096 · Energy Efficiency Gold Standard China 92 2022
WWF Mamize Firewood-Saving Cook Stove Project I GLD1094 · Energy Efficiency Gold Standard China 92 2022
WWF Mamize Firewood-Saving Cook Stove Project III GLD1095 · Energy Efficiency Gold Standard China 88 2022
GS1289: Native Hydraid BioSand Water Filter Programme East Africa: VPA (02) Ethiopia GLD3509 Gold Standard Ethiopia 65 2022
The Breathing Space Improved Cooking Stoves Programme India - VPA No. 05 Envirofit GLD3363 Gold Standard India 64 2022
Solar Cookstoves Project in Peru GLD814 Gold Standard Peru 45 2022
GS4424 VPA1 African Cookstoves and Water Programme GLD4906 · Energy Efficiency Gold Standard Rwanda 29 2022
GS1247 VPA 104 Improved Kitchen Regimes Multi-Country PoA - Kasungu Boreholes Malawi GLD5344 · Energy Efficiency Gold Standard Malawi 26 2022
Improved Cook Stove Project with Carbon Finance (ICF) Nepal GLD3018 · Energy Efficiency Gold Standard Nepal 17 2022
GS1729 Myanmar Stoves Campaign - SLOW LIFE in Myanmar - VPA No. 001 GLD2295 · Energy Efficiency Gold Standard Myanmar 16 2022

Source: Registry records · Data as of 1 June 2026

Questions about Air New Zealand

How many carbon credits has Air New Zealand retired?

Registry records name Air New Zealand as beneficiary for 121,680 tonnes across 192 retirements since 2019, as of 1 June 2026.

Which projects has Air New Zealand retired credits from?

Biogas Program for the Animal Husbandry Sector of Vietnam (21,949 tonnes); Heqing Solar Cooker Project I (15,726 tonnes); Prony and Kafeate wind-farms New Caledonia (300344) (9,358 tonnes). The full list of 108 projects is on this page.

Is this a complete record?

No. It includes only retirements whose registry record names this organisation. Retirements that name no beneficiary, or name it differently, are not included.

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