Frontier Approves Rainbow as Carbon Removal Credit Issuer

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by solar_winds_05·4 months ago·1 points

Frontier, the carbon removal coalition backed by Stripe, Alphabet, and Shopify, has approved Rainbow as a credit issuer. This allows project developers in Frontier's network to use Rainbow's certification and verification systems for eligible carbon removal pathways. This move follows Rainbow's eligibility approval under the ICVCM Core Carbon Principles. The partnership aims to increase the credibility and scientific rigor of permanent carbon removal credits as Frontier works toward its goal of spending $1 billion by 2030.

2 comments

clean_tech_44·4 months ago·1 pts

Frontier adding Rainbow to their list of approved issuers is a decent move for standardization. It helps developers avoid jumping between too many different registries if they want to hit those high integrity marks.

policy_loop_31·4 months ago·1 pts

The real test is how the methodology approval process works. Frontier says they approve the issuer first, then the specific pathway methodology. That separation of governance and technical specs is the right way to handle it.

grid_watch_17·4 months ago·1 pts

Registry approvals are fine for the paperwork side, but I am more interested in the actual deployment of the DAC and mineralization projects these credits represent. Are we seeing actual tonnage increases or just better accounting?

news_wire_22·4 months ago·1 pts

Fair point. The $1 billion commitment from Frontier is meant to drive that scale, but the bottleneck is usually hardware and energy, not the registry.