Sweden-based climate and nature solutions provider Milkywire announced that it has completed $5 million of carbon removal pre-purchase agreements for CRM solutions provider Salesforce with 19 suppliers spanning multiple technologies, aimed at supporting early-stage carbon removal pathways with high long-term potential.
According to Salesforce, the new commitments form part of its pledge as a founding member of the First Movers Coalition (FMC), to contract for $100 million in CO2 removal solutions, in order to help scale Carbon Dioxide Removal (CDR) solutions through 2030.
Jamila Yamani, Director of Climate and Energy at Salesforce, said:
“To tackle climate change at the pace required, companies need to invest in solutions before they are fully proven at scale. Through our collaboration with Milkywire, we are helping move durable carbon removal from concept toward commercial reality, while supporting approaches that deliver long-term climate impact, including the use of AI-based tools to improve monitoring, efficiency, and scalability across emerging carbon removal pathways.”
According to Milkywire, the purchases were selected to support early-stage carbon removal pathways with high long-term potential, including first-of-a-kind and research-intensive projects that are not yet served by mainstream buyers. The portfolio of pre-purchases encompass a wide range of removal methods including biochar, BioCCS, next-generation direct air capture (DAC), enhanced rock weathering, biomass storage, and mineralization.
The companies added that in addition to supporting carbon removal, many of the projects also provide co-benefits such as improved soil health, waste management, reduced air pollution, and local economic development.
The portfolio of purchases include projects from companies including Kairos Carbon, which is developing a novel BioCCS pathway using wet organic waste, next generation DAC companies Norma and Arbon, and Flux, which is deploying a new mineral feedstock for enhanced rock weathering that acts as a natural fertilizer to help farmers improve soils health and increase harvests.
Robert Höglund, Head of Climate Strategy and CDR at Milkywire, said:
“Scaling carbon removal is not just about buying tonnes that exist today. It is about enabling technologies and the ecosystem that we need tomorrow. This portfolio reflects what happens when a buyer is willing to support uncertainty, learning, and first-of-a-kind deployments. That is how future supply is built.”
