| Pathway | Biochar |
|---|---|
| Method | Unknown |
| Country | Bolivia |
| Website | https://www.empacar.com.bo/ |
| empacarbolivia | |
| Status | 🟢 Active (score: 75/100) |
| Company size | Large (250+) (EU SME size class, derived from the LinkedIn size band; exact headcounts are not published) |
| CDR Focus | side_business |
About
Empacar S.A. is Bolivia’s largest sustainable packaging and recycling company, founded in 1977 and headquartered in Santa Cruz de la Sierra, which launched a CDR business unit called CarbonX at the 2026 Bolivia Carbon Forum. Through CarbonX, Empacar is developing biochar production facilities (starting in Ascención de Guarayos) that convert forestry and agricultural residues from local sawmills into durable CO2 removal, targeting ~70,000 tonnes CO2/year with first credit issuance expected in 2027 under the Puro standard. Packaging and recycling remain the company’s core business; CDR is an adjacent new venture.
History
- 2026-10-15 — refresh: coresignal, screenshot
- 2026-09-24 — news mention: Turkish producer ships 3,375 tonnes of wood pellets to EU and UK - Europe (source)
- 2026-09-17 — news mention: Von der Leyen positions biomethane as Europe’s strategic energy independence tool - Europe (source)
- 2026-07-22 — news mention: Cercarbono: Cercarbono has opened the public comment period for the Carbon X Bolivia Circular Plasti (source)
- 2026-05-01 — refresh: coresignal, screenshot
- 2026-04-19 — reclassified: pathway=Biochar focus=side_business liveliness=🟢 Active (source)
- 2026-04-19 — refresh: coresignal
- 2026-04-19 — reclassified: pathway=Biochar focus=division liveliness=🟢 Active (source)
- 2026-04-19 — url added from cdr.fyi supplier page: https://www.empacar.com.bo/ (source)
- 2026-04-19 — discovered via: cdrfyi (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.