- Microsoft boosts its carbon removal strategy with a major soil-based credit purchase, bringing its total from Indigo Ag to 100,000.
- The transaction supports regenerative agriculture, channeling tens of millions of dollars to U.S. farmers.
- The deal highlights growing corporate confidence in soil carbon as a scalable and verified climate solution.
Microsoft has acquired 60,000 soil carbon credits from Indigo Ag, its largest such purchase to date. This follows a previous buy of 40,000 credits, signaling continued momentum in Microsoft’s push for diversified carbon removal solutions.
The credits, issued in April by the Climate Action Reserve, are part of Indigo’s fourth and largest carbon issuance to date. The company reports nearly one million tonnes of carbon impact generated through its regenerative farming incentive program, which financially rewards farmers for adopting climate-smart practices.
“We conduct extensive due diligence when selecting projects,” said Brian Marrs, Senior Director of Energy and Carbon Removal at Microsoft. “This effort contributes to measurable climate impact and also supports soil and water health.”
Under Indigo’s model, 75% of revenue from credit sales goes directly to farmers, a key differentiator that enables widespread adoption of regenerative techniques across the U.S.
“This transaction reflects growing interest in soil-based carbon removals and highlights the scale we’ve reached through partnerships with farmers across multiple regions,” said Dean Banks, CEO of Indigo Ag.
The credits represent long-term carbon storage in soils, verified through peer-reviewed science and a robust monitoring, reporting, and verification (MRV) framework aligned with registry-approved methodologies.
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Other corporates, including HubSpot—via the Watershed platform—have also recently purchased Indigo-issued credits, underscoring the increasing role of soil carbon in high-integrity carbon markets.
This latest move by Microsoft reinforces its strategy to blend various carbon removal technologies while supporting scalable, science-based climate solutions that directly benefit ecosystems and agricultural communities.
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