Overview
- Google will offset 200,000 metric tons of emissions through the deal, quadrupling its September 2024 pilot with Mombak.
- Mombak’s project restores degraded pastureland to native jungle in Brazil’s Amazon, and it is Google’s sole forestry credit provider.
- Mombak is the first of 185 reviewed projects to meet the Symbiosis Coalition’s bar, as the group adds Bain & Company and REI Co‑op.
- Google is avoiding REDD credits after fraud allegations in Brazil and is emphasizing reforestation as the most de‑risked approach, its carbon credits lead said.
- A shortage of high‑standard credits has lifted Brazilian reforestation prices to $50–$100 per ton versus under $10 for many REDD credits, with AI data centers boosting demand.