Climate Action
These 2 companies can pull CO2 straight from the air
Two new World Economic Forum Technology Pioneers are both involved in direct air capture – a process for removing carbon dioxide from the atmosphere. Here’s how it works.
- Headquarters
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Climeworks
Climeworks is a global leader in carbon dioxide removal (CDR) as a service via direct air capture (DAC) technology, empowering companies to advance their net-zero roadmaps and fight global warming. Founded in 2009, Climeworks is on a journey to climate impact at scale with integrity at its core and a focus on the highest quality, permanent removals. Climeworks is spearheading the DAC industry globally, with the world's only commercial DAC facility combined with storage installation in operation, modular CO2 collectors designed for scalability, and facilities running exclusively on clean energy. Its customer base includes multinationals like Microsoft, BCG, UBS and JPMorgan.
