Google has agreed to purchase 100,000 tons of carbon dioxide removal credits from Indian startup Varaha, its first such deal with a carbon project in India and the largest involving biomass-produced biochar (also called horticultural charcoal or “black gold” for soils).

Google's partnership with Varaha to purchase carbon credits marks a major step in its commitment to achieving a more sustainable future

By bno - Mumbai bureau Google has agreed to purchase carbon credits from an Indian start-up that transforms agricultural waste into biochar, a charcoal-like material that captures CO2 and enriches soil,

In a groundbreaking move for climate action, tech giant Google has inked its largest biochar carbon removal agreement to date with Indian start-up Varaha.

Google has agreed to purchase 100,000 tons of carbon removal credits from Indian biochar startup Varaha. The deal, first reported by TechCrunch, is Google's first in India.

Google has entered into a groundbreaking agreement with Indian startup Varaha to purchase 100,000 tons of carbon dioxide removal credits. This partnership marks Google’s first carbon project deal in India and represents the largest transaction involving biomass-produced biochar to date.

Alphabet Inc.’s Google will buy carbon-removal credits based on projects using biochar that’s made by heating organic waste, one of the biggest such deals to date.

The magnitude of these Google purchases speak to the importance of biochar as a carbon removal tool,” according to the CEO of Varaha, one of the companies involved.

Google has signed a deal to purchase 100,000 tons of carbon dioxide removal credits from Indian start-up Varaha. This is the tech giant's first such deal with an Indian carbon project and the largest transaction involving biomass-produced biochar to date.

Google will buy 100,000 tons of carbon credits from now until 2030. Varaha's chief executive Madhur Jain said there was scope for rapid growth, with waste from India's farms capable of generating enough biochar to store more than 100 million tons of CO2 every year.

The Google-Varah deal is one of the biggest ever involving biochar, and is Google's first foray into India's carbon dioxide removal (CDR) sector.