| Pathway | Biochar |
|---|---|
| Secondary pathways | Afforestation |
| Method | BiCRS (Other) |
| Country | Germany |
| Website | https://www.firstclimate.com/ |
| first-climate | |
| Status | 🟢 Active (score: 75/100) |
| Company size | Medium (50 to 249) (EU SME size class, derived from the LinkedIn size band; exact headcounts are not published) |
| CDR Focus | ecosystem |
About
First Climate is a German/Swiss carbon asset manager and climate services firm founded in 1999 that develops, finances, certifies, and markets carbon credits—including biochar carbon removal credits—on behalf of project partners. They also provide carbon footprinting, net-zero strategy consulting, and green energy procurement. They do not operate removal technology themselves but are a long-standing broker/developer in the CDR ecosystem.
History
- 2026-10-18 — news mention: Negative carbon footprint in kimberlite diamond mining: ALROSA’s case (source)
- 2026-08-23 — news mention: Sinkco Labs: I’m incredibly proud to share that Sinkco Labs has been selected as the winner of the S (source)
- 2026-08-15 — refresh: coresignal
- 2026-05-05 — news mention: Inkoh, Puro.earth, Cula, and First Climate Demonstrate Scalable Carbon Removal at Climate Week Zuric (source)
- 2026-05-01 — liveliness: 🔴 Likely Dead → 🟢 Active (source)
- 2026-05-01 — news mention: Meet the Carbonfuture team at Climate Week Zurich 2026 | Carbonfuture (source)
- 2026-05-01 — refresh: screenshot
- 2026-05-01 — refresh: coresignal, screenshot, liveliness
- 2026-05-01 — liveliness: 🟢 Active → 🔴 Likely Dead (source)
- 2026-04-19 — reclassified: pathway=Biochar focus=ecosystem liveliness=🟢 Active (source)
- 2026-04-19 — refresh: coresignal, screenshot, liveliness
- 2026-04-19 — liveliness: 🟢 Active → 🔴 Likely Dead (source)
- 2026-04-19 — reclassified: pathway=Biochar focus=ecosystem liveliness=🟢 Active (source)
- 2026-04-18 — reclassified: pathway=Biochar focus=ecosystem 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.