Press Release
Embargoed until 22 September 2026, not for publication before this date
DRC Extends Econetix Authorization to 2.75 Million Tonnes, Portfolio Reaches 14.5 Million Across Three Countries
The Democratic Republic of the Congo authorizes up to an additional 2,000,000 tCO₂e under Econetix’s clean energy programme, covering every further activity added under the same programme, with vintages authorized through 2033 for CORSIA Phase 1 and Phase 2
Vienna, Austria, 22 September 2026: Econetix, a carbon asset manager, today announced that the Government of the Democratic Republic of the Congo has extended its Letter of Authorization in favour of Econetix by up to an additional 2,000,000 tCO₂e. Together with the 750,000 tCO₂e authorized in March 2026, the DRC has now authorized a cumulative maximum of 2,750,000 tCO₂e. The extension was issued in Kinshasa on 1 September 2026 and signed by H.E. Prof. Marie Nyange Ndambo, Minister of Environment, Sustainable Development and the New Climate Economy, acting as Designated National Authority and National Focal Point for Article 6 of the Paris Agreement.
The extension takes Econetix to over 14.5 million tCO₂e of authorized, CORSIA eligible volume across three host countries: Uganda with up to 10,000,000 tCO₂e, the DRC with up to 2,750,000 tCO₂e and Rwanda with 1,766,234 tCO₂e. Three Letters of Authorization in three countries, all secured since March 2026, with more than ten further projects advancing through authorization.
What the Extension Covers
The authorization applies to the Gold Standard Programme of Activities GS12469, “Uplifting communities through clean energy in the DRC”, implemented with ALTECH GROUP as project implementation partner, and to its registered Voluntary Project Activities GS12470 for solar lamps and GS12620 for clean and improved cookstoves. It also applies to any further Voluntary Project Activity registered under GS12469, covered upon registration without a new Letter of Authorization. Econetix may contract further implementation, distribution, monitoring and service partners without a further authorization and remains the authorized entity responsible towards the Ministry.
Methodologies and Vintages
The extension covers AMS III.AR and PULSE for GS12470 and TPDDTEC and RECH v5 for GS12620. Both the previously applicable and the current methodologies remain valid, and a transition to a subsequent approved version or a successor methodology approved by the Gold Standard requires no further Letter of Authorization. The first letter authorizes vintages 2023 to 2030, the extension vintages 2026 to 2033, so the cumulative 2,750,000 tCO₂e spans vintages 2023 through 2033 for use as Internationally Transferred Mitigation Outcomes under Article 6.2 and for Other International Mitigation Purposes, explicitly including ICAO’s Carbon Offsetting and Reduction Scheme for International Aviation. The volume is usable for CORSIA Phase 1, where airlines must cancel eligible units by 31 January 2028, and into Phase 2.
The DRC has confirmed that it will not use the authorized emission reductions towards its Nationally Determined Contribution and will apply a corresponding adjustment, with the National Registry of the DRC serving as registry of record. Once mitigation outcomes have been issued in reliance on the authorization, it shall not be revoked, except in cases of fraud or material misrepresentation. Next issuance of Gold Standard credits from the programme is expected in October 2026.
About Econetix GmbH
Econetix is a carbon asset manager for voluntary and compliance markets (CORSIA, Article 6). The company’s role varies by project, from full development and financing through to the carbon component alone, and in each case Econetix holds the commercial inventory and the exclusive sales mandate. Operations on the ground are run by local project partners, so value creation stays in the host country. Econetix holds four host country Letters of Authorization covering 14.5 million tCO₂e across the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Rwanda and Uganda, develops and manages around ten CORSIA-eligible projects among more than 15 projects in 15 countries under Gold Standard, Verra and Puro.earth, and runs its own dMRV platform. Econetix supplies airlines, corporates and traders directly from that portfolio, without an intermediary. Econetix is headquartered in Vienna, with offices in Abu Dhabi and Kampala.
