Singapore Turns To California’s Boomitra For Soil Carbon Credits

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India-West Staff Reporter

SAN MATEO, CA – Singapore has become the first country to purchase soil carbon removals under its climate commitments, signing an agreement with California-based climate technology firm Boomitra to acquire 625,000 tons of carbon credits. The credits, sourced from Boomitra’s South America Grassland Project, will be delivered between 2026 and 2031 and were the only soil carbon project selected among four awarded under the city-state’s competitive request for proposals.

The project underwent a rigorous review led by Singapore’s National Climate Change Secretariat and Ministry of Trade and Industry, which confirmed that it meets the highest standards of integrity, measurement, and transparency under the Paris climate framework.

“This milestone demonstrates that high-integrity soil carbon projects can meet compliance standards and create tangible benefits for farmers and ecosystems,” said Boomitra founder and chief executive officer Aadith Moorthy.

Launched in June 2025, the grassland program spans more than 76,000 acres in Argentina and Paraguay, where ranchers use regenerative grazing to increase soil carbon sequestration. Since 2021, it has removed over 100,000 tonnes of carbon dioxide and is projected to scale to over half a million tonnes annually as it expands to more than one million acres. The initiative restores degraded grasslands, improves soil fertility, supports biodiversity, and channels revenues to local communities to strengthen sustainable livelihoods.

The Singapore agreement highlights the role of soil carbon removal in compliance markets and positions the country as a leader in establishing transparent frameworks for global climate cooperation.

 Moorthy is a Stanford Knight-Hennessy Scholar with graduate degrees from Stanford and two bachelor’s degrees from the California Institute of Technology.