Our vision
Our vision
We dare to reclaim control of our climate future to protect our planet, the only home we have.
The science behind it clear: we need to limit global warming and reach net-zero emissions by 2050 to ensure a livable future for generations to come on earth.
From the very beginning, we’ve worked to connect with humanity, tackling one of the world’s biggest crises: excess carbon in our atmosphere.
Our mission
Our mission
By removing CO₂ we transform a global responsibility into an economic amplifier.
Climate change and global economic health are intertwined. We are on a mission to remove billions of tons of CO₂ delivering economic value to our customers, investors, and governments—demonstrating that a decarbonized world is key to growth and prosperity.
Climeworks ambitious journey
Our two co-founders, Jan and Christoph, met on their first day of university at ETH Zurich and quickly became friends. Aside from their love of engineering, they both shared a passion for alpine sports and spent much time in the Swiss Alps. Here, they experienced the effects of climate change first-hand. Shocked by the retreat of the glaciers, they vowed to do everything they could to tackle climate change.
Together, Jan and Christoph embarked on a journey toward a solution that would empower everyone to take climate action. As engineers at heart, they poured their efforts into working on a technology called direct air capture, a way to capture carbon dioxide directly from the air. As a result, Climeworks was founded in 2009 and is now the global leader in high-quality carbon removal, combining decades of expertise in Direct Air Capture (DAC) technology with holistic carbon removal solutions.
Climeworks is creating a clear pathway to making carbon removal a reality by offering diversified portfolios of high-quality carbon removals across engineered and nature-based solutions. The company operates the world's first commercial DAC and storage facilities and is committed to scaling its cutting-edge technology to drive down costs and deliver greater impact per dollar.
Climeworks is trusted by ambitious organizations and governments worldwide to support their carbon removal commitments, unlocking long-term resilience and economic growth.
Watch the video for a short glimpse of Climeworks’ history.
Our journey to gigaton scale
Gigaton: Climeworks will achieve climate impact at scale.
Multi-megaton: our capacity will keep on increasing as we approach our goal.
Megaton: Climeworks’ technology will be rolled out globally.
Tens of thousands of tons: Mammoth, Climeworks new and largest DAC+S plant, joins Orca in Iceland.
Thousands of tons: Orca, the world’s first and largest DAC+S plant, comes to life in Iceland.
Hundreds of tons: We launched the world’s first commercial DAC plant in Hinwil, Switzerland.
Tons: Climeworks’ first small-scale DAC plant, a modular CO₂ collector, begins operation.
Kilograms: We reached demonstration scale with the first demo prototype.
Milligrams: Climeworks is founded by Jan and Christoph, who capture CO₂ from the air under lab conditions at the Professorship of Renewable Energy Carriers (Prof. Steinfeld) of ETH Zurich.
2050
Gigaton: Climeworks will achieve climate impact at scale.
2040
Multi-megaton: our capacity will keep on increasing as we approach our goal.
2030
Megaton: Climeworks’ technology will be rolled out globally.
2024
Tens of thousands of tons: Mammoth, Climeworks new and largest DAC+S plant, joins Orca in Iceland.
2021
Thousands of tons: Orca, the world’s first and largest DAC+S plant, comes to life in Iceland.
2017
Hundreds of tons: We launched the world’s first commercial DAC plant in Hinwil, Switzerland.
2014
Tons: Climeworks’ first small-scale DAC plant, a modular CO₂ collector, begins operation.
2012
Kilograms: We reached demonstration scale with the first demo prototype.
2009
Milligrams: Climeworks is founded by Jan and Christoph, who capture CO₂ from the air under lab conditions at the Professorship of Renewable Energy Carriers (Prof. Steinfeld) of ETH Zurich.