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Microsoft purchased 8.55 million tonnes of carbon removal credits through mid-July 2026, approximately 80% less than during the same period in 2025, putting the company on course for its first annual purchasing decline since 2023. The slowdown comes as Microsoft increases spending on data centres and AI infrastructure, while its carbon footprint rose 25% last year partly because of growing electricity demand. Despite the reduction, Microsoft remains the market’s dominant buyer, accounting for almost half of 2026 transactions and 41% of global carbon removal purchases since 2020. Global removal credit sales also fell 66% year on year to 18 million tonnes through mid-July. Microsoft said the adjustment reflected financial discipline rather than reduced climate ambition. Meanwhile, Frontier committed $915 million to new projects, indicating some diversification in demand. However, Microsoft’s scale means its decisions will continue influencing project financing, technology deployment and confidence across the developing carbon removal market.
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Deduci has launched its second publicly available carbon removal portfolio, featuring projects located entirely in the United States and certified in partnership with Isometric. The portfolio combines engineered and nature-based removals developed by Graphyte, Pacific Biochar and Renoster, covering Biochar, Improved Forest Management and Subsurface Biomass Carbon Removal and Storage. It is designed to help corporate buyers procure verified removals aligned with frameworks including California’s AB 1305, SBTi and CDP disclosures. Deduci manages onboarding, risk assessment and contracting, while Isometric provides independent verification, methodology alignment and documentation. Current pricing and delivery options will remain available through the end of September.
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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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