Carbon Credits (Carbon Farming Initiative—Source Separated Organic Waste) Methodology Determination 2016
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48 Improvement factor
The improvement factor for a reporting period is the improvement factor set out in the following table for the crediting period year in which the reporting period ends.
- Improvement factors
- Item Crediting period year Improvement factor
- 1 1 1.000
- 2 2 0.979
- 3 3 0.958
- 4 4 0.937
- 5 5 0.916
- 6 6 0.895
- 7 7 0.874
Note: The improvement factor applies a yearly decay rate of 2.1% to account for business‑as‑usual improvements in resource recovery over time.