Chief sustainability officer Melanie Nakagawa said the program hasn’t ended. “At times we may adjust the pace or volume of our carbon removal procurement as we continue to refine our approach toward sustainability goals,” Nakagawa said in a statement to The Logic, adding that “adjustments” don’t reflect a “change in ambition.” (The Logic)

Talking point: The remarks follow reports that Microsoft staff told suppliers and customers it was pausing future purchases of carbon removal credits. Fully halting its program would be a blow to the carbon removal market, where Microsoft is by far the world’s largest purchaser of credits. The program is a key tool for Microsoft hitting its climate goals of being carbon negative by 2030 and removing the equivalent of all the carbon it has historically emitted by 2050. “Our decarbonization approach combines reduction, removal and efficiency, and carbon removal is one piece of that equation,” Nakagawa said, adding that the company may adjust its carbon removal procurement “as we continue to refine our approach toward sustainability goals.”