Carbon removal
Our framework for selecting the most impactful projects
Carbon removal
Our framework for selecting the most impactful projects
Grounded in Milkywire’s core principles of integrity, scientific rigor, and transparency, the framework combines non-negotiable selection criteria with three strategic purchase drivers to balance quality, impact, and buyer priorities. The criteria serve as an independent integrity and impact filter, while the dimensions shape the purchase strategy to align with your organization’s goals, risk appetite, and ambition.
Selection Criteria
Core criteria to ensure the highest standard of quality and integrity
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Carbon accounting
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Carbon accounting
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Measurement, Reporting, and Verification (MRV)
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Measurement, Reporting, and Verification (MRV)
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Additionality
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Additionality
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Durability
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Durability
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Resource use
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Resource use
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Safety
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Safety
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Legality
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Legality
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Justice
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Justice
Strategic purchase drivers
The purchasing strategy and portfolio design are guided by three strategic drivers that balance your goals, priorities, and risk appetite to help build the optimal carbon removal portfolio for your organization.
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Market objective
Defines the role a purchase plays in advancing and scaling the carbon removal market, from catalytic early-stage support that drives innovation to expansionary purchases that enable broader adoption.
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Market objective
Defines the role a purchase plays in advancing and scaling the carbon removal market, from catalytic early-stage support that drives innovation to expansionary purchases that enable broader adoption.
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Risk profile
Describes how innovation and reliability are balanced. We assess factors such as technology maturity, delivery certainty, durability, and reputational exposure to ensure every investment contributes responsibly to lasting progress.
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Risk profile
Describes how innovation and reliability are balanced. We assess factors such as technology maturity, delivery certainty, durability, and reputational exposure to ensure every investment contributes responsibly to lasting progress.
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Buyer priorities
Captures how purchases align with an organization’s broader goals, including timing, pathways, diversification, and geography, to ensure carbon removal efforts support both climate targets and overall business strategy. Buyers often prioritize projects that deliver additional environmental and social value such as the restoration of ecosystems and biodiversity or the creation of local jobs and other community benefits.
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Buyer priorities
Captures how purchases align with an organization’s broader goals, including timing, pathways, diversification, and geography, to ensure carbon removal efforts support both climate targets and overall business strategy. Buyers often prioritize projects that deliver additional environmental and social value such as the restoration of ecosystems and biodiversity or the creation of local jobs and other community benefits.
Robert Höglund, Head of Climate Strategy and CDR at milkywire
"We combine scientific rigor with expert insight to ensure integrity and lasting impact in every carbon removal project."
Robert Höglund, Head of Climate Strategy and CDR at milkywire
"We combine scientific rigor with expert insight to ensure integrity and lasting impact in every carbon removal project."
CDR Methodology
A rigorous process from selection to delivery
Projects are selected through structured requests for proposals, followed by rigorous screening, evaluation, and due diligence. The process is grounded in scientific best practices and reviewed by an independent advisory group. Each project is evaluated against our core selection criteria and assessed according to defined strategic drivers. Finalists undergo in-depth risk assessments and are monitored throughout implementation to track delivery, manage risks, and capture learnings.
CDR Methodology
A rigorous process from selection to delivery
Projects are selected through structured requests for proposals, followed by rigorous screening, evaluation, and due diligence. The process is grounded in scientific best practices and reviewed by an independent advisory group. Each project is evaluated against our core selection criteria and assessed according to defined strategic drivers. Finalists undergo in-depth risk assessments and are monitored throughout implementation to track delivery, manage risks, and capture learnings.
Our experts
Meet our CDR experts
We collaborate with a broad network of experts and maintain a robust portfolio management system to ensure high quality and scientific rigor. The portfolio is overseen by a group of portfolio managers who work closely with an external advisory group.
Aidan Preston, Ph.D.
Senior Impact Manager for CDR
Aidan Preston is a carbon dioxide removal and science policy advisor with extensive experience from the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) and non-federal governments. At the DOE, he designed and managed the Carbon Dioxide Removal Purchase Pilot Prize, the first government program dedicated to procuring high-quality, durable CDR credits. At Milkywire, Aidan leads the CDR Scale program, building a portfolio of impactful, high-quality projects that support organizations in achieving their net-zero goals. He holds a Ph.D. from the University of Utah and was a Science and Technology Policy Fellow with the American Association for the Advancement of Science.
Robert Höglund
Head of Climate Strategy & CDR
Robert Höglund is a carbon dioxide removal (CDR) and climate policy expert. He manages the Climate Transformation Fund, co-founded the CDR market platform CDR.fyi, and collaborates with the NGO Carbon Gap. Robert is a member of the EU Expert Group on Carbon Removals, contributes to the Science Based Targets initiative (SBTi) Working Group on Beyond Value Chain Mitigation (BVCM), and serves on the board of Mistra Sustainable Consumption. He has previously led Oxfam Sweden’s policy and communications team and founded the Climate Goal Initiative in Sweden.
Aidan Preston, Ph.D.
Senior Impact Manager for CDR
Aidan Preston is a carbon dioxide removal and science policy advisor with extensive experience from the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) and non-federal governments. At the DOE, he designed and managed the Carbon Dioxide Removal Purchase Pilot Prize, the first government program dedicated to procuring high-quality, durable CDR credits. At Milkywire, Aidan leads the CDR Scale program, building a portfolio of impactful, high-quality projects that support organizations in achieving their net-zero goals. He holds a Ph.D. from the University of Utah and was a Science and Technology Policy Fellow with the American Association for the Advancement of Science.
Robert Höglund
Head of Climate Strategy & CDR
Robert Höglund is a carbon dioxide removal (CDR) and climate policy expert. He manages the Climate Transformation Fund, co-founded the CDR market platform CDR.fyi, and collaborates with the NGO Carbon Gap. Robert is a member of the EU Expert Group on Carbon Removals, contributes to the Science Based Targets initiative (SBTi) Working Group on Beyond Value Chain Mitigation (BVCM), and serves on the board of Mistra Sustainable Consumption. He has previously led Oxfam Sweden’s policy and communications team and founded the Climate Goal Initiative in Sweden.
Meet our advisors
Grant Faber
Techno-economic Analysis Expert, Carbon-Based Consulting LLC
Fabiano Ximenes
Senior Research Scientist at NSW Department of Primary Industries
Carlos Härtel
Senior Industry & Investment Advisor, previously CTO Climeworks
Meet our advisors
Grant Faber
Techno-economic Analysis Expert, Carbon-Based Consulting LLC
Fabiano Ximenes
Senior Research Scientist at NSW Department of Primary Industries
Carlos Härtel
Senior Industry & Investment Advisor, previously CTO Climeworks
Let's talk carbon removal
Get in touch with our CDR experts to explore how Milkywire can support your company’s climate goals.
Let's talk carbon removal
Get in touch with our CDR experts to explore how Milkywire can support your company’s climate goals.
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© Milkywire AB, 2025. All rights reserved. Mailbox 3306, 112 73 Stockholm, Sweden. All donations are handled by WRLD Foundation Sweden (registered with org ID No "802526 - 9328") and WRLD Foundation US (registered 501(c)(3) charity).