Microsoft ↔ Agoro Carbon Alliance

Microsoft: a firm purchase of 2,600,000 t of soil carbon removal from Agoro Carbon Alliance.

BuyerMicrosoft

SupplierAgoro Carbon Alliance

Tonnes2,600,000 t

Capture pathwaySoil carbon

Storage mediumsoil

Commitment typefirm

Deal structureofftake

Source pathway descriptionSoil carbon removals from US crop and rangeland projects using regenerative agricultural practices including cover cropping, improved grazing, and reduced tillage to sequester carbon in soil, developed under Verra's VM0042 Improved Agricultural Land Management methodology

Storage descriptionSoil organic carbon sequestration in agricultural soils

Delivery window12 years

Project locationUnited States

VerificationVerra (VM0042 methodology); third-party verification mentioned

NotesAgreement includes farmer and rancher benefits such as improved crop yields, input efficiency, and new income stream. Microsoft's third soil regeneration agreement; previous agreements with Indigo (60,000 tons in May 2025 and 40,000 tons in June 2024 per article text).

Durability defaultedtrue

Previous durabilityconventional

Previous durability basispathway-default

Durability notePathway default removed; duration requires source evidence

automatically extracted from the cited source; not yet reviewed by a person · discovered via carbon-removal-updates · extracted 2026-08-24

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