# How can a small company buy carbon removal credits?

Canonical: https://senseible.earth/answers/buy-carbon-removal-credits-small-company

Buy a small volume of issued credits from a project or reseller and have them retired in your company's name, or open your own registry account and retire them yourself. On Verra anyone can open an account without a purchase agreement. Check the methodology, vintage and retirement record before you pay.

## Two ways to hold and retire

- Your own Verra account: open it any time, receive the credits, retire them yourself and pay the retirement fee.
- Through the seller: the seller retires the credits on your behalf. Ask for the registry's retirement record naming your company as the beneficiary.

## What to check before paying

- Project ID, and that the credits are active.
- Methodology and version. The ICVCM has approved Verra VM0044 v1.2 for biochar under its Core Carbon Principles.
- Vintage: Verra shows each calendar year separately.
- Issued volume. The registry shows the verified volume and how much has been issued from it.

## Removal or reduction

Verra states each methodology's outcome: VM0044 v1.2 is eligible for the removals label, while VM0051 v1.1 rice methane credits are reductions. Make your public claim match the credit you retired.

## Buying before issuance

Paying now for tonnes a project will deliver later is a forward contract, not a credit purchase. Read the delivery and shortfall terms first.

## What Senseible does here

Senseible's buyer view traces a carbon removal tonne to its field, kiln and lab test, shows permanence and who signs off, so a small buyer can see the record behind a credit before paying.

- [Carbon removal for buyers](https://senseible.earth/carbon-removal/buyers)
- [How to check a retirement](https://senseible.earth/answers/how-to-check-carbon-credit-retirement)
- [Durable vs nature-based removals](https://senseible.earth/answers/durable-removals-vs-nature-based-for-net-zero)
- [Offtake agreements](https://senseible.earth/answers/carbon-credit-offtake-agreement)

Sources: [Verra, Registration and Issuance Process, v5.0 (16 December 2025)](https://verra.org/documents/registration-and-issuance-process-v5-0/), [Verra, VM0044 Biochar Utilization in Soil and Non-Soil Applications, v1.2 (active since 27 June 2025), methodology page](https://verra.org/methodologies/vm0044-biochar-utilization-in-soil-and-non-soil-applications-v1-2/), [Verra, VM0051 Improved Management in Rice Production Systems, v1.1 (active since 14 July 2026), methodology page](https://verra.org/methodologies/vm0051-improved-management-in-rice-production-systems-v1-1/)

Last reviewed 2026-11-02.