In the wake of Microsoft’s historic $280 million deal with CO280, carbon dioxide removal (CDR) continues to surge in popularity and adoption.
From pulp and paper to the processing of bio-materials, several deals have been announced furthering CDR’s already impressive reach.
This post will explore several of these new deals and what they mean—both for market momentum and the broader sustainability landscape.
Perdue Agribusiness, a subsidiary of Perdue Farms, has launched a carbon dioxide removal (CDR) partnership with Eion. The deal marks a milestone in agricultural insetting.
The agreement will deliver 3,500 tons of CO₂ removal through enhanced rock weathering (ERW), a natural process that accelerates the breakdown of minerals to capture atmospheric carbon.
Perdue’s Mid-Atlantic grain farmers will apply olivine, a naturally abundant mineral optimized for rapid weathering in agricultural soils. As the mineral breaks down, it captures CO₂ and locks it away in solid form. The process creates durable carbon removal with minimal disruption to farming operations.
According to Perdue, this marks the first time a company has deployed ERW within its own supply chain. The move serves as both a decarbonization lever and a supply chain differentiator.
With approximately 800 million acres of farmland in the US, Perdue sees this as a scalable path to next-level CDR. The company notes that agriculture-based insetting can significantly accelerate the ERW sector’s push toward annual gigaton-scale CO₂ removal.
Eion is backed by AgFunder, Growmark, and Ridgeline, and scientifically vetted by Stripe Climate. The company aims to reach 10 million tons per year of CO₂ removal by 2030.
This collaboration demonstrates how food and agri-value chains can move from passive sustainability claims to active climate performance. It will further cement CDR technology directly into product footprints.
Canada’s carbon removal sector is getting a tech-forward boost as Carbon Alpha announced Mangrove Systems as its provider for digital measurement, reporting, and verification (dMRV) for its flagship North Star CDR initiative. The project, developed in partnership with the Meadow Lake Tribal Council (MLTC), is one of the country's most ambitious efforts to pair renewable energy generation with permanent carbon storage.
At its core, North Star is a Bioenergy with Carbon Capture and Storage (BECCS) project. It aims to capture biogenic CO₂ emissions produced from converting sustainably harvested forestry waste into renewable energy at MLTC’s Bioenergy Centre in Saskatchewan.
The captured carbon will then be injected deep underground into geological formations for permanent sequestration. The process yields a full-cycle, closed-loop carbon removal system.
Mangrove Systems’ digital infrastructure will serve as the data backbone of the operation. Their oversight will enable real-time monitoring and reporting across the entire carbon removal lifecycle. That includes:
All data from field sensors, capture units, and injection sites will feed into a unified, auditable digital record. This provides high-resolution visibility into the overall project performance.
This level of transparency is critical for North Star, which is expected to generate approximately 90,000 high-quality CDR credits annually.
Mangrove’s system is designed to streamline credit validation and issuance. It will automate the data compilation needed for independent verification and interfacing directly with carbon credit registries.
Carbon Alpha emphasized that integrating Mangrove’s digital MRV platform will ensure every ton of CO₂ removed through North Star is precisely measured and transparently reported. The company sees the system as critical to building trust with stakeholders by providing clear, verifiable evidence that the project’s carbon removal outcomes are both permanent and scientifically grounded.
Microsoft is once again in the spotlight with another high-profile announcement. In its latest move, the tech giant has struck a deal to purchase 1.4 million ton of nature-based carbon removal credits from Living Carbon. The developer specializes in reforestation on degraded mine lands in the U.S.
The credits will be generated from 25,000 acres of reforestation projects across Appalachia. These regions have long been underutilized, especially in relation to their enormous potential for sustainability.
Living Carbon’s approach does more than remove carbon from the atmosphere. It also delivers a suite of co-benefits including:
All credits will be validated by Isometric, using its newly certified Reforestation Protocol, which prioritizes scientific rigor, tech-based quantification, and transparent lifecycle assessment. The protocol also sets a minimum durability threshold of 40 years—relatively low compared to engineered CDR solutions, but substantial for nature-based offsets.
This latest deal adds to Microsoft’s supports Microsoft’s broader decarbonization strategy, particularly in addressing its residual and hard-to-abate emissions. Microsoft’s Scope 1 and 2 emissions have already achieved carbon neutrality (at least on a market basis). However, the company continues to face pressure from rising demand.
Nature-based credits like those from Living Carbon serve as “last-mile” solutions for Microsoft. Though lower in permanence, they are more cost-effective and help bridge the gap while the company continues to scale longer-duration, engineered removals.
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