Exomad Green just crossed 300,000 delivered carbon removal credits from its biochar operations. Based in Bolivia, the company converts agricultural waste into biochar across the Global South — and it’s now one of the largest biochar CDR producers by volume.
Why 300K Credits Matters
Most carbon removal companies are still measuring their output in hundreds or low thousands of tonnes. Exomad is operating at a scale that actually registers on the global CDR dashboard. For context, the entire voluntary carbon removal market delivered roughly 2.4 million tonnes in 2025. Three hundred thousand credits from a single biochar operator is significant.
Biochar CDR works by converting biomass into stable carbon through pyrolysis — a process that locks carbon into a solid form for hundreds to thousands of years. Unlike tree planting or soil carbon, which can reverse (fires, land-use change), biochar permanence is close to geological.
The Global South Model
Exomad’s operations are concentrated in the Global South, where agricultural waste is abundant and the co-benefits of biochar — soil improvement, water retention, yield increases — address real local needs. It’s the model CDR advocates have been calling for: carbon removal that doesn’t just benefit buyers in the Global North but actually improves livelihoods where the work happens.
This is also the supply side of the Boeing-Carbonfuture deal announced this week. Biochar projects like Exomad’s generate the credits that platforms like Carbonfuture track and corporate buyers procure.
Scale Is the Test
The CDR industry talks a lot about scaling. Exomad is actually doing it. The 300,000 milestone isn’t a projection or a credit sold forward — it’s delivered. That distinction matters in a market where overselling and under-delivering has become an uncomfortable pattern.
The question now is whether this pace can accelerate. The demand side (Boeing, Microsoft, Stripe) is growing faster than supply. Companies that can reliably produce biochar at scale, with transparent tracking and verified permanence, will find no shortage of buyers.
Source: Carbon Herald