Shopify Climate Goals
Shopify's carbon removal strategy: Frontier's $1B pledge, the Sustainability Fund and Shopify Planet carbon-neutral shipping explained.
Shopify is a founding member of Frontier, runs a Sustainability Fund that backs early carbon removal companies, and offers merchants carbon-neutral shipping through its Planet app. This page explains each part and what it means. Last updated October 2026.
Shopify's Climate Goals at a Glance
- Frontier: a founding member of the advance market commitment to buy an initial $1 billion of permanent carbon removal by 2030.
- Sustainability Fund: partners with more than 50 companies developing carbon removal and emissions prevention technology.
- Shopify Planet: lets merchants offer carbon-neutral shipping, with funds going to early-stage carbon removal companies.
- Reporting: Shopify's latest climate report is from 2025.
Shopify and Frontier: Buying Permanent Carbon Removal
Shopify is a founding member of Frontier, an advance market commitment to purchase an initial $1 billion of permanent carbon removal by 2030. By promising demand in advance, Frontier gives early-stage suppliers the confidence to build. Methods in scope include:
- Direct Air Capture (DAC): capturing CO₂ from the air and storing it permanently.
- Enhanced rock weathering: speeding up natural mineral reactions that lock away carbon.
- Other durable methods, such as ocean-based removal.
The Shopify Sustainability Fund
The Sustainability Fund supports entrepreneurs building breakthrough climate technology, including carbon removal. Shopify names a portfolio of carbon removal companies that includes Airhive, Holocene, Phlair, 1PointFive, Climeworks, Heirloom, Arca, CarbonRun, Charm, CREW, Lithos, Loam, Mati, Planetary and Vaulted. The fund aims to spend millions of dollars a year buying removal early to help bring future prices down.
Carbon-Neutral Shipping Through Shopify Planet
The Shopify Planet app estimates the emissions from a merchant's shipments so merchants and customers can neutralise them. The money goes to early-stage carbon removal companies, and merchants can show a carbon-neutral badge on their store.
Empowering Merchants and Consumers
By packaging carbon removal into a simple app, Shopify lets merchants:
- Track the emissions linked to their shipments.
- Offer customers the option to fund carbon removal.
- Communicate their sustainability efforts to customers.
Challenges and Opportunities
- Scale: carbon removal remains small and costly compared with global emissions.
- Quality: buyers need permanent, verified removal rather than low-cost credits.
- Transparency: clear reporting of tonnes and prices helps the market mature. Learn how in our Carbon Dioxide Removal guide.
Frequently Asked Questions About Shopify's Climate Goals
What is Shopify's climate strategy?
Shopify focuses on buying permanent carbon removal through Frontier and its Sustainability Fund, and on helping merchants fund removal through Shopify Planet.
What is Frontier?
Frontier is an advance market commitment to buy an initial $1 billion of permanent carbon removal by 2030. Shopify is one of its founding members.
Is Shopify carbon neutral?
Shopify's programs fund carbon removal, but this page does not claim a company-wide carbon neutral status. See Shopify's climate report for its own footprint and claims.
How does Shopify compare with other companies?
Compare with Stripe, Google and Meta, which are also Frontier members.
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