Offset Portfolio: Charm Industrial

About Charm Industrial

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Location: Kansas, USA

Offset Type: Biomass, Bio-oil sequestration

Duration: 1000+ years

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Charm Industrial injects carbon rich bio-oils into geological formations deep underground to store carbon for millennia.

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Charm’s team uses waste biomass to create bio-oil through a process called “fast pyrolysis”. Bio-oil is conveniently high in carbon and a stable, pumpable fluid. Charm leverages EPA disposal wells to pump bio-oil and other high-carbon industrial byproducts deep underground, sequestering them for thousands of years.

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Your offset purchase helps Charm scale up their own bio-oil production and come down the cost curve.

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Why Bio-Oil Sequestration?

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Biomass conversion projects can sequester carbon for 100s to 1000s of years. By pairing the ability of plants to absorb carbon dioxide with engineered technology, biomass projects create durable, carbon-rich materials that are easily stored.

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Read our Biomass 101 Primer →

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Carbon Offset Evaluation

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We picked Charm because of their promising progress to date and they have demonstrated a high degree of scalability, efficiency, and transparency in their process. The Commons community is supporting projects with local communities in the midwest of the United States.

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Read Charm Industrial’s methodology documentation →

Commons' Community Impact

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The Commons community started supporting Charm in 2020, supporting one of Charm’s earliest applications of its innovative technology.

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Our team has been on quarterly calls with Charm’s executive team. Their transparency and effectiveness have impressed us. The team completed delivery of our first order of carbon removal ahead of schedule, on September 15, 2021. Since then they have successfully delivered a second order and are slated to complete deliveries for us in 2024 and 2025. We are excited to continue to support them in demonstrating the scalability of a promising new carbon storage pathway.

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Commons Offset Portfolio

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Supporting carbon offsets can be a powerful way to invest in green technologies and protect natural ecosystems. But they aren’t a silver bullet – each project has a unique set of risks.

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With the Commons Offset Portfolio, we do the work to maximize your impact. Just as you wouldn’t put all your money into one stock – we don’t put all your dollars into a single offset project.

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