Carbon Direct conducts technical diligence for Microsoft’s carbon removal deal with re.green

Carbon Direct conducts technical diligence for Microsoft’s carbon removal deal with re.green

Carbon Direct conducts technical diligence for Microsoft’s carbon removal deal with re.green

Advancing community-driven restoration with science-backed management strategies.

Carbon Direct supports deep diligence for Microsoft’s carbon removal deal with re.green
Carbon Direct supports deep diligence for Microsoft’s carbon removal deal with re.green

In May of 2024 and January of 2025, Microsoft signed memoranda of understanding for up to 3 million tonnes and 3.5 million tonnes of carbon dioxide removal with re.green, respectively. re.green is a Brazil-based company specializing in reforestation and ecological restoration. This deal represents re.green’s largest carbon dioxide removal deal to date.

In May of 2024 and January of 2025, Microsoft signed memoranda of understanding for up to 3 million tonnes and 3.5 million tonnes of carbon dioxide removal with re.green, respectively. re.green is a Brazil-based company specializing in reforestation and ecological restoration. This deal represents re.green’s largest carbon dioxide removal deal to date.

In May of 2024 and January of 2025, Microsoft signed memoranda of understanding for up to 3 million tonnes and 3.5 million tonnes of carbon dioxide removal with re.green, respectively. re.green is a Brazil-based company specializing in reforestation and ecological restoration. This deal represents re.green’s largest carbon dioxide removal deal to date.

In total, re.green will deliver up to 6.5 million carbon dioxide removal credits through the restoration of native species across Brazil with a focus on the Atlantic Forest. As the most deforested biome in Brazil, restoration within the Atlantic Forest involves reverting degraded lands back into natural ecosystems with measurable outcomes for biodiversity, ecosystems, and livelihoods. In total, re.green proposes to restore 33,000 hectares of forest across two of Brazil’s major forests — the Amazon and the Atlantic — with native species. 

While ambitious tree-planting initiatives aim to sequester enormous quantities of carbon, if not executed with science-backed management strategies and extensive monitoring, they risk increasing carbon emissions, and negatively impacting ecosystems and communities in the long-term.

"Projects like those undertaken by re.green are an important part of our carbon removal portfolio. Working with Carbon Direct to conduct a comprehensive technical diligence assessment directly informed our decision to procure from re.green, and advance vital nature-based solutions for carbon, ecosystem, and community impacts."

Brian Marrs
Senior Director, Energy and Carbon Removal, Microsoft

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