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Q&A: what makes a carbon removal credit trustworthy?
The carbon market is growing, but trust hasn’t always kept up. That’s where monitoring, reporting, and verification (MRV) comes in. This is the process that proves each tonne of CO₂ was removed and stored long term. To unpack what high-quality carbon removal really looks like, we asked Adam SipthorpeHead of CDR Sourcing, EMEA at Carbonfuture, for his take on quality, transparency, and the role of digital tools in building trust.
What is MRV, and what makes a good digital MRV (dMRV) system?
In carbon removal, MRV stands for Monitoring, Reporting, and Verification, and refers to the set of processes and protocols used to measure, track, report, and verify the amount of CO₂ removed from the atmosphere and stored durably.
This involves the following:
- Monitoring: The collection of data that quantifies the amount of CO₂ being removed and stored by a carbon removal project. It requires accurate measurement techniques and quantification tools.
- Reporting: Once the data is collected and the carbon removal is quantified, it needs to be reported transparently. This includes providing information on the methodology used, the amount of CO₂ removed, and any relevant project details.
- Verification: Independent third-party verifiers assess the data, methodologies, and processes used to confirm that it meets the quality criteria set by an independent standard such as Carbon Standards International, Isometric, or Puro.
A good digital MRV (dMRV) system involves digital technologies to help facilitate data collection and reporting and accelerate third-party certification. It should be independent from the project or verifier to ensure unbiased data collection, prevent conflicts of interest, and protect confidentiality.
Why are MRVs important for the carbon removal industry?
MRV is the foundation for credible climate claims and the trust layer that enables carbon markets to grow with integrity. It’s how we show that a tonne of CO₂ that was claimed as removed was actually:
- Captured from the atmosphere
- Accounted for transparently
- Verified by an independent third party
- Stored durably, in line with best available science
What are some of the biggest challenges in working with carbon removal MRVs?
Traditional MRV systems often rely on manual data collection and reporting, which can slow down certification and increase costs for suppliers—especially those just starting. These manual workflows make it difficult to manage growing data volumes and maintain consistency across projects, ultimately delaying time to market and limiting scalability.
Another challenge is the lack of independence and transparency. When data collection, reporting, and verification happen in silos or depend too heavily on project developers themselves, it can create conflicts of interest and undermine trust in the results.
This is where independent, digital MRV comes in. By digitizing the monitoring and reporting process and separating it from both the project developer and the verifier, dMRV ensures that data is transparent, audit-ready, and traceable end-to-end. It builds confidence for buyers, accelerates certification for suppliers, and provides the independent oversight needed to scale durable carbon removal with integrity.
What are the ingredients for a high-quality carbon removal credit?
High-quality carbon removal credits are defined by the integrity of the underlying project.
Key factors include the durability of the removal, the sustainability of feedstock, additionality, and the environmental and social co-benefits the project delivers. Equally important is measurability — ensuring that every tonne of CO₂ claimed as removed can be quantified and independently verified.
This is where dMRV plays a vital role: it doesn’t create quality, but it helps prove it. By providing transparent, audit-ready data and a traceable record from carbon capture to durable storage, dMRV allows buyers, verifiers, and regulators to confirm that high-integrity standards have been met.
What are companies like Microsoft, Swiss Re, and the World Economic Forum’s First Movers Coalition looking for when they purchase carbon removal credits?
Each buyer is unique, but there are a number of considerations that go into a purchase decision, including:
- Quality: Buyers want assurance that every credit they purchase represents real, durable, and verifiable removal. This depends on the project’s underlying integrity — from feedstock sustainability and additionality to permanence and environmental safeguards. Independent digital MRV plays a critical supporting role by providing transparent, audit-ready data to verify these claims.
- Cost: As in any market, lower-priced options are looked at favourably by many buyers. However, this is not the end-all of the decision-making process.
- Co-benefits: Buyers want to know that projects are having societal benefits beyond the climate. Projects that can uplift local communities and populations will stand out from the crowd.
- Methodology: While this is often related to cost, many larger buyers look at alternate methodologies to both diversify their portfolio and to invest and scale in emerging technologies.
How do you measure different carbon removal methods against each other?
Each carbon removal method has its own characteristics — from how CO₂ is captured and stored to how long it remains locked away. When comparing them, two key factors to look at are durability and measurability.
- Durability refers to how long the carbon stays out of the atmosphere — whether that’s decades, centuries, or millennia. For example, biochar carbon removal stores carbon for hundreds to thousands of years, while nature-based removals like soil carbon or afforestation offer shorter storage times.
- Measurability reflects how precisely the removal can be quantified and verified. Methods such as biochar carbon removal, BECCS, and DACCS are often easier to measure because they involve well-defined processes and clear material outputs.
A robust digital MRV (dMRV) system ensures that these differences are accounted for transparently — capturing, tracking, and verifying the carbon flows specific to each method. This allows buyers and policymakers to compare projects on an equal footing, based on scientifically sound, independently verified data.
Carbon credits have had a complicated past in terms of reputation. How do you ensure that the carbon removal credits you support are having real climate impact?
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. In the past, CDR projects have lacked transparency, and even today, they can vary in quality.
Relying on emerging technologies without independent verification risks greenwashing and undermines trust in the entire market. This is why Carbonfuture operates as a dMRV provider independent from suppliers and standard setters with Carbonfuture MRV+. Through this comprehensive dMRV system, we ensure rigorous due diligence, end-to-end tracking of the carbon from capture to long-term storage, independent verification and certification by recognized third-party Standards, and audit-ready data and insights for buyers and suppliers.
This ensures that every carbon removal credit tracked by Carbonfuture MRV+ represents real, durable climate action.
What makes Carbonfuture’s dMRV different from other systems?
Most dMRV systems track data. Carbonfuture MRV+ does much more. We are:
- Independent: We operate separately from both carbon removal suppliers and standard-setters, ensuring objective, conflict-free assessment and data integrity.
- Digital: Automated, near real-time tracking replaces manual data collection, spreadsheets, and slow, periodic audits.
- Comprehensive: Beyond tracking, Carbonfuture MRV+ includes supplier support services and buyer-focused due diligence, helping suppliers launch projects faster and enabling risk mitigation before tracking even begins.
The result? A complete trust infrastructure for durable carbon removal, built to serve buyers, suppliers, and standards bodies at market speed.
What needs to be measured in a biochar-focused dMRV system? Are there any shortcomings in the current system, and what can be done to improve it in the future?
A number of things must be tracked in a biochar-focused dMRV system, including the type of feedstock and its moisture content; the duration and temperature of the pyrolysis process; the hydrogen-to-carbon ratio of the biochar; the electricity usage involved in the biochar production process; the transportation of the product; the final application of the biochar, and much more. The standard through which the carbon credit is certified will have more specifics.
Shortcomings in this process generally involve the difficulties involved in obtaining this data, as manual inputs can be time-consuming and challenging. Utilizing digital processes here can significantly speed up workflows and limit the prospect of inaccurate data collection techniques.
How does Carbonfuture's dMRV system support biochar-based carbon removal suppliers like MASH Makes, especially those operating in emerging markets?
Carbonfuture’s dMRV system helps biochar suppliers like MASH Makes turn their real-world carbon removal efforts into verifiable data trails — and ultimately, trusted carbon removal credits. By tracking every step from carbon capture to durable storage, Carbonfuture MRV+ makes project data transparent, traceable, and audit ready. It highlights the project’s quality and showcases the underlying data in a way understood by buyers. Independent, traceable supply chains ensure that every credit is supported by legally and contractually sound evidence.
What makes MASH Makes a strong partner for Carbonfuture, and how does this collaboration help scale high-quality biochar carbon removal in emerging markets?
MASH Makes combines innovation and local impact. Their approach demonstrates that high-quality carbon removal can be achieved anywhere when best-in-class technology meets best-in-class dMRV. Together, we’re proving that durable, high-integrity carbon removal doesn’t depend on geography — it depends on data, quality, and collaboration.
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