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Retirements

Voluntary carbon market retirements, tracked for context

Each record is a voluntary carbon credit that was retired on a public registry, and the registry names the company it was retired for. Carbon3 shows these records so readers can see which companies have bought credits, and from which projects.

Beneficiaries

The registry names about 9,700 companies as beneficiaries.

Projects

Retired credits come from about 2,300 projects.

Counts

Counts rounded, as of November 2026.

Filter the retirement records

The year of the emission reduction that the credit represents.

Matching companies

Showing 1,776 to 1,800 of 9,657 companies. Ordered by credits retired in the records that match. The matching records hold 158.2 MtCO2e retired.

Matching companies. Showing 1,776 to 1,800 of 9,657 companies.
BeneficiaryRetiredProjectsVintagesLatest retirement
Duke Energy Corporation (DUK)Verra, Gold Standard, American Carbon Registry3,367 tCO2e42015 to 202231 October 2025
Die Sparkasse Bremen AGGold Standard3,359 tCO2e1202127 April 2026
Global Health Security Network LtdVerra, Gold Standard3,350 tCO2e62017 to 202115 July 2026
FERTINAGRO BIOTECH, S.L.Gold Standard3,344 tCO2e1201928 February 2025
Sitrans Ltda.Verra3,344 tCO2e1201410 October 2025
Cardinia Shire CouncilVerra3,338 tCO2e1202325 June 2025
Hess Climate Initiative LLCClimate Action Reserve3,335 tCO2e22022 to 202429 August 2025
Apex Fund Services Holdings LtdVerra3,333 tCO2e1202212 January 2026
Holden Enterprises, Inc.Gold Standard, American Carbon Registry, Climate Action Reserve3,331 tCO2e32022 to 202330 June 2026
U.S. Ski & Snowboard AssociationAmerican Carbon Registry, Climate Action Reserve3,320 tCO2e22019 to 202120 March 2025
Hefei Midea Laundry Appliance Co., Ltd.Verra3,320 tCO2e2202017 April 2026
Milieu Service Nederland B.V.Verra3,320 tCO2e1200814 March 2025
COSVerra3,320 tCO2e120203 April 2025
Spirent Communications plc (SPT)Gold Standard, American Carbon Registry3,317 tCO2e62019 to 202210 April 2026
Connect ResponsiblyAmerican Carbon Registry3,316 tCO2e22019 to 202019 June 2026
H.E.T. Energieadviesbureau CollectiefVerra3,312 tCO2e42017 to 20204 April 2025
Island Block & Paving Holdings LimitedVerra3,310 tCO2e22017 to 202010 June 2026
The Clarke Group, Inc.Climate Action Reserve3,308 tCO2e1202115 June 2026
Stadtwerke Ettlingen GmbHVerra3,300 tCO2e1202414 July 2025
Acer Incorporated (2353.TW)Verra3,300 tCO2e1202012 March 2025
BRIGHTE CAPITAL PTY LIMITEDVerra, Gold Standard3,297 tCO2e52013 to 201922 October 2025
Vapaus Bikes Finland OyVerra3,293 tCO2e32004 to 202025 March 2025
Alia Servizi Ambientali S.p.A.Verra3,284 tCO2e1201617 February 2025
Ricoh New Zealand LimitedGold Standard3,278 tCO2e32020 to 20254 March 2026
Xiamen Bank Co., Ltd. (601187)Verra3,276 tCO2e22018 to 202130 March 2026

Source: registry records from the CarbonPlan OffsetsDB and the Berkeley Carbon Trading Project's Voluntary Registry Offsets Database (University of California, Berkeley, CC BY 4.0). Beneficiaries are named as the registry records them, and Carbon3 has not verified individual retirements.