Carbon Direct releases low-carbon fuels criteria to help voluntary buyers

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The new criteria seeks to help corporate and organizational buyers understand what makes a “high-quality” low-carbon fuel and build on past standards from the climate solutions company.

Published June 18, 2026

Steam and exhaust rise from the power plant of STEAG on January 6, 2017 in Oberhausen, Germany. Climate solutions company Carbon Direct published fuel guidance June 16, 2026, organized around several principles: preventing social and environmental harms, carbon accounting, minimizing leakages, feedstock sourcing and proving additionality.