“ Our mission is to really enable the industry to scale. And I believe we start by delivering the proof points of what we are doing,” Sheri explains.“ When we think about the future of the carbon markets, the vision is that it has to turn into an infrastructure-like industry. Right now, it’ s a fragmented industry delivering 200 million credits in any given year. We need five billion removals by 2050.

“ Our vision is to help demonstrate how using an infrastructure-like model where you have long-term investments, consistency of financial flows with reliable delivery can demonstrate to others that there is a real economic value of investing in this industry. By doing that, we can scale, we can bring in this professional experience, we can attract more talent to the market, and we can deliver more reductions and removals.”

More pathways for carbon removal projects The recent update to the Corporate Net-Zero Standard from the Science-

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