Making a Difference

ClimeCo launches EcoCommitted Partner Program to provide small-midsize businesses (SMBs) a way to implement a sustainability strategy, minimize their carbon footprint, & demonstrating environmental leadership.

ClimeCo announces the acquisition of Ampliphi and its plastic action program, the Plastic Scorecard. 

ClimeCo participates in the development process of the Climate Action Reserve’s (CAR) new U.S. Low-Carbon Cement Protocol.

ClimeCo receives multiple awards in gold, silver, and bronze from the 2023 Telly Awards! Created and produced by marketing agency Cargo, our videos share the impact of ClimeCo’s Plastic Credit Program & Nature-based Solutions (NBS).

ClimeCo is selected as one of Inc. Magazine’s Best Workplaces for 2023 — an annual list resulting from a comprehensive measurement of American companies that have excelled in creating exceptional workplaces and company culture.

ClimeCo announces the acquisition of 3GreenTree Ecosystem Service Ltd.

ClimeCo ranks #1 in the 2023 Real Leaders Impact Awards for Professional/Advisory Service category. 

ClimeCo’s “A Plastic-Free Coastline” Wins 2022 Drum Award in B2B for Good Category, a global awards program that recognizes a film that brings coastal awareness to the B2B world.

ClimeCo has chosen to continue the Carbonfund name and mission to make it easy and affordable for individuals, businesses, and organizations to reduce and offset their climate impact.

Johnson Matthey (JM), a leader in sustainable technologies, is collaborating with ClimeCo to accelerate the deployment of enhanced carbon capture solutions for industry.

Marsoft Inc and ClimeCo collaborate to expand Marsoft’s GreenScreen carbon credit services, removing financial barriers to the shipping industry’s commitment to achieve material CO2 emissions reductions.

ClimeCo launches first verified Plastic Credit Project on Verra under their Plastic Credit Program.

ClimeCo raises over $50 million in an investment round led by Warburg Pincus and The Heritage Group to Expand Global Decarbonization Platform.

ClimeCo’s carbon and plastic credit e-commerce company, ClimeCo Green, introduces I EMIT NO GAS™ Movement.

ClimeCo is named to the Inc. 2021 Best in Business list. This award recognizes companies who had an extraordinary impact on their clients and customers, communities, industries, the environment, and society – making a positive difference in the world. 

ClimeCo announces the acquisition of Global Affairs Associates (GAA), LLC, an Environmental, Social, & Governance (ESG) and sustainability consulting firm based in Houston, Texas.

ClimeCo partners with TONTOTON, a project developer in Vietnam that removes no-value plastic from the environment to generate the world’s first plastic credit from an independent protocol and 3rd party verification audit.

Heritage Sustainability Investments, LLC, a subsidiary of The Heritage Group, purchases a minority stake in ClimeCo, accelerating staff expansion and project investments.

Joint Development Agreement with ClimeCo to design, install, and operate a tertiary abatement system at one of its nitric acid plants in Coffeyville, Kansas.

ClimeCo leads the development of a new protocol to generate carbon offsets from adipic acid production. CAR’s Adipic Acid Production Protocol Version 1.0 was issued on September 30, 2020.

ClimeCo is recognized by Inc. Magazine as one of 2020’s America’s Fastest-Growing Private Companies.

ClimeCo is selected as Project Developer of the Year by the Climate Action Reserve (CAR), in recognition for the Most Registered Carbon Offset Projects in 2018.

ClimeCo participates in the first trade of the new California Carbon Offset futures contract (CCO Contract) that was listed by the Intercontinental Exchange (ICE).

ClimeCo offers Renewable Energy Credits (RECs) to clients and hires Andy Kruger to head up its marketing efforts.

ClimeCo receives the Climate Action Reserve 2017 Project Developer of the Year award in spring 2018.

ClimeCo acquires Environmental Credit Corporation of State College, Pennsylvania, a developer of compliance-grade carbon offsets for the California cap-and-trade market. The deal adds a portfolio of projects based on ozone depleting substances, composting and agricultural methane offset protocols.

ClimeCo establishes the Environmental Fund 1 as an investment vehicle for environmental project development.

ClimeCo opens an office in Houston, Texas, and develops and sells its first emission reduction credits in the Houston-Galveston-Brazoria nonattainment area, expanding its regional air quality practice.

ClimeCo establishes market advisory solutions to assist California-based regulated clients with compliance cap-and-trade program support.

ClimeCo enters the voluntary carbon market with the goal of becoming the leading producer and transaction facilitator. Dan Linsky joins the firm to lead the initiative. 

Company cofounder William Flederbach acquires all ClimeCo shares to assume 100% ownership of the business.

PCS Nitrogen in Geismar, Louisiana, retains ClimeCo to develop and manage a secondary N2O abatement project with estimated carbon reductions of 800,000 to 1,000,000 tonnes per year.

ClimeCo enters a joint venture with East Dubuque Nitrogen Fertilizer (EDNF) to design and oversee construction of the first listed tertiary abatement catalyst project. Generation of 150,000 tonnes of carbon credits is anticipated annually.

ClimeCo forms a joint venture with El Dorado Nitrogen, L.P. to manage the first CAR-listed secondary abatement catalyst project in the U.S. The project is estimated to create 750,000 to 800,000 tonnes per year of carbon credits.

ClimeCo joins the CAR Protocol working group and represents The Fertilizer Institute (TFI) and its members. CAR issues the Nitric Acid Protocol Version 1 on December 2, 2009.

ClimeCo champions the Nitric Acid Production Protocol with the Climate Action Reserve (CAR).

Co-founders William E. Flederbach Jr., Yuda Saydun, and Markus Althausen launch ClimeCo with a flagship office in Miami, Florida.