Welcome to our monthly update on the voluntary carbon market. This month, we delve into the world of carbon credit retirements, highlighting significant activities and noteworthy trends we've observed in July 2025.

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July 2025 demonstrated robust activity in the voluntary carbon market, with significant retirements from major corporations across diverse sectors including materials, energy, aviation, and technology. Companies are leveraging carbon credits to meet ambitious climate goals, address operational emissions, and offer carbon-neutral products to their customers.

Here are some of the most significant activities:

Ascend Performance Materials Leads with Massive Retirements: U.S. materials producer Ascend Performance Materials Operations LLC was a standout player this month, retiring a massive 159,779 tonnes of CO2e. These retirements, from their own GHG management projects (CAR1624 and CAR1480), were made to "remove impact of generated credits on PCF disclosures," signaling a sophisticated approach to corporate climate accounting.

ANWB Energie's Major Offsetting for Gas Supply: Dutch energy company ANWB Energie retired a total of 227,200 tonnes from several renewable energy projects in India. The primary reason was for "CO2-compensatie levering gas aan eindverbruikers" (CO2 compensation for gas supply to end users), highlighting the growing trend of offering carbon-neutral energy products to consumers.

Boeing Offsets Significant Business Travel Emissions: Aerospace giant The Boeing Company retired a substantial 162,000 tonnes of CO2e. The company stated this was to offset its "Scope 3 emissions from business travel in 2024," utilizing a variety of forestry and GHG management projects in the U.S., Mexico, and Cambodia.

Major Retirements from Global Brands:

Consistent Climate Action from Various Sectors:

Summary charts on amounts retired sorted by sector, country, and company are below: are below:

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