Welcome to our FAQ section, your go-to resource for answers about Carbonfuture, carbon removal, climate action, and much more
About Carbonfuture
Carbonfuture is the leading digital Trust Infrastructure for durable carbon removal. With the climate crisis demanding immediate and comprehensive action, from reducing emissions to investing in carbon removal, we have made it our mission to build trust throughout the carbon removal journey with a rigorous, data-driven approach to ensure unmatched quality and reliability in carbon removal credits.
At the core of our work is our digital Trust Infrastructure, which provides a fully integrated, end-to-end solution for monitoring, reporting, and verification (MRV) of carbon removal activities. Carbonfuture supports the entire carbon removal lifecycle - from initial project support and due diligence to third-party verification and certification - ensuring the highest standards of integrity and transparency.
How does Carbonfuture support carbon removal suppliers and buyers?
Carbonfuture is the preferred partner for suppliers seeking an efficient path to certification and market access, as well as for buyers looking for de-risked portfolios of high-quality carbon removal credits.
Our digital Trust Infrastructure ensures the integrity of every carbon removal credit for buyers while streamlining market access for suppliers. We empower suppliers by providing the essential project support and finance needed to transform their carbon removal projects into fully certified carbon credits. For corporate buyers, we offer access to portfolios of carbon removal credits adhering to the highest-quality standards, and provide visibility at each step of the carbon removal lifecycle via data-driven transparency enabled by our Trust Infrastructure.
We are proud to work with leading climate pioneers such as Microsoft, Swiss Re, and the World Economic Forum’s First Movers Coalition.
Carbonfuture is the leading provider of durable, third-party verified carbon removal credits. Our climate action relies on more than claims, with the data to prove our impact on the planet, tonne by tonne.
In contrast to others in the market, our Trust Infrastructure spans the entire carbon removal lifecycle, offering an end-to-end solution for high-quality, durable CDR. We seamlessly connect carbon removal suppliers with CDR buyers through a fully integrated digital Trust Infrastructure.
We guarantee:
These are just some of the proof points that underscore Carbonfuture’s commitment to trustworthy carbon removal. In fact, as a core value that permeates everything we do, we have developed a strategic and intentional approach to operationalize trust, which you can read up about in this blog post.
There are many ways to engage with Carbonfuture - whether you're a business, a supplier, or a climate-conscious individual.
Climate Action
Net zero means reducing greenhouse gas emissions as much as possible and removing the rest from the atmosphere—so the net impact is zero. This is essential to avoid the most severe impacts of climate change, such as rising sea levels, extreme weather, and ecosystem collapse.
To reach net zero, organizations must not only cut emissions from their operations but also support or enable durable carbon dioxide removal (CDR) to balance hard-to-abate or unavoidable emissions. At Carbonfuture, we help companies achieve this by providing third-party verified, durable carbon removal credits.
Learn more about reaching net zero with high-quality carbon removal here.
Net zero is often used interchangeably with the term “carbon-neutral”. Climate neutrality, on the other hand, is broader, encompassing water use, waste, and other environmental impacts. Find out more here.
In short:
Carbon Removal
Carbon Dioxide Removal (CDR) refers to human-led efforts to remove CO₂ from the atmosphere and store it permanently—so it doesn’t return into the atmosphere and contribute to climate change.
Durable carbon removal methods store CO₂ or carbon safely for hundreds to thousands of years in geological formations, deep oceans, soils, or long-lived materials. These are different from natural carbon absorption, which occurs without human intervention and is less predictable or permanent.
CDR includes innovative technologies such as:
At Carbonfuture, we focus on verifiable, durable CDR solutions that meet the highest standards of integrity and impact.
These three terms describe different strategies in climate action—but only one actually removes CO₂ from the atmosphere.
Carbon Reduction
Reducing emissions at the source—within your own operations or supply chain.
Examples:
Carbon Avoidance
Preventing new emissions from being released elsewhere, often through offsets.
Examples:
While important, these activities do not remove emissions from the atmosphere and are therefore not suited to counter-balance fossil emissions.
Carbon Dioxide Removal (CDR)
Permanently removes existing CO₂ from the atmosphere and stores it for centuries or longer.
Examples:
CDR is essential to balance hard-to-abate emissions from sectors like aviation, shipping, cement, and steel—and is the only path to achieving net-negative emissions.
Learn how Carbonfuture helps organizations access trusted, verifiable carbon removal here.
Cutting emissions is essential—but not enough. To truly address climate change, we also need to remove carbon dioxide (CO₂) already in the atmosphere.
To meet the Paris Agreement goal of limiting global warming to 1.5°C, we must dramatically cut fossil fuel emissions. But we also need to address the CO₂ already in the atmosphere—much of which has been accumulating since the Industrial Revolution.
Global warming is already triggering dangerous feedback loops:
These tipping points make the climate crisis harder to reverse the longer we wait.
Carbon dioxide removal (CDR) is the only way to:
Without carbon removal, the goal of limiting warming to 1.5°C becomes unreachable—and the consequences (floods, wildfires, sea level rise) become far worse.
Learn more here.
Several carbon dioxide removal (CDR) technologies that actively remove CO₂ from the atmosphere and store it for centuries or longer are available today. These durable carbon removal methods are essential to meet net-zero goals and are recommended by leading institutions like the Science Based Targets initiative (SBTi).
Methods differ in terms of removal process, timescale of carbon storage, technological maturity, mitigation potential, cost, co-benefits, adverse side-effects, and governance requirements, but they share one goal: removing atmospheric CO₂ and locking it away in forms that are verifiable and hard to reverse.
Key Durable Carbon Dioxide Removal (CDR) Technologies:
Biochar Carbon Removal (BCR) stands out as the most scalable, cost-effective, and co-benefit-rich solution available today. It is ready for immediate deployment at climate-relevant volumes.
Learn more about each method on our Carbon Removal Insights page.
Trust & Transparency
Not all carbon removal credits are created equal. To ensure real climate impact, it's critical that CO₂ is not only removed from the atmosphere but also measured, verified, and durably stored with full transparency.
Here’s what to look for.
The Problem
The Solution: Trust Through Data
At Carbonfuture, we operationalize trust through our digital Trust Infrastructure.
It ensures:
Why It Matters
“You can’t manage what you can’t measure” also applies to climate action. We’ve developed a data-powered solution that brings trust to every stage of the carbon removal process. This provides transparency, accountability, and proof—ensuring that every carbon removal credit you purchase represents real, durable climate action.
For us, trust is not just a buzzword – it is a core value that permeates everything we do.
MRV stands for "Monitoring, Reporting, and Verification".
It's a set of processes and protocols used to track, measure, report, and verify the amount of carbon dioxide (CO2) removed from the atmosphere and durably sequestered through carbon removal activities.
MRV is the foundation of a scalable and trustworthy carbon removal market. It ensures every credit reflects measurable, real climate impact.
Double claiming occurs when two entities (businesses or countries) count the same carbon claim towards their climate action goals. “No double claiming” is one of the basic principles of carbon accounting, and states that emissions removals shall only be counted once towards achieving mitigation targets (Source) to ensure integrity and accurate reporting. At Carbonfuture, double counting is mitigated both during the initial project due diligence and throughout the project's entire crediting period. With Carbon Removal Tracking, we ensure that climate action claims are based on verifiable data and accurately reflect the amount of carbon removed from the atmosphere.
When our suppliers sell their carbon credits, they are essentially selling the right to claim the carbon removal benefit. With that, they agree not to claim or advertise the climate benefits of that specific batch of product (biochar, for example) themselves because the climate benefit (carbon removal claim) now belongs to the buyer of the credit. This separation ensures that the carbon removal is only claimed once, preventing double-counting of climate benefits.
Corporations that have carbon removal activities within their value chains can “inset” the emissions from their business’s operations. In this case, the climate action claim is re-coupled with the project’s products, and corporations can associate claims with their products that include the climate action claim (for example, “we produce climate-neutral compost by mixing it with biochar”).
For Suppliers
To become a supplier with Carbonfuture, projects must meet a clear set of criteria focused on durability, sustainability, and verifiability.
Core eligibility requirements:
If you’re developing a project that meets these criteria, Carbonfuture can help you track, verify, and bring your credits to market.
Start your journey with us here.
Yes, you can.
Carbonfuture supports early-stage projects through the certification process. If your carbon removal project isn’t yet certified by a third-party standard, our team can help you:
For biochar carbon removal (BCR) projects, we currently work with leading standards, including Carbon Standards International (CSI), Isometric, Puro.earth, and Verra.
Whether you're just starting or mid-way through, Carbonfuture Supplier Services are here to help you move forward with confidence and get your project market-ready.
Get in touch to start the process here.
The focus of Carbonfuture is solely on carbon removal credits. We do not support the management of the physical biochar. However, through our activities, we have forged a strong network in the biochar sector and may be able to connect you to specific actors dealing with biochar offtake/sales.
Yes. Carbon removal credits can be used for insetting.
Insetting refers to funding or implementing carbon removal projects within your own operations or supply chain, rather than offsetting externally.
For example:
With Carbonfuture, you can:
Get in touch with our team here to learn more.
Getting started as a Carbonfuture supplier is simple.
Once you’ve confirmed that your project meets our basic eligibility requirements (durable carbon removal method, sustainability standards, and certification readiness), here’s what to do next:
Step 1: Fill out our Supplier Eligibility Form here
You’ll provide key details about your project, including:
Step 2: Connect with our Supply Team
One of our Supply Managers will reach out to:
With our end-to-end support, we help you turn carbon removal into market-ready carbon removal credits.
Start your journey here.
Suppliers working with Carbonfuture benefit from two key advantages:
Carbonfuture does not directly provide financing for CDR projects. However, CDR projects can benefit significantly from Carbonfuture's extensive network of buyers, technology providers, and partners. This network allows projects to tap into potential financing sources and unlock additional revenue streams, which can be crucial for project development and scaling.
If you have an operational facility using the same technology, key inputs secured, a defined location with permitting underway, and at least one revenue stream secured, we can help match you with funding opportunities. Tell us about your project here.
If you're looking for a detailed overview of CDR financing pathways to help you decide which choice is right for your operations, download our Supplier's Guide to project financing: The Capital Challenge: How to Finance Your Carbon Removal Project.
At Carbonfuture, we build trust throughout the carbon removal journey with our rigorous, data-driven approach, ensuring unmatched quality and reliability of carbon removal.