Carbon Dioxide Removal Credits (CDR)

CDR Credit Supply Solutions for Carbon Markets

CDR credits, or Carbon Dioxide Removal credits, are a type of carbon credit that represent the verified removal of one metric ton of CO₂ from the atmosphere. Unlike traditional carbon offsets—which often compensate for emissions by avoiding them elsewhere (e.g., renewable energy, forest protection)—CDR credits are based on physically extracting and storing carbon, making them a more permanent and measurable form of climate action.

Our CDR credit supply and trading solutions are tailored to help participants maximize credit opportunities and efficiently achieve compliance with renewable energy regulations. Contact us to learn more about innovative CDR credit programs.

Key Features of CDR Credits

Based on removal, not avoidance: These credits come from technologies or practices that actually remove CO₂ (e.g., direct air capture, enhanced weathering, biochar, reforestation).
Permanence: Many CDR methods aim for long-term or even permanent storage of CO₂.
High integrity: Because removal is more measurable, CDR credits are often seen as high-quality credits.
Rapidly growing market: CDR credits are becoming more important in corporate net-zero strategies as pressure grows for actual emissions removal rather than just offsetting.

Examples of CDR Credit Approaches

Direct Air Capture (DAC) with underground storage
Bioenergy with Carbon Capture and Storage (BECCS)
Afforestation and Reforestation (if the focus is on net new carbon uptake)
Soil carbon sequestration
Ocean-based carbon removal

	GREEN-E® CERTIFICATION Targray is a registered participant in the Green-e Energy renewable energy certification program. Green-e carbon products and solutions undergo a through investigation process ensuring they are sourced from a eligible energy sources (e.g. – wind, solar, geothermal, biomass or low-impact hydropower) that meet international standard criteria.
	The Verra Registry Verra is a global leader helping tackle the world’s environmental and social challenges by developing and managing standards that help the private sector, countries, and civil society achieve ambitious sustainable development and climate action goals. The standards and programs Verra develops and manages are globally applicable and advance action across a wide range of sectors and activities. Programs undergo extensive stakeholder consultation and expert review, and draw from four key components: standard, independent assessment, accounting methodologies, and registry.
	Gold Standard The Gold Standard (GS) is a voluntary carbon offset program focused on progressing the United Nation’s Sustainable Development Goals and ensuring that project’s benefit their communities. It can be applied to voluntary offset and Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) projects. The GS CDM was launched in 2003 after a two-year consultation with stakeholders, governments, non-governmental organizations, and private sector specialists from over 40 countries. The GS for voluntary offset projects was launched in 2006. The GS project registry – containing all projects implemented through the standard was launched in 2018.
	American Carbon Registry (ACR) The American Carbon Registry (ACR), a nonprofit enterprise of Winrock International, was founded in 1996 as the first private voluntary greenhouse gas registry in the world. Winrock operates ACR to create confidence in the environmental and scientific integrity of carbon offsets in order to accelerate transformational emission reduction actions.
	Climate Action Reserve (CAR) The Climate Action Reserve (CAR) is an offset registry for global carbon markets. CAR establishes high quality standards for carbon offset projects, oversees independent third-party verification bodies, issues carbon credits generated from such projects and tracks the transaction of credits over time in a transparent, publicly-accessible system.
	International Emissions Trading Association (IETA) The International Emissions Trading Association (IETA) is a non-profit association with more than 250 members who are active stakeholders in the international carbon and emissions markets. The organization was created in 1999 to establish a global framework for greenhouse gas emission reductions trading.
	INTERNATIONAL SUSTAINABILITY & CARBON CERTIFICATION (ISCC) ISCC is a globally applicable sustainability certification system that covers all sustainable feedstocks, including agricultural and forestry biomass, circular and bio-based materials and renewables.
	Xpansiv CBL CBL has established the first of its kind Standard Instruments Program (SIP) to build on market infrastructure to accompany and govern the launch of spot contracts for the settlement and physical delivery of environmental commodities across existing registries that can be determined as meeting certain defined, standardized criteria for market quality and performance.