In a year marked with economic and regulatory uncertainty, both in the United States and abroad, the ESG sector has seen an increased momentum in major tech companies investing in carbon credits and carbon removal technology to mitigate their climate footprint.
Among the companies leading the way is Microsoft, which has signed a spate of carbon dioxide removal deals in 2025 alone, ranging from forestry to biochar-based solutions, in an effort to curb its corporate emissions. The technology and software systems company has a goal of becoming carbon negative by 2030 and removing all the carbon it has emitted into the environment since it was founded, either directly or by electrical consumption, by 2050.
Below is a compilation of some of the most notable CDR solutions and deals Microsoft has inked in 2025 so far.
