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Chay: Stripe exclusively purchases carbon removal with at least 1,000-year durability

Freya Chay (Freya Che) · The dirt on soil carbon credits · Aug 25, 2022 · at 32:36

CarbonPlan's Freya Chay discusses corporate buyers setting high durability standards for carbon removal purchases.

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“Stripe is an example where they basically said, you know, we want to support permanent stuff because we know it's real and we know we need a lot more of it. So we're only going to buy stuff that represents a thousand plus years of durability.”

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The claim, plainly

Stripe committed to only purchasing carbon removal that provides at least 1,000 years of durability.

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Assessment

Public documentation and procurement frameworks published by Stripe Climate and its subsidiary Frontier confirm that Stripe established a strict eligibility requirement that purchased carbon removal must provide permanent storage defined as greater than 1,000 years (>1,000 years). This requirement was documented in Stripe's project evaluation criteria in May 2021, affirmed by then-Head of Climate Nan Ransohoff in February 2022, and codified in Frontier's launch specifications in April 2022.

Stripe Climate's project evaluation framework (May 2021) and selection criteria explicitly required carbon storage permanence of >1,000 years.
In a February 2022 interview, Stripe's then-Head of Climate Nan Ransohoff confirmed supplier criteria require permanent storage exceeding 1,000 years.
Frontier's April 2022 launch criteria and technical RFP specifications set durability at '>1,000 years', excluding shorter-duration pathways like soil and afforestation.

Checked against

[1] stripe.com [2] carbonplan.org [3] waywedo.com [4] activate.org [5] negative-emissions.org [6] wikipedia.org [7] arabianbusiness.com [8] frontierclimate.com

Frontier Climate carbon removal permanence durability 1000 years target criteria "Stripe" "criteria" "permanence" "1,000 years" OR "1000 years" carbon removal 2020 OR 2021 Stripe negative emissions criteria 1000 years Stripe carbon removal criteria permanence 1000 years "Frontier" "Durability" "Stores carbon permanently (>1,000 years)" Stripe Climate project criteria durability permanent 1000 years "stripe" "Stores carbon permanently (>1,000 years)"

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