TD Bank: Signs Two 10-Year Carbon Removal Deals in One Week
Toronto-Dominion Bank signed back-to-back decade-long carbon removal agreements with Climeworks Solutions and Deep Sky, becoming the first major Canadian bank to commit to long-term CDR procurement at scale. The deals widen a buyer base long dominated by Microsoft and signal that financial services firms are beginning to treat durable carbon removal as a balance-sheet hedge.
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LONDON, Monday, June 8, 2026 — Toronto-Dominion Bank signed two 10-year carbon removal agreements in four days, becoming the first major Canadian bank to commit to long-term carbon dioxide removal procurement at industrial scale. Climeworks Solutions disclosed on June 1 that it had signed a 10-year agreement to supply high-quality carbon removal credits to Toronto-Dominion Bank, the sixth largest bank in North America. Three days later, Montreal-based direct air capture developer Deep Sky announced a separate decade-long deal with the same buyer. The agreement provides TD with access to carbon removal credits generated from Deep Sky's Canadian direct air capture facilities over the next decade. The back-to-back commitments mark the clearest signal yet that financial services firms are entering a market long dominated by a single buyer: Microsoft.
Key Takeaways
- TD becomes Climeworks Solutions' first Canadian financial services customer under a 10-year managed-portfolio agreement spanning enhanced rock weathering, biochar, BECCS and future direct air capture.
- A second 10-year deal with Deep Sky locks in DAC credits from Canadian facilities, diversifying TD's carbon removal exposure across pathways.
- The deals come weeks after Microsoft confirmed it would "adjust the pace or volume" of its CDR procurement, raising market concerns about buyer concentration.
- TD reports a 29% reduction in Scope 1 and 2 emissions versus its 2019 baseline, with CDR earmarked for residual emissions.
- Long-dated offtake contracts are emerging as the financing primitive for engineered carbon removal infrastructure.
Context & Analysis
The voluntary carbon removal market has spent two years in a hangover. After a stretch as the hottest thing in climate tech, the CDR hype cycle has died down. 2025 saw fewer investments and fewer big projects or new companies announced. Buyer concentration has been the structural weakness. 75% of Microsoft's purchases, and 70% of the total sales tracked by CDR.fyi, were credits for bioenergy with carbon capture — meaning the entire market essentially priced off one customer and one method.
That dynamic shifted in May. Green energy producer BioCirc and Microsoft announced a new 7-year agreement, with Microsoft to offtake credits representing up to 650,000 tons of carbon removal generated from BioCirc's bioenergy carbon capture and storage (BECCS) platform in Denmark. The deal marks the first major carbon removal purchase agreement for Microsoft since reports last month indicating that the tech giant has informed carbon credit suppliers that it is pausing its carbon removal purchases. Microsoft Chief Sustainability Officer Melanie Nakagawa said that the "carbon removal program has not ended," but acknowledged that while program will continue to form part of its strategy to achieve its climate goals, it "may adjust the pace or volume of our carbon removal procurement." That admission rattled suppliers who had built revenue models around a single anchor tenant.
TD's twin deals land directly into that gap.
| Company | Position | Recent Move | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| TD Bank | New financial-services buyer | Two 10-year CDR deals in four days (Climeworks, Deep Sky) | Climeworks |
| Microsoft | Dominant historical buyer | 7-year, 650k-tonne BioCirc BECCS deal after reported pause | ESG Today |
| Climeworks Solutions | DAC pioneer / portfolio manager | First Canadian FS customer; Calgary HQ | ESG Today |
| Deep Sky | Canadian DAC developer | 10-year TD agreement; ENGIE strategic partnership | Carbon Herald |
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Competitive Landscape
Climeworks structured the TD deal as a managed portfolio rather than a single-technology offtake. The portfolio will cover multiple North American carbon removal pathways, including enhanced rock weathering, biochar, BECCS and future direct air capture. The agreement gives TD access to emerging carbon removal technologies while helping manage residual emissions and market risk. The structure resembles a fund-of-funds: the supplier handles project sourcing, due diligence and ongoing management. Under the new agreement, Climeworks will deliver a managed portfolio of high-durability carbon removal projects across North America, with the company responsible for project sourcing, due diligence, and ongoing portfolio management. The implementation approach emphasizes meeting GDPR, SOC 2, and ISO 27001 compliance requirements,
That model matters because Climeworks has been restructuring around it. The new agreement follows a series of moves by Climeworks towards large-scale deployment in Canada, including the opening of its corporate headquarters in Calgary earlier this year. Deep Sky, meanwhile, is positioning as a Canadian DAC champion. For Deep Sky, the agreement further strengthens its position as a developer of carbon removal infrastructure in Canada and follows other recently announced carbon credit purchase agreements with major international organizations.
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| Company | Category | Key Development | Impact |
|---|---|---|---|
| Microsoft | Hyperscaler buyer | 5M tonnes contracted in early 2026 | Still the volume leader; pace under review |
| Frontier (Stripe, Alphabet, Meta) | Buyer coalition | $41M Reverion offtake | Pooled procurement model for tech buyers |
| Climeworks Solutions | CDR portfolio supplier | 10-yr TD deal; Calgary HQ | Pivot from pure DAC to multi-pathway portfolios |
| Deep Sky | DAC developer | TD offtake; ENGIE partnership | Building Canadian DAC anchor |
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What It Means
For Enterprise Buyers
The portfolio structure is the news. CFOs and chief sustainability officers can now buy CDR exposure the way they buy energy: a diversified, supplier-managed book of contracts rather than a bet on one technology. Toronto-Dominion Bank has signed a 10-year carbon removal agreement with Climeworks Solutions, giving one of North America's largest banks access to a diversified portfolio of high-quality carbon removal credits. The agreement places TD among the early financial services buyers using long-term procurement to support carbon dioxide removal, known as CDR. Long-dated contracts also unlock prepayment economics. For buyers willing to commit capital early, prepayments offer meaningful savings: paying 50% upfront yields discounts of 3–9%, while full prepayment unlocks 7–14% off the purchase price.
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For Investors
Bank entry validates the offtake contract as a financeable instrument. The partnership also reflects a broader trend among financial institutions to support the development of carbon removal markets. By committing to long-term purchases, organizations can help provide the revenue certainty needed to finance and scale emerging carbon removal infrastructure. Without bankable offtake, DAC and BECCS project finance does not close. The risk: a thinning tech-buyer pipeline. If growth continues at the pace we saw this year, it's going to get a lot harder for startups to raise their series B or C. "When you can't raise that, and you haven't sold enough to keep yourself afloat, then you go out of business," he said. "I would expect quite a few companies to go out of business in 2026."
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Forward Outlook
Watch three milestones. First, EU policy: The European Union continued to advance a government certification program for carbon removal and expects to finalize methodologies for several CDR methods in 2026. That government stamp of approval may give potential buyers more confidence in the market. Second, supply ramp: Climeworks Solutions will also provide access to direct air capture credits sourced from one of Climeworks' future North American facilities. Third, peer banks. With TD's template public, expect Canadian and US lenders to test multi-year CDR procurement against their own Scope 1 and 2 reduction trajectories. TD has reported a 29% reduction in its Scope 1 and Scope 2 emissions compared with its 2019 baseline and has stated that it intends to continue reducing operational emissions wherever possible.
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FAQ
Sources include company disclosures, regulatory filings, analyst reports, and industry briefings.
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Aisha Mohammed
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Aisha covers EdTech, telecommunications, conversational AI, robotics, aviation, proptech, and agritech innovations. Experienced technology correspondent focused on emerging tech applications.
Frequently Asked Questions
What did TD Bank announce?
TD Bank signed two separate 10-year carbon removal agreements within four days — one with Climeworks Solutions disclosed June 1, 2026, and one with Deep Sky disclosed June 4, 2026 — making it the first major Canadian bank to commit to long-term CDR procurement at industrial scale.
What technologies are covered under the Climeworks deal?
The Climeworks Solutions portfolio for TD spans multiple North American pathways, including enhanced rock weathering, biochar, bioenergy with carbon capture and storage (BECCS), and future direct air capture credits from Climeworks' own facilities.
How does this compare to Microsoft's role in the CDR market?
Microsoft remains the dominant historical buyer, contracting roughly 5 million tonnes in early 2026 alone. But Microsoft signaled in May that it may adjust the pace or volume of its procurement, making TD's entry a meaningful diversification of the buyer base.
Why are 10-year contracts important for carbon removal?
Long-dated offtake contracts give CDR project developers the revenue certainty needed to finance and build capital-intensive removal infrastructure. Without bankable multi-year contracts, direct air capture and BECCS projects struggle to reach financial close.
What should enterprise buyers watch next?
Three milestones: EU finalization of CDR certification methodologies in 2026, commissioning of Climeworks' next North American DAC facility, and whether peer banks in Canada and the US replicate TD's multi-year, multi-pathway procurement template.
