Recoolit has signed a multi-year agreement with Google, which has committed to purchasing 250,000 carbon credits over several years. The company generates these credits through agreements with heating, ventilation, and air conditioning (HVAC) technicians across Indonesia to "safely destroy" HFCs from residential and commercial refrigeration systems before they are released into the atmosphere.
According to the company, the partnership with Google will allow Recoolit to increase its operations tenfold and expand into other regions. The purchase schedule has not been disclosed, but it is likely that most of the purchases will be made after 2030.
Cool Effect is a non-profit organization based in Greenbrae, California. It's a carbon credit platform that helps landfills obtain financial support for installing systems that collect and destroy methane generated by organic materials, either by burning it or using it as fuel.
The agreement with Google will help Cool Effect's partner, Brazilian company Orizon Valorização de Resíduos, install methane destruction equipment at a landfill in Cuiabá, Brazil. The exact number of credits generated by the project has not been disclosed.
Cool Effect also supports reforestation projects, biochar, deployment of renewable energy in disadvantaged communities, and soil enrichment.
In a LinkedIn blog post announcing the news, Randy Spock, Google's head of carbon credits and removals, stated: "If we use the credits from these purchases to help neutralize Google's emissions, we will ensure that they are offset by shorter-duration emissions from our own footprint or replaced with longer-duration credits as their atmospheric impact expires."
Google has backed several carbon removal programs over the past 12 months to support its decarbonization efforts. In February, it reported that it had spent more than $100 million on carbon removal in 2024, three times more than initially planned.
So far in 2025, the company has signed several agreements. For example, in January, it signed an agreement with biochar company Charm Industrial to purchase 100,000 tons of removal credits to be delivered through 2030. Also in January, the company backed Indian biochar startup Varaha, agreeing to purchase 100,000 tons of removals.
