Delta Air Lines carbon credit retirements
Built from registry retirement records that name this organisation as beneficiary. Retirements that name no beneficiary, or name it differently, are not included, so this view is partial.
Key figures
Tonnes retired
27,765,321
Retirements
469
Years
2015 to 2023
Projects
111
Registries
4
Source: Registry records · Data as of 1 June 2026
Retirements by year
Tonnes by the year the retirement was recorded.
| Year | Tonnes retired |
|---|---|
| 2023 | 267,915 |
| 2022 | 9,000,890 |
| 2021 | 8,602,306 |
| 2020 | 1,684,246 |
| 2019 | 2,909,375 |
| 2018 | 2,375,348 |
| 2017 | 2,426,241 |
| 2016 | none recorded |
| 2015 | 499,000 |
Source: Registry records · Data as of 1 June 2026
By project type
| Type | Tonnes | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Renewable Energy | 8,784,848 | 31.6% |
| Forest | 8,685,024 | 31.3% |
| Energy Efficiency | 5,866,895 | 21.1% |
| Ghg Management | 2,595,103 | 9.3% |
| Fuel Switching | 1,833,451 | 6.6% |
Types as the registries record them.
By registry
| Registry | Tonnes | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Verra | 25,798,913 | 92.9% |
| American Carbon Registry (ACR) | 1,900,705 | 6.8% |
| Climate Action Reserve (CAR) | 47,500 | 0.2% |
| Gold Standard | 18,203 | 0.1% |
By vintage
The year the emission reduction or removal took place.
| Vintage | Tonnes | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Before 2016 | 16,875,347 | 60.8% |
| 2016 to 2020 | 10,744,356 | 38.7% |
| 2021 onwards | 145,618 | 0.5% |
By host country
| Country | Tonnes | Share |
|---|---|---|
| South Korea | 5,848,692 | 21.1% |
| China | 5,181,540 | 18.7% |
| India | 4,344,958 | 15.6% |
| Peru | 2,680,500 | 9.7% |
| Indonesia | 2,250,000 | 8.1% |
| United States | 1,951,205 | 7% |
| Cambodia | 1,642,987 | 5.9% |
| Brazil | 1,289,416 | 4.6% |
| DR Congo | 1,133,451 | 4.1% |
| Bangladesh | 480,825 | 1.7% |
The 10 largest of 22 countries.
ICVCM status of methodologies
| Current status | Tonnes | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Methodology assessed and not approved | 14,742,591 | 53.1% |
| No ICVCM decision on the methodology yet | 10,388,156 | 37.4% |
| Methodology not matched to ICVCM records | 2,148,046 | 7.7% |
| Some versions of the methodology approved | 486,528 | 1.8% |
Status shown is the methodology's current ICVCM status. It may have been decided after these credits were retired.
Removals and avoidance
| Class | Tonnes | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Impermanent removal | 204,318 | 0.7% |
| Mixed removal and reduction | 2,000,000 | 7.2% |
| Reduction or avoidance | 25,561,003 | 92.1% |
Removals: 204,318 tonnes (long-duration and impermanent). Reduction or avoidance: 25,561,003 tonnes.
Projects retired from
Largest first. 111 projects, page 1 of 5.
| Project | Registry | Country | Tonnes | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hyundai Steel Waste Energy Cogeneration Project VCS786 · Energy Efficiency | Verra | South Korea | 3,923,842 | 2015 to 2022 |
| Cordillera Azul National Park REDD Project VCS985 · Forest | Verra | Peru | 2,665,500 | 2018 to 2023 |
| Katingan Peatland Restoration and Conservation Project VCS1477 · Forest | Verra | Indonesia | 2,000,000 | 2021 |
| The Hyundai Waste Energy Recovery CO-Generation Project Phase II VCS1146 · Energy Efficiency | Verra | South Korea | 1,924,850 | 2021 to 2022 |
| Merit Energy Geo-Seq ACR117 · Ghg Management | American Carbon Registry (ACR) | United States | 1,900,705 | 2022 |
| Nanjing Jinling Grid Connected Natural Gas Combined Cycle Power Plant Project VCS1490 · Fuel Switching | Verra | China | 1,624,400 | 2017 to 2018 |
| Southern Cardamom REDD+ Project VCS1748 · Forest | Verra | Cambodia | 1,557,987 | 2020 to 2021 |
| The Mai Ndombe REDD+ Project VCS934 · Forest | Verra | DR Congo | 1,133,451 | 2021 |
| Jiangsu Dongtai Phase II Wind Power Project VCS1356 · Renewable Energy | Verra | China | 787,023 | 2019 to 2020 |
| CECIC HKC Gansu Changma Wind Power project VCS717 · Renewable Energy | Verra | China | 644,713 | 2019 |
| Kaladonger Wind Power Project in Rajasthan VCS1194 · Renewable Energy | Verra | India | 513,733 | 2019 |
| VTRM Renewable Energy VCS1812 · Renewable Energy | Verra | Brazil | 499,104 | 2022 |
| Reducing Gas Leakages within the Titas Gas Distribution Network in Bangladesh - CER Conversion VCS2478 · Ghg Management | Verra | Bangladesh | 480,825 | 2022 |
| CECIC HKE Zhangbei Lvnaobao Wind Power Project VCS727 · Renewable Energy | Verra | China | 462,357 | 2018 to 2019 |
| Bundled Solar VCS Project by EKIESL (EKIESL- VCS.Oct 2016-01) VCS1574 · Renewable Energy | Verra | India | 349,302 | 2022 |
| Bundled Wind Power Project in Tamilnadu, India, co-ordinated by Tamilnadu Spinning Mills Association (TASMA-V2) VCS1353 · Renewable Energy | Verra | India | 335,000 | 2022 |
| Tuppadahalli Wind Energy Project VCS924 · Renewable Energy | Verra | India | 295,736 | 2021 |
| Guohua Wulate Zhongqi Chuanjing Phase II Wind Farm Project VCS1200 · Renewable Energy | Verra | China | 290,511 | 2019 to 2020 |
| Rimba Raya Biodiversity Reserve Project VCS674 · Forest | Verra | Indonesia | 250,000 | 2021 |
| The Envira Amazonia Project - A Tropical Forest Conservation Project in Acre, Brazil VCS1382 · Forest | Verra | Brazil | 216,884 | 2018 to 2020 |
| Bundled Solar Power Project by Vector Green Energy Private Limited VCS1770 · Renewable Energy | Verra | India | 214,652 | 2021 |
| Ghani Solar Renewable Power Project by Greenko Group VCS1792 · Renewable Energy | Verra | India | 200,000 | 2022 |
| 33.9 MW Bundled Wind Power project in states of Karnataka and Tamil Nadu VCS676 · Renewable Energy | Verra | India | 192,520 | 2022 |
| CECIC HKC Danjinghe Wind Farm Project VCS1839 · Renewable Energy | Verra | China | 189,905 | 2020 |
| Vaspet-II and Vaspet-III Wind Power Project, Maharashtra VCS1404 · Renewable Energy | Verra | India | 184,688 | 2018 to 2022 |
Source: Registry records · Data as of 1 June 2026
Questions about Delta Air Lines
How many carbon credits has Delta Air Lines retired?
Registry records name Delta Air Lines as beneficiary for 27,765,321 tonnes across 469 retirements since 2015, as of 1 June 2026.
Which projects has Delta Air Lines retired credits from?
Hyundai Steel Waste Energy Cogeneration Project (3,923,842 tonnes); Cordillera Azul National Park REDD Project (2,665,500 tonnes); Katingan Peatland Restoration and Conservation Project (2,000,000 tonnes). The full list of 111 projects is on this page.
Is this a complete record?
No. It includes only retirements whose registry record names this organisation. Retirements that name no beneficiary, or name it differently, are not included.
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