Carbon credits serve as a mechanism to provide funding for climate action projects and support the overall decarbonisation of society, notes Masahiro Kihara, president & group CEO, Mizuho Financial Group, speaking on the investment. In addition to contributing to decarbonisation efforts beyond value chains, there is an increasing importance in connecting technologies that achieve carbon removal from the atmosphere with investors to accelerate their implementation in society, he added. "Through this investment, we aim to provide our customers with reliable and high-quality carbon credits in partnership with CIX and contribute to the expansion of the carbon credit market in Asia and beyond," Kihara said.