Spotify 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

530,534

Retirements

207

Years

2018 to 2025

Projects

90

Registries

3

Source: Registry records · Data as of 1 June 2026

Retirements by year

Tonnes by the year the retirement was recorded.

Tonnes retired by yearSpotify: 530,214 tonnes retired, 2018 to 2025, by year of retirement.0125k250k375k500k2018: 644 tonnes20182019: 7,465 tonnes20192020: 35,374 tonnes20202021: 166,619 tonnes20212022: 320,108 tonnes2022202320242025: 4 tonnes2025

A further 320 tonnes have no retirement date in registry records, so they are counted in the total but not in any year.

YearTonnes retired
2025 4
2024 none recorded
2023 none recorded
2022 320,108
2021 166,619
2020 35,374
2019 7,465
2018 644

Source: Registry records · Data as of 1 June 2026

By project type

TypeTonnesShare
Renewable Energy303,31257.2%
Ghg Management95,00017.9%
Not specified84,53115.9%
Energy Efficiency26,9805.1%
Forest15,3202.9%
Fuel Switching5,3911%

Types as the registries record them.

By registry

RegistryTonnesShare
Verra225,00442.4%
Gold Standard210,53039.7%
Climate Action Reserve (CAR)95,00017.9%

By vintage

The year the emission reduction or removal took place.

VintageTonnesShare
Before 201643,5068.2%
2016 to 2020166,70831.4%
2021 onwards320,32060.4%

By host country

CountryTonnesShare
India281,22853%
United States95,00017.9%
Türkiye27,0085.1%
Brazil19,0043.6%
Colombia18,0003.4%
China17,3343.3%
Panama13,9432.6%
Taiwan8,0851.5%
Indonesia7,1271.3%
Myanmar4,2020.8%

The 10 largest of 33 countries.

ICVCM status of methodologies

Current statusTonnesShare
Methodology assessed and not approved317,17759.8%
Methodology not matched to ICVCM records187,38635.3%
No ICVCM decision on the methodology yet15,6242.9%
Some versions of the methodology approved9,5931.8%
Methodology under assessment7540.1%

Status shown is the methodology's current ICVCM status. It may have been decided after these credits were retired.

What the ICVCM status means

Removals and avoidance

ClassTonnesShare
Impermanent removal39,0597.4%
Reduction or avoidance491,47592.6%

Removals: 39,059 tonnes (long-duration and impermanent). Reduction or avoidance: 491,475 tonnes.

How projects are classed

Projects retired from

Largest first. 90 projects, page 3 of 4.

ProjectRegistryCountry TonnesYears
TerraClear Ceramic Water Purifier Project in Lao PDR GLD2095 Gold Standard Laos 1,203 2019 to 2022
Production and dissemination of Ceramic Water Purifiers by Hydrologic in the Kingdom of Cambodia GLD1020 Gold Standard Cambodia 1,164 2018 to 2020
Prony and Kafeate wind-farms New Caledonia (300344) GLD566 · Renewable Energy Gold Standard New Caledonia 1,130 2021
African Biogas Carbon Programme (ABC) - Kenya - VPA001 GLD2750 Gold Standard Kenya 1,073 2019 to 2020
Efficient And Clean Cooking For Mozambican Low Income Housholds - George Dimitrov VPA1 GLD6155 · Energy Efficiency Gold Standard Mozambique 1,000 2021
GS1247 VPA 110 Improved Kitchen Regimes: Kayonza District Borehole Project Rwanda GLD5396 · Energy Efficiency Gold Standard Rwanda 987 2020
GS2446 GS1265 African Biomass Energy Conservation PoA Malawi Biomass Conservation (4) GLD2446 · Energy Efficiency Gold Standard Malawi 984 2020
CAMLICA II HEPP GLD1173 · Renewable Energy Gold Standard Türkiye 789 2021
Biomass based Steam Generation plant at Chanakya Dairy Products Limited GLD4195 · Fuel Switching Gold Standard India 720 2021
GS1377 Utsil Naj - Casa saludable para todos VPA2 GLD2439 · Energy Efficiency Gold Standard Guatemala 703 2020 to 2022
GS1377 Utsil Naj - Casa saludable para todos VPA3 GLD2440 · Energy Efficiency Gold Standard Honduras 675 2020
African Biogas Carbon Programme (ABC) - Kenya - VPA006 GLD5801 · Energy Efficiency Gold Standard Kenya 625 2020
GS5304 MKOPA Solar Lighting Programme of Activities - Kenya VPA 1 GLD5314 · Fuel Switching Gold Standard Kenya 624 2021
GS1377 Utsil Naj - Casa saludable para todos VPA4 GLD2441 · Energy Efficiency Gold Standard Mexico 569 2020 to 2022
Humbo Ethiopia Assisted Natural Regeneration Project GLD10220 Gold Standard Ethiopia 500 2020
Ceará Renewable Energy Bundled Project GLD1042 Gold Standard Brazil 440 2021
GS1247 VPA 39 Improved Kitchen Regimes: Bugesera Rwanda GLD3947 · Energy Efficiency Gold Standard Rwanda 417 2019 to 2020
GS1247 VPA 1 Improved Kitchen Regimes: Bugesera Rwanda GLD1267 · Energy Efficiency Gold Standard Rwanda 401 2020
GS1247 VPA 89 Southern Ethiopia Efficient Cook Stoves GLD5325 Gold Standard Ethiopia 361 2021
National Biodigester Programme Cambodia GLD751 Gold Standard Cambodia 326 2020
ArBolivia- Phase II GLD2951 · Forest Gold Standard Bolivia 320
Reforestation Program in the Southeastern Region of Nicaragua on degraded pastureland GLD4220 Gold Standard Nicaragua 300 2020
Solar thermal power plant by Godawari Green Energy Limited (GS3429 CER to VER conversion) GLD6586 Gold Standard India 300 2021
GS1247 VPA 60 Improved Kitchen Regimes: Kayonza District Borehole Project Rwanda GLD4901 · Energy Efficiency Gold Standard Rwanda 281 2019
GS2504 - Voluntary Gold Standard multi-country improved cookstove PoA - Oserian Flower Farm Offset Project 1 - Inkoirienito and Oltepesi GLD1248 · Energy Efficiency Gold Standard Kenya 190 2021

Source: Registry records · Data as of 1 June 2026

Questions about Spotify

How many carbon credits has Spotify retired?

Registry records name Spotify as beneficiary for 530,534 tonnes across 207 retirements since 2018, as of 1 June 2026.

Which projects has Spotify retired credits from?

Phlogiston Phase I (95,000 tonnes); 100 MW SOLAR PROJECT IN BHADLA IN RAJASTHAN. (85,000 tonnes); 150 MW Solar Project in Karnataka by Avaada Solar (70,000 tonnes). The full list of 90 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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