As a company we want to support a portfolio so we generally recommend a minimum of 2% in every method but I do understand your concern about forestation and we do have a 'tech only' plan in the pipeline to address exactly that.
One of my other thoughts, is that things like a direct-air carbon capture facility require a big upfront investment. What do you think about a "fundraiser" to make one possible. I.E., it would be gratifying to donate money, knowing it would be going directly to the construction of a new long-term carbon capture facility. I would then be confident that my donation would be going towards new sources of carbon removal.
Interesting take - maybe something we should branch into ;)
Actually a lot of carbon removers are currently trying to sell removals for the future. Shopify and Stripe are both spending money for removals that will only be taken out of the atmosphere in some years.
For us we try to focus on products that are actively delivering at the moment. We want our customers to actually be able to say their footprint has been removed.
I think though an 'innovation' plan or similar for methods that are maybe only at prototype phase could be possible. We just have to decided what happens if the project is unable to deliver in the future.
