PathwayDAC
Secondary pathwaysAfforestation
MethodDAC (Solid Sorbent)
CountrySwitzerland
Websitehttps://climeworks.com/
LinkedInclimeworks
Status🟢 Active (score: 100/100)
Company sizeLarge (250+) (EU SME size class, derived from the LinkedIn size band; exact headcounts are not published)
Open roles12 on cdrjobs
CDI Portfolioyes
CDR Focussupplier
Registry-verifiedPuro.earth (active crediting window through 2029-05-31)

About

Swiss pioneer of solid-sorbent Direct Air Capture, operating the Orca (4,000 t/yr) and Mammoth (36,000 t/yr) DAC+storage plants in Iceland. Raised over $1B in cumulative funding (with a $162M extension in July 2025) and in Feb 2026 announced a Calgary, Canada headquarters for cold-weather DAC testing. The company also sells tailored carbon-removal portfolios combining engineered and nature-based credits to corporate buyers.

Climeworks website

Registry Activity

Independently verified by carbon-credit registries:

Puro.earth

  • 1 project · Geologically stored carbon, 2021 · crediting period 2023-12-01 → 2028-11-30 (active)  ↗
  • 1 project · Geologically stored carbon, 2024 · crediting period 2024-06-01 → 2029-05-31 (active)  ↗

Data from Puro.earth and CarbonPlan OffsetsDB (Verra, Gold Standard, ACR, CAR, ART, Cercarbono, Isometric). Refreshed monthly.

Registry Memberships

  • Puro.earth
  • Cdrjobsearth

History

  • 2026-11-03 — news mention: Japan Airlines ↔ Climeworks — biochar (source)
  • 2026-11-03 — news mention: Terraton: Big news: Isometric has issued Terraton’s first carbon removal credits, from our facility (source)
  • 2026-11-03 — news mention: Orca (carbon capture plant) - Wikipedia (source)
  • 2026-10-30 — news mention: Cleantech PR Campaigns: 4 Climate Tech Cases Compared (source)
  • 2026-10-27 — news mention: Carbon Capture Market Trends And Forecast Analysis Reveal Strong Long-Term Potential (source)
  • 2026-10-23 — news mention: US non-profit adds three CDR projects in latest investment round (source)
  • 2026-10-23 — news mention: Carbon Removal Technology Market Gains Momentum as Climeworks Secures USD 162 Million to Scale Carbo (source)
  • 2026-10-23 — news mention: Europe Direct Air Capture Sorbent Contactors Market Is Going to Boom |• Climeworks • Carbon Clean So (source)
  • 2026-10-22 — news mention: Climate Impact Partners: Big news: Isometric has issued Terraton’s first carbon removal credits, fro (source)
  • 2026-10-21 — news mention: Terraton Issues First Carbon Removal Credits from Agricultural Waste, Signs Agreements with Climewor (source)
  • 2026-10-20 — news mention: Terraton Issues First Carbon Removal Credits from Agricultural Waste, Signs Agreements with Climewor (source)
  • 2026-10-20 — news mention: Terraton Issues First Carbon Removal Credits from Agricultural Waste, Signs Agreements with Climewor (source)
  • 2026-10-20 — news mention: Terraton Issues First Carbon Removal Credits from Agricultural Waste, Signs Agreements with Climewor (source)
  • 2026-10-20 — news mention: EXCLUSIVE: Terraton Signs Offtakes With Climeworks And Climate Impact Partners (source)
  • 2026-10-20 — news mention: EXCLUSIVE: Terraton Signs Offtakes With Climeworks, Coca-Cola, And Climate Impact Partners (source)
  • 2026-10-15 — refresh: coresignal
  • 2026-10-15 — refresh: coresignal
  • 2026-10-14 — news mention: Carbon removal has a role to play in the AI infrastructure boom (source)
  • 2026-10-13 — news mention: How Carbon Accounting Can Help Climate Tech Take Off (source)
  • 2026-10-13 — news mention: The Fan Machines - by Stefan Adolf - The Good Climate (source)
  • 2026-10-09 — news mention: UK Govt Invests $1M In Carbon Credits By Climeworks (source)
  • 2026-10-09 — news mention: Climate overshoot is here. Canada can build the industry that helps contain it | Canada’s National O (source)
  • 2026-10-08 — news mention: Carbon Business Council: Carbon removal buyers include everything from airlines to appliance makers, (source)
  • 2026-10-08 — news mention: CDR.fyi: 🚨 September soars with 1M tonnes contracted 📈 Following a relatively slow August (128Kt), S (source)
  • 2026-10-07 — news mention: A Climeworks és a DAC technológia - GREENOLOGY (source)
  • 2026-10-07 — news mention: Best Carbon Credit Platforms and Providers for Companies in 2026 (source)
  • 2026-10-06 — news mention: Best carbon offset providers for UK businesses: six starting points (source)
  • 2026-10-02 — news mention: Episode 33: Helin Cox (Climeworks) - A CTO's Guide to Scaling First-of-a-Kind Technology | Scal (source)
  • 2026-09-30 — news mention: #climateweeknyc #carbonremoval #netzero #climeworks | Climeworks (source)
  • 2026-09-29 — news mention: Climeworks wins £784,000 UK govt. carbon credit tender (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.