The Carbon Business Council (CO2BC) is launching a new series of publications that explore the profiles of carbon dioxide removal (CDR) buyers.
CO2BC has set out on a mission of understanding what’s driving CDR investment today, communicating with leading global companies across regions and sectors and learning about their first-hand experience.
The series, launched this month and scheduled to run through the fall, builds on prior research and publications from the Carbon Business Council.
These materials include interviews with Fortune 1,000 companies about their net zero strategies, as well as CDR public opinion research conducted in countries such as the UK, US, Japan, and Canada.
Drawing from these sources, the new Carbon Business Council series will share valuable insights that shed light on the CDR buyer’s perspective.
Highlights from the CDR buyers’ profiles series
One of the trends confirmed from the buyers in this series is the portfolio approach to CDR purchases.
The Carbon Business Council shares that the entities that provided information are leaning on different carbon removal sinks across land, rock, air, and water. According to many of the consulted companies, this portfolio move helps balance variables such as durability, co-benefits, potential risks, and price points.
Another key takeaway from the buyers’ feedback is the fact that across CDR pathways, delivery readiness is increasingly standing out as a crucial focus area of 2026 and beyond.
Additionally, Carbon Business Council shares that nearly all of the buyers its team spoke with are investing in durable CDR methods that lock CO2 away for centuries or thousands of years. These longer duration pathways are often incorporated into portfolios that also include conventional CO2 sinks such as reforestation, which are readily available today.
In the new series, buyers also describe their working relationships with developers and how they manage any variation through staged contracts, delivery updates and ongoing check-ins with developers.
The first company featured in these publications is JPMorganChase, who explains why it finds CDR important while also talking about the credit type selection process, sharing lessons for potential buyers.
Looking ahead, insights from more companies will be published on the Carbon Business Council website, and parties interested in following this series along can also subscribe to the Carbon Fix newsletter.
