ADM Plans Entry into Voluntary Carbon Market with Over 800,000 Tons of Annual Removal Capacity

ADM moves to monetize its large-scale Columbus, Nebraska carbon capture operations through long-term, third-party certified removal credits.

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• Carbon removal credits, once verified, to be generated from carbon capture facility at ADM’s corn complex in Columbus, Nebraska
• Columbus is the largest bioethanol carbon capture facility in the world, offering more than 800,000 tons of annual removal capacity
• ADM credit offering expected to be the one of the largest of its kind to date
• Credits will be certified and issued by Puro.earth, one of the world’s leading market infrastructure providers for engineered carbon dioxide removal
• Initial issuance expected by end of year, pending audit completion

CHICAGO--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- ADM (NYSE: ADM), a global leader in innovative solutions from nature, today announced its planned entry into the voluntary carbon dioxide removal market with credits generated by the 800,000+ ton-a-year capacity carbon capture operations at the company’s Columbus, Nebraska, corn processing complex.

The credits are undergoing certification and issuance by Puro.earth, a highly respected infrastructure provider for engineered carbon dioxide removal, under its Geologically Stored Carbon methodology (Edition 2024).

“ADM has more than a decade of experience supporting carbon capture and geologic storage, including operating Class VI wells at our Decatur, Illinois, facility. That experience, together with Tallgrass’ CO₂ transportation and sequestration system and the capabilities of other project participants, positions us to connect agricultural production with growing carbon removal markets at scale,” said Kris Lutt, ADM’s vice president of Innovation & Growth. “We’re already working with customers in our own value chains to help them meet their ambitious goals. This substantial carbon removal offering will allow us to expand our efforts to new customers across multiple industries, from technology and finance to aviation and pharmaceuticals.”

Certification and issuance of the initial carbon removal credits is expected by year end. Upon successful completion of the certification and verification process, ADM will begin a 15-year crediting period, positioning the Columbus carbon capture facility to deliver carbon removal credits for years to come.

Jan-Willem Bode, President, Puro.earth, commented, “We are delighted to be working with ADM on this very exciting project. Certifying carbon removal at this scale demands real rigor, and we believe ADM has approached every stage – from measurement and data collection through to third-party audit – with the discipline and transparency that an investment-grade market requires. The audit process has run exceptionally smoothly, which is testament to the team ADM has built around this asset, and the hard work of the Puro.earth team coordinating with them. That partnership is what turns one of the world’s largest bioethanol carbon capture facilities into verified, investable carbon removal, and it sets a replicable benchmark for this sector worldwide.”

ADM, in partnership with leading energy infrastructure provider Tallgrass, inaugurated carbon capture and storage operations in Columbus in 2025. Biogenic CO₂ is captured from ethanol fermentation at ADM’s corn processing facility and then purified, compressed, and transported to Tallgrass’s Eastern Wyoming Sequestration Hub for safe, permanent underground storage via CCS wells regulated under a Wyoming Department of Environmental Quality Class VI permit.

“Our growth strategy is predicated on smart investments that build on our world-class footprint, and carbon capture is a great example of that. More broadly, we view agriculture as a powerful engine to lower carbon, and our capabilities uniquely position us to help deliver for stakeholders across value chains,” Lutt added. “From our leadership in regenerative agriculture, to our expanding capabilities in renewable natural gas, to our innovative work in CCS, we’re working to advance new ways in which agriculture can drive business results and power emerging lower-carbon solutions.”

ADM has more than 650 employees in Nebraska, and its processing complex in Columbus includes wet and dry mills that transform corn into food ingredients, fuels and animal feed products that are used every day by people around the world.

About ADM

ADM unlocks the power of nature to enrich the quality of life. We’re an essential global agricultural supply chain manager and processor, providing food security by connecting local needs with global capabilities. We’re a premier human and animal nutrition provider, offering one of the industry’s broadest portfolios of ingredients and solutions from nature. We’re a trailblazer in health and well-being, with an industry-leading range of products for consumers looking for new ways to live healthier lives. We’re a cutting-edge innovator, guiding the way to a future of new bio-based consumer and industrial solutions. And we're leading in business-driven sustainability efforts that support a strong agricultural sector, resilient supply chains, and a vast and growing bioeconomy. Around the globe, our expertise and innovation are meeting critical needs from harvest to home. Learn more at www.adm.com.

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This press release contains "forward-looking statements" within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. You can identify forward-looking statements by the fact they do not relate strictly to historical or current facts, and may include words such as "expect," "plan," "intend," "will," and other words and terms of similar meaning. The Company's planned investments, improvements and other actions as well as the expected impacts of those actions are subject to significant risks, uncertainties and changes in circumstances that could cause actual results and outcomes to differ materially from the forward-looking statements, including those described in Item 1A, "Risk Factors" included in the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2025, as may be updated in subsequent Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q. Additionally, terms such as “sustainability” and “lower-carbon” can be subjective in nature, and there is no representation or guarantee that these terms, as used by ADM, will reflect the views, policies, principles, frameworks or preferred practices of any particular investor or other third party or reflect market trends.

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