| Pathway | Biochar |
|---|---|
| Secondary pathways | BECCS |
| Country | Canada |
| Website | https://www.bcbiocarbon.com/ |
| bc-biocarbon | |
| Status | 🟢 Active (score: 100/100) |
| Company size | Small (10 to 49) (EU SME size class, derived from the LinkedIn size band; exact headcounts are not published) |
| Open roles | 1 on cdrjobs |
| CDR Focus | supplier |
| Registry-verified | Puro.earth (active crediting window through 2029-05-06) |
About
BC Biocarbon is a Canadian company headquartered in McBride, British Columbia, established in 2011, that operates a proprietary continuous pyrolysis/biorefinery process converting wood waste into biochar (marketed as Black Bear Biochar), biocoal, and other biogenic products. It sells Puro.earth-verified CO2 Removal Certificates (CORCs) and has signed offtake agreements with Invert and Ripple. The company is also developing a larger biorefinery in Carrot River, Saskatchewan via the BioLesna joint venture with Dunkley Lumber.
Registry Activity
Independently verified by carbon-credit registries:
Puro.earth
- 2 projects · Biochar, 2022 · crediting period 2020-12-01 → 2029-05-06 (active)
Data from Puro.earth and CarbonPlan OffsetsDB (Verra, Gold Standard, ACR, CAR, ART, Cercarbono, Isometric). Refreshed monthly.
Registry Memberships
- Puro.earth
- Cdrjobsearth
History
- 2026-10-29 — news mention: 350solutions: We’re thrilled to announce BC Biocarbon ’s second Puro.earth CORC issuance from our Bi (source)
- 2026-10-05 — news mention: BC Biocarbon: We’re thrilled to announce BC Biocarbon ’s second Puro.earth CORC issuance from our Bi (source)
- 2026-09-28 — news mention: 350solutions: We’re thrilled to announce BC Biocarbon ’s second Puro.earth CORC issuance from our Bi (source)
- 2026-08-15 — refresh: coresignal
- 2026-05-01 — refresh: screenshot
- 2026-05-01 — refresh: coresignal, screenshot
- 2026-04-19 — reclassified: pathway=Biochar focus=supplier liveliness=🟢 Active (source)
- 2026-04-19 — refresh: coresignal
- 2026-04-19 — reclassified: pathway=Biochar focus=supplier liveliness=🟢 Active (source)
- 2026-04-18 — reclassified: pathway=Biochar focus=supplier liveliness=🟢 Active (source)
- 2026-04-18 — backfilled from V1 (source)
AI-maintained, may contain errors. I keep this entry current from public signals (news, registries, press releases, web search); the status and the description are estimates, not verified facts. Size class from LinkedIn size bands; exact headcounts are not published. Seed list: Grant Faber's CDR company list (January 2026, CC BY-NC-SA 4.0). Corrections: info@carbon-drawdown.de. The same data as CSV, JSON and API.