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Deep Sky & Lufthansa’s Carbon Removal Credit Partnership

Sustainabilitymag · · 779 words · By Chloe Williment
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Deep Sky and Lufthansa Group have entered into an offtake agreement for direct air capture (DAC) carbon removal credits. The partnership aims to integrate technology-based carbon sequestration into Lufthansa's broader sustainability strategy and climate protection portfolio.

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9 claims extracted and verified against multiple sources including cross-references, web search, and Wikipedia.

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“The company has entered into an offtake agreement with Lufthansa Group to provide high-quality direct air capture (DAC) carbon removal credits.”
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Multiple independent sources (Carbon Herald and Morningstar) confirm the multi-year offtake agreement between Deep Sky and Lufthansa Group for DAC carbon removal credits.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — International Consolidated Airlines Group S.A., trading as International Airlines Group and usually shortened to IAG, is a British-Spanish multinational airline holding company with its registered off…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Airlines_Group
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — British Midland Airways Limited (trading at various times throughout its history as British Midland, bmi British Midland, bmi or British Midland International) was an airline in the United Kingdom wit…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_Midland_International
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Italia Trasporto Aereo S.p.A. (pronounced [iˈtaːlja traˈspɔrto aˈɛːreo]), doing business as ITA Airways (pronounced [ˈiːta] EE-tah), is the flag carrier of Italy. It is owned by the government of Ital…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ITA_Airways
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“The Lufthansa Group is already working with Airbus and Climeworks, as well as Deep Sky, to advance its climate protection portfolio.”
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Web search results confirm Lufthansa Group's collaboration with Airbus (ACCO service) and the general expansion of its portfolio to include technology-based solutions like those from Deep Sky and Climeworks.
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web search NEUTRAL — The Lufthansa Group has reshaped its portfolio of climate protection projects and is placing a stronger emphasis on technology-based solutions.
https://newsroom.lufthansagroup.com/en/lufthansa-group-expan…
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web search NEUTRAL — Lufthansa Group has announced a major overhaul of its climate protection project portfolio, increasing its focus on technology-based carbon removal solutions.
https://www.rustourismnews.com/2026/05/20/lufthansa-group-do…
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web search NEUTRAL — Lufthansa Group has unveiled a groundbreaking commitment to environmental sustainability by announcing its intention to procure 40,000 tonnes of carbon removal credits from the Airbus Carbon Capture O…
https://www.green.earth/news/green-skies-ahead-lufthansa-gro…
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“Deep Sky has also collaborated with Microsoft and the Royal Bank of Canada.”
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While the claim is mentioned in the context of the article, the provided evidence for this specific claim consists of general information about RBC and unrelated Wikipedia entries. No independent corroboration of a specific collaboration between Deep Sky and Microsoft/RBC was found in the provided evidence snippets.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Astroinformatics is an interdisciplinary field of study involving the combination of astronomy, data science, machine learning, informatics, and information/communications technologies. The field is c…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The following is a list of video games developed and published by Sega. Included are all games published on their own platforms as well as platforms made by other manufacturers and PC. It does not inc…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The following tables list the largest mergers and acquisitions by decade of transaction. Transaction values are given in the US dollar value for the year of the merger, adjusted for inflation. As of F…
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“Microsoft has purchased credits from Deep Sky in order to gain access to its portfolio and advance multiple DAC technologies at the same time.”
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The evidence provided shows Microsoft purchasing credits from other providers (Anew Climate, BioCirc), but there is no specific evidence in the provided results confirming a purchase from Deep Sky.
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web search NEUTRAL — As originally reported by ESG Today, Microsoft has announced a significant new agreement with climate solutions provider Anew Climate to purchase over 970,000 tons of carbon removal credits.
https://www.climatedoor.com/post/microsoft-purchases-nearly-…
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web search NEUTRAL — Denmark is moving deeper into the carbon removal economy, as BioCirc signs its largest agreement to date with Microsoft for 650,000 high-durability carbon removal units over seven years. The deal will…
https://esgnews.com/microsoft-secures-650000-carbon-removal-…
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web search NEUTRAL — Scrubbing the sky. The Carbon Removal Show.“Carbon removal credits provide a financial incentive for traditional institutional landowners and managers to shift to sustainable forestry and land managem…
https://carbonherald.com/microsoft-purchased-more-than-97000…
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“With more than US$130m in funding, Deep Sky is backed by Investissement Québec, Brightspark Ventures, Whitecap Venture Partners, OMERS Ventures, BDC Climate Fund, BMO, National Bank of Canada, Breakthrough Energy Catalyst and many more.”
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The funding amount (over $130m) and the specific list of investors (Investissement Québec, Brightspark, Whitecap, OMERS, BDC, BMO, National Bank of Canada, Breakthrough Energy Catalyst) are explicitly confirmed by Morningstar and a Deep Sky press release regarding the $40M Catalyst grant.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Deep Sky is a Canadian project development company specializing in carbon removal facilities. The company uses direct air capture (DAC) and direct ocean capture (DOC) technologies to remove carbon fro…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deep_Sky_(company)
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web search NEUTRAL — MONTRÉAL (December 18, 2024) — Deep Sky, the Quebec-based carbon removal project developer, today announced that it has secured a USD $40 million grant commitment from Breakthrough Energy Catalyst (“C…
https://www.deepskyclimate.com/blog/deep-sky-secures-40m-gra…
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web search NEUTRAL — With over $130 million in funding, Deep Sky is backed by Investissement Québec, Brightspark Ventures, Whitecap Venture Partners, OMERS Ventures, BDC Climate Fund, BMO, National Bank of Canada, Breakth…
https://www.morningstar.com/news/pr-newswire/20260521mo65533…
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“Through its passenger-facing offerings, the company enables contributions to certified climate protection projects, with a diversified portfolio of 14 initiatives that are aligned with the UN Sustainable Development Goals.”
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Carbon Herald explicitly mentions that Lufthansa's expanded climate protection portfolio is comprised of 14 projects certified to the highest standards.
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web search NEUTRAL — A substantial part of the digital transformation of universities has been the digitalisation of services. This has often taken the shape of changing processes from ...
https://eua-dtm.eu/digital-architecture/digital-services/
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web search NEUTRAL — EUA’s flagship publication Universities without walls – a vision for 2030 found that strong leadership was among the key enabling factors for building open, autonomous ...
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web search NEUTRAL — Generic selectors Exact matches only Search in title Search in content Post Type Selectors info@eua.eu Tel: +32 (0) 2 230 55 44 Tel: +41 (0) 22 552 02 94
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“A growing share of these projects, now around 20%, focuses on permanent CO₂ removal from the atmosphere”
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Carbon Herald explicitly states that 20% of the 14 projects center around permanently removing CO2 from the atmosphere.
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web search NEUTRAL — Lufthansa Group has announced a major overhaul of its climate protection project portfolio, increasing its focus on technology-based carbon removal solutions as the aviation industry faces growing pre…
https://www.rustourismnews.com/2026/05/20/lufthansa-group-do…
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web search NEUTRAL — Lufthansa Group has expanded and modernised its climate protection project portfolio, doubling long‑term CO₂ removal.
https://www.futuretravelexperience.com/2026/05/new-lufthansa…
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web search NEUTRAL — This move is part of Lufthansa’s newly expanded climate protection portfolio, comprised of 14 projects certified to the highest standards, 20% of which center around permanently removing CO2 from the …
https://carbonherald.com/lufthansa-signs-tech-and-nature-bas…
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“in 2025 alone, passengers contributed to projects addressing more than 710,000 tonnes of CO₂.”
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The provided evidence for this claim contains general information about Lufthansa's history and 2025 awards/executive pay, but does not mention the 710,000 tonnes of CO2 contributed by passengers in 2025.
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web search NEUTRAL — Lufthansa joined Air Canada, Scandinavian Airlines, Thai Airways International, and United Airlines to form Star Alliance on 14 May 1997, the world's first multilateral airline alliance.[36]. Lufthans…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lufthansa
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web search NEUTRAL — World Travel Awards 2025: Lufthansa Crowned Europe's Best Airline – Here's the Full List.
https://news.google.com/topics/CAAqIQgKIhtDQkFTRGdvSUwyMHZNS…
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web search NEUTRAL — Lufthansa passenger jets grounded during a cabin crew strike in April.Spohr earned €8.8 million in 2025, an increase of more than 40% from the previous year, with ISS saying the pay isn’t aligned with…
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-05-12/lufthansa…
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“To deliver this portfolio, Lufthansa Group collaborates with a range of established climate and carbon management partners, including myclimate, First Climate, Ceezer, Senken, Climeworks and 1PointFive.”
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No evidence was found in the provided search results to confirm the specific list of partners (myclimate, First Climate, Ceezer, Senken, Climeworks, 1PointFive).
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