Therm Achieves Carbon Neutrality Through Retirement of Refrigerant Leak Detection Credits

The company retires Super Pollutant Carbon Credits™ issued by Verra, covering its full operational history through 2025

Lake Forest, IL, [July 8, 2026] - Therm Solutions, Inc., a leader in eliminating super pollutants from the food supply chain, today announced it has achieved carbon neutrality, offsetting its full carbon footprint from founding through 2025. The company retired 81 Super Pollutant Carbon Credits™ issued under Verra’s Refrigerant Leak Detection methodology, generated from a project developed by Therm and deployed at a US supermarket. Therm is committed to carbon neutrality annually going forward.   

Super pollutants—including refrigerants and methane—are hundreds to thousands of times more potent than carbon dioxide and are responsible for up to 45% of global warming to date. The average grocery store leaks 25% of its refrigerant charge annually through normal operation, cycling through five to six full charges over a system's lifespan. Yet industry focus remains on end-of-life refrigerant recovery, despite 85% of system emissions—roughly 60 million mtCO₂e annually across US supermarkets—occurring through everyday use. Unlike carbon dioxide, refrigerants and methane have no viable large-scale atmospheric removal pathway once released, making prevention the only effective lever.

Leak detection technology has existed for decades, enabling operators to immediately detect and repair leaks. Refrigerant has historically been inexpensive enough that replacing a full charge costs less than investing in systems designed to prevent the loss. Therm co-authored an update to Verra’s Refrigerant Leak Detection methodology (VM0001) in 2024 to reflect modern detection technologies and continuous monitoring capabilities.

“Refrigerant leak detection is the most underleveraged tool for reducing super pollutant emissions today," said Fritz Troller, co-founder and CEO of Therm. "It works on infrastructure that is already out there, already leaking. We retired these credits because we think this solution deserves more of the market's attention than it gets.”

Operational refrigerant leaks from cooling and refrigeration equipment account for up to one gigaton of emissions annually worldwide. Addressing that requires solutions across the full equipment lifecycle from leak detection through refrigerant replacement to end-of-life reclamation. Leak detection is the first intervention point, reducing emissions from systems already in operation. Therm develops projects across all categories.

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About Therm

Therm Solutions, Inc develops and delivers super pollutant elimination projects across the food supply chain. We focus on operational emissions like refrigerants and methane, and structure reductions so they can be measured, verified, and funded. Our work spans carbon markets, compliance programs, and supply chain initiatives, bringing new operators into climate markets and enabling scalable, near-term impact.