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Welcome to Carbon Insider - Carbon Unbound's weekly briefing on the deals, data, and developments shaping the global carbon removal market. Let's get into it. Have we missed anything? Get in touch here to send news for feature or publish.
Vaulted Deep secures $35 Million in debt financing to expand nationwide
The financing, arranged by CFP Energy, a leading provider of market-based energy transition solutions, is the largest publicly disclosed U.S. commercial debt deal in durable carbon removal to be secured by long-term purchase contracts. It demonstrates how such contracts can help companies borrow from mainstream lenders to build physical infrastructure.
Cool Effect announces $1,000,000 funding for 2027 Catalyst Winners
Immediate funding will be provided to Tradewater to combat superpollutants, Octavia Carbon was selected as the recipient of Catalyst investment starting in 2027, and two nature-based solutions projects have been shortlisted for that cateogry.
Carbon Direct rebrands as Relae to reflect expanded mandate across power, energy, nature, and carbon removal
Carbon Direct, the advisory firm that has shaped CDR quality standards since 2021 and reviewed more than half of all globally announced carbon removal offtake volumes, has rebranded as Relae — reflecting an expansion beyond CDR into power procurement, low-carbon fuels, environmental attribute certificates, natural capital, and corporate climate strategy. The company retains CDR as a core practice while repositioning under a single identity for the full energy and climate transition.
Rainbow announces more additions to their partner program
These include - Industrial pyrolysis providers: Ankur Scientific Energy Technologies Pvt Ltd, Excellent En-Fab In-corporation, Pyrogreen Energy- Industrial biochar dMRV: Mangrove Systems- Certification experts: Augur Associates, Carbonapp- Laboratories: coming soon…
ADM announces entry into voluntary carbon removal market with 800,000-tonne annual capacity
Agricultural processing giant ADM has announced plans to enter the voluntary CDR market with credits generated by carbon capture operations at its corn processing complex in Columbus, Nebraska — the world's largest bioethanol carbon capture facility, with over 800,000 tonnes of annual removal capacity. Biogenic CO2 captured from ethanol fermentation is transported by Tallgrass to the Eastern Wyoming Sequestration Hub for permanent underground storage. Credits will be certified by Puro.earth under its Geologically Stored Carbon methodology, with initial issuance expected before year-end following audit completion and a 15-year crediting period thereafter.
Mombak launches $150 million Amazon Reforestation Fund II and signs multi-year CDR offtake with Salesforce
Brazilian carbon removal company Mombak has secured the first close of its second Amazon reforestation fund, targeting $150 million with a $40 million credit line from Brazil's state development bank BNDES — and has simultaneously signed a multi-year purchase agreement with Salesforce, adding the enterprise software company to a buyer roster that already includes Google, Microsoft, and McLaren Racing. The company expects to issue around 80,000 tonnes of Isometric-certified reforestation removal credits before the end of 2026, following an early delivery to Google and McKinsey from its first fund.
Washington state carbon market moves toward formal linkage with California and Quebec at $32 per tonne
Washington Governor Bob Ferguson and California Governor Gavin Newsom announced plans to formally link Washington's Cap-and-Invest programme with the California–Quebec Western Climate Initiative. The most recent Washington auction cleared at $32 per tonne, essentially at parity with the WCI price of $32.48, making linkage economically straightforward and creating what would be the largest multi-jurisdictional carbon compliance market in North America, covering a combined economy of over $5 trillion.
Canada launches Article 6 ITMO policy framework to open domestic carbon removal credits to international buyers
Environment and Climate Change Canada has released a framework for trading internationally transferred mitigation outcomes under Article 6 of the Paris Agreement, opening a formal policy route for Canadian companies to sell verified carbon removal credits to foreign governments and international corporations. The announcement — made on September 24 under Minister of Environment Julie Dabrusin — comes as Canada's CCUS and CDR sectors seek to access international demand for high-integrity removals, particularly from sovereign buyers with NDC commitments.
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Five European CDR associations call for four amendments to EU ETS carbon removal proposals
Five European CO2 removal associations have released a joint statement welcoming the European Commission's July 2026 proposal to integrate permanent carbon removal into the EU Emissions Trading System, while urging four key design changes to ensure the framework can meet its target of 250 million tonnes of CDR by 2040 — rising to 48 million tonnes annually. The statement focuses on procurement certainty, price support mechanisms, eligibility criteria, and governance structures needed to make the EU ETS revision commercially bankable.
Relae and Microsoft publish sixth edition of CDR quality criteria, adding delivery risk assessment for the first time
The 2026 Criteria for High-Quality Carbon Dioxide Removal, released by Relae (formerly Carbon Direct) in collaboration with Microsoft, introduces a delivery risk framework alongside updated quality standards — addressing for the first time the distinct problem of whether a high-quality project will actually generate credits on time and at the committed volume. The TECOP framework covers technical, economic, commercial, organisational, and political risk factors, giving CDR developers, investors, and buyers an integrated benchmark for both quality and delivery.
Agoro Carbon issues first soil carbon removal credits under long-term Microsoft agreement
Agoro Carbon has issued its inaugural soil carbon removal credits under its agreement with Microsoft, drawn from projects across US cropland and pastureland. The issuance marks a milestone for agricultural soil carbon as a verified CDR pathway within a corporate net-zero portfolio, and signals growing confidence in soil carbon's ability to meet institutional buyer standards for additionality and permanence.
The Government of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) has expanded its Article 6 Letter of Authorization for carbon asset manager Econetix
The authorisation raises the company’s total cumulative authorized volume in the country to 2.75 million tons. Signed in Kinshasa by H.E. Prof. Marie Nyange Ndambo, Minister of Environment, Sustainable Development and the New Climate Economy, the extended authorization covers Econetix’s Gold Standard clean energy program (GS12469), implemented alongside local operational partner ALTECH Group.
Capsol secures five new carbon capture engineering studies
Oslo-based carbon capture provider Capsol Technologies has secured five new engineering studies over recent weeks, expanding its industrial footprint with additional contracts across the cement and energy sectors.
Welcome to Carbon Insider - Carbon Unbound's weekly briefing on the deals, data, and developments shaping the global carbon removal market. Let's get into it. Have we missed anything? Get in touch here to send news for feature or publish.
Vaulted Deep secures $35 Million in debt financing to expand nationwide
The financing, arranged by CFP Energy, a leading provider of market-based energy transition solutions, is the largest publicly disclosed U.S. commercial debt deal in durable carbon removal to be secured by long-term purchase contracts. It demonstrates how such contracts can help companies borrow from mainstream lenders to build physical infrastructure.
Cool Effect announces $1,000,000 funding for 2027 Catalyst Winners
Immediate funding will be provided to Tradewater to combat superpollutants, Octavia Carbon was selected as the recipient of Catalyst investment starting in 2027, and two nature-based solutions projects have been shortlisted for that cateogry.
Carbon Direct rebrands as Relae to reflect expanded mandate across power, energy, nature, and carbon removal
Carbon Direct, the advisory firm that has shaped CDR quality standards since 2021 and reviewed more than half of all globally announced carbon removal offtake volumes, has rebranded as Relae — reflecting an expansion beyond CDR into power procurement, low-carbon fuels, environmental attribute certificates, natural capital, and corporate climate strategy. The company retains CDR as a core practice while repositioning under a single identity for the full energy and climate transition.
Rainbow announces more additions to their partner program
These include - Industrial pyrolysis providers: Ankur Scientific Energy Technologies Pvt Ltd, Excellent En-Fab In-corporation, Pyrogreen Energy- Industrial biochar dMRV: Mangrove Systems- Certification experts: Augur Associates, Carbonapp- Laboratories: coming soon…
ADM announces entry into voluntary carbon removal market with 800,000-tonne annual capacity
Agricultural processing giant ADM has announced plans to enter the voluntary CDR market with credits generated by carbon capture operations at its corn processing complex in Columbus, Nebraska — the world's largest bioethanol carbon capture facility, with over 800,000 tonnes of annual removal capacity. Biogenic CO2 captured from ethanol fermentation is transported by Tallgrass to the Eastern Wyoming Sequestration Hub for permanent underground storage. Credits will be certified by Puro.earth under its Geologically Stored Carbon methodology, with initial issuance expected before year-end following audit completion and a 15-year crediting period thereafter.
Mombak launches $150 million Amazon Reforestation Fund II and signs multi-year CDR offtake with Salesforce
Brazilian carbon removal company Mombak has secured the first close of its second Amazon reforestation fund, targeting $150 million with a $40 million credit line from Brazil's state development bank BNDES — and has simultaneously signed a multi-year purchase agreement with Salesforce, adding the enterprise software company to a buyer roster that already includes Google, Microsoft, and McLaren Racing. The company expects to issue around 80,000 tonnes of Isometric-certified reforestation removal credits before the end of 2026, following an early delivery to Google and McKinsey from its first fund.
Washington state carbon market moves toward formal linkage with California and Quebec at $32 per tonne
Washington Governor Bob Ferguson and California Governor Gavin Newsom announced plans to formally link Washington's Cap-and-Invest programme with the California–Quebec Western Climate Initiative. The most recent Washington auction cleared at $32 per tonne, essentially at parity with the WCI price of $32.48, making linkage economically straightforward and creating what would be the largest multi-jurisdictional carbon compliance market in North America, covering a combined economy of over $5 trillion.
Canada launches Article 6 ITMO policy framework to open domestic carbon removal credits to international buyers
Environment and Climate Change Canada has released a framework for trading internationally transferred mitigation outcomes under Article 6 of the Paris Agreement, opening a formal policy route for Canadian companies to sell verified carbon removal credits to foreign governments and international corporations. The announcement — made on September 24 under Minister of Environment Julie Dabrusin — comes as Canada's CCUS and CDR sectors seek to access international demand for high-integrity removals, particularly from sovereign buyers with NDC commitments.
Five European CDR associations call for four amendments to EU ETS carbon removal proposals
Five European CO2 removal associations have released a joint statement welcoming the European Commission's July 2026 proposal to integrate permanent carbon removal into the EU Emissions Trading System, while urging four key design changes to ensure the framework can meet its target of 250 million tonnes of CDR by 2040 — rising to 48 million tonnes annually. The statement focuses on procurement certainty, price support mechanisms, eligibility criteria, and governance structures needed to make the EU ETS revision commercially bankable.
Relae and Microsoft publish sixth edition of CDR quality criteria, adding delivery risk assessment for the first time
The 2026 Criteria for High-Quality Carbon Dioxide Removal, released by Relae (formerly Carbon Direct) in collaboration with Microsoft, introduces a delivery risk framework alongside updated quality standards — addressing for the first time the distinct problem of whether a high-quality project will actually generate credits on time and at the committed volume. The TECOP framework covers technical, economic, commercial, organisational, and political risk factors, giving CDR developers, investors, and buyers an integrated benchmark for both quality and delivery.
Agoro Carbon issues first soil carbon removal credits under long-term Microsoft agreement
Agoro Carbon has issued its inaugural soil carbon removal credits under its agreement with Microsoft, drawn from projects across US cropland and pastureland. The issuance marks a milestone for agricultural soil carbon as a verified CDR pathway within a corporate net-zero portfolio, and signals growing confidence in soil carbon's ability to meet institutional buyer standards for additionality and permanence.
The Government of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) has expanded its Article 6 Letter of Authorization for carbon asset manager Econetix
The authorisation raises the company’s total cumulative authorized volume in the country to 2.75 million tons. Signed in Kinshasa by H.E. Prof. Marie Nyange Ndambo, Minister of Environment, Sustainable Development and the New Climate Economy, the extended authorization covers Econetix’s Gold Standard clean energy program (GS12469), implemented alongside local operational partner ALTECH Group.
Capsol secures five new carbon capture engineering studies
Oslo-based carbon capture provider Capsol Technologies has secured five new engineering studies over recent weeks, expanding its industrial footprint with additional contracts across the cement and energy sectors.
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