Carbon Market News

Tokio Marine Group has made a strategic investment in carbon insurance specialist Kita through Tokio Marine & Nichido Fire Insurance. The investment deepens an existing relationship under which Kita and Tokio Marine Kiln developed political risk insurance for carbon credit transactions. In Japan, Kita and TMNF are now developing insurance to protect carbon credit buyers from transaction risks, including the non-delivery of credits for which buyers have prepaid. The companies will also explore satellite-based carbon project risk assessments for TMNF customers. TMNF intends to combine these capabilities with Nippon Koei’s field assessments, project design, due diligence and implementation support to establish a one-stop service covering early-stage screening, investment assessment and long-term project delivery. However, the investment amount, ownership stake, product launch date, eligible project types, coverage limits and pricing were not disclosed. The satellite assessment and lifecycle support offerings also remain under consideration rather than commercially available services.
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The Hood River County Tree Farm project in Oregon issued its first carbon credits, which received the ICVCM’s Core Carbon Principles label. Developed by The Climate Trust and the Hood River County Forestry Department, the project covers more than 32,000 acres of predominantly Douglas-fir and ponderosa pine forest. It is registered under ACR’s Improved Forest Management on Non-Federal U.S. Forestland Methodology, Version 2.1. The project aims to increase carbon storage by extending the forest’s average timber rotation age to as much as 90 years, compared with the regional practice of harvesting trees over approximately 45 years old. It will also use a dynamic baseline that periodically recalculates its carbon impacts. Revenue from carbon credit sales will support the county’s forest management, recreational opportunities and wildlife habitat conservation, while potentially financing the acquisition of additional forestland for inclusion in the project.
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BEClimate has launched BEVerify, a dedicated registry designed to connect building decarbonization projects with global carbon markets. Developed by BEClimate, powered by Quidos and delivered with Xpansiv, the platform aims to unlock finance for energy-efficiency upgrades in schools, care homes and commercial properties, where energy savings alone often fail to justify upfront costs. BEVerify converts verified improvements in building performance into auditable carbon assets, allowing owners to include carbon-credit revenue in project economics from the outset. Its digital measurement, reporting and verification system uses continuous asset-level monitoring and has demonstrated reduction-to-issuance times measured in minutes rather than months. The automated verification model is intended to reduce administrative delays while preserving a traceable digital audit trail. Combining BEClimate’s built-environment methodology with Xpansiv’s cloud-native, API-driven registry infrastructure, BEVerify is designed to support audit-grade traceability and interoperability with other registries and emerging Article 6 and CORSIA programs, while offering buyers tangible, localized emissions reductions.
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Tencent’s CarbonX Program is supporting Parallel Carbon as it advances an integrated system that combines direct air capture with clean hydrogen production. Its membrane-free electrolyser produces hydrogen while generating the acids and bases required to release concentrated CO₂ from mineral sorbents and regenerate the capture material. This integration could create two revenue streams and reduce carbon removal’s dependence on credit sales alone. The hydrogen may support fertilizer, lower-carbon shipping fuels and sustainable aviation fuel, while captured atmospheric CO₂ must be permanently stored to qualify as carbon removal. Parallel Carbon plans to begin commissioning and testing Project Tsavorite in Kenya in 2027, using local renewable electricity and potentially storing CO₂ through mineralisation in basalt formations. Tencent has provided grant funding and helped establish local partnerships. However, the project remains at the demonstration stage, and its commercial-scale costs, net removal efficiency, operating performance, lifecycle emissions and monitoring arrangements have yet to be demonstrated under field conditions.
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Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation (SMBC) has made a strategic investment in Montreal-based Deep Sky, marking its first-ever funding allocation under its Social Value Creation Investment Fund into the CDR and DAC sectors.The investment aims to leverage Deep Sky’s project development and CO2 storage expertise to secure high-quality carbon removal credits, establishing a vital Japan-Canada carbon removal corridor. SMBC will utilize these market and technological insights to support its corporate clients’ decarbonization strategies and expand Japan’s domestic carbon ecosystem.
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