Between 2020 and 2022, eight of the top 50 companies worldwide based on revenue purchased 3.11 million removal-based carbon offset credits. The majority of these removal-based offsets were from tree-planting projects, with just a small number based on biochar projects. Shell and Microsoft purchased the highest volume of removal-based credits during this time, at 0.88 and 0.65 million, respectively.
Total volume of carbon-offset credits based on CO₂ removal purchased worldwide by selected major companies between 2020 and 2022
(in millions)
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Carbon Brief, & Expert(s). (September 28, 2023). Total volume of carbon-offset credits based on CO₂ removal purchased worldwide by selected major companies between 2020 and 2022 (in millions) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved December 03, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1416775/total-carbon-removal-offset-credits-purchased-worldwide-by-company/
Carbon Brief, und Expert(s). "Total volume of carbon-offset credits based on CO₂ removal purchased worldwide by selected major companies between 2020 and 2022 (in millions)." Chart. September 28, 2023. Statista. Accessed December 03, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1416775/total-carbon-removal-offset-credits-purchased-worldwide-by-company/
Carbon Brief, Expert(s). (2023). Total volume of carbon-offset credits based on CO₂ removal purchased worldwide by selected major companies between 2020 and 2022 (in millions). Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: December 03, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1416775/total-carbon-removal-offset-credits-purchased-worldwide-by-company/
Carbon Brief, and Expert(s). "Total Volume of Carbon-offset Credits Based on Co₂ Removal Purchased Worldwide by Selected Major Companies between 2020 and 2022 (in Millions)." Statista, Statista Inc., 28 Sep 2023, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1416775/total-carbon-removal-offset-credits-purchased-worldwide-by-company/
Carbon Brief & Expert(s), Total volume of carbon-offset credits based on CO₂ removal purchased worldwide by selected major companies between 2020 and 2022 (in millions) Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1416775/total-carbon-removal-offset-credits-purchased-worldwide-by-company/ (last visited December 03, 2024)
Total volume of carbon-offset credits based on CO₂ removal purchased worldwide by selected major companies between 2020 and 2022 (in millions) [Graph], Carbon Brief, & Expert(s), September 28, 2023. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1416775/total-carbon-removal-offset-credits-purchased-worldwide-by-company/
