Carbon Footprint

Understanding carbon removal

The Planet app neutralizes our shipping emissions and removes carbon dioxide from the atmosphere. Carbon removal is the process of capturing carbon dioxide from the atmosphere and then storing it.

For example, if a truck or a plane that delivers our shipment releases 1 kg of carbon dioxide (CO₂) into the atmosphere, being partnered with Planet by Shopify. Shopify then ensures that 1kg of CO₂ is also sucked from the atmosphere and stored away using solutions and technologies in Shopify Sustainability Fund.

There is a fast-growing and evolving sector with many carbon removal technologies in different stages of development. These technologies include nature-based solutions, such as reforestation and soil carbon sequestration and more high-tech solutions, such as direct air capture and mineralization.