Gain Market Credibility and Buyer Access
CARBON DIOXIDE REMOVAL INNOVATION AWARD
Our CDR RFP helps carbon removal innovators validate their solutions, demonstrate impact, and connect with buyers committed to high-integrity climate action.
Learn everything you need about the RFP program and how to help your application stand out.
Welcome to Climate Vault Solutions’ RFP for Innovative CDR Projects!
We recognize that access to credibility, capital, and buyers is essential for growth. The Climate Vault RFP program connects carbon removal developers with these critical enablers.
Projects are vetted against the Climate Vault, Inc. 501(c)(3) Tech Chamber’s rigorous criteria, ensuring that each selected solution meets the highest benchmarks for integrity and impact. Successful applicants will be featured within our CDR portfolio—giving them visibility among leading enterprises and institutions pursuing verifiable, high-quality removals.
Through this program, we aim to accelerate the deployment of innovative, high-quality carbon removal solutions and build a foundation of transparency, trust, and measurable results across the industry.
All applications will be reviewed to ensure:
- Close alignment with the Tech Chamber’s standards
- Measurable evidence of innovation, impact and scalability, with demonstrable, long-term benefits
- Clear and concise results and metrics
- Relevance to category criteria when answering questions specific to your project’s CDR pathway
Driving High-Integrity Carbon Removal Forward
At Climate Vault Solutions, our mission is to accelerate credible climate action by sourcing high-quality carbon reductions and breakthrough carbon removals.
Through our platform, organizations gain access to verified, durable CDR projects backed by scientific integrity and transparent standards. We know that achieving global climate goals requires both immediate reductions and gigaton-scale removals—and that helping innovative developers succeed is essential to that mission.
Every project we support is held to the highest standards of credibility and transparency, ensuring that companies, investors, and communities can trust that their climate commitments are driving real, lasting impact.
Together, we’re building a future where high-quality CDR isn’t just part of the solution—it’s the foundation for success.
“Carbon Lockdown is thrilled and honored to have been selected by Climate Vault's Tech Chamber as a winner of the 2023 Carbon Dioxide Removal Innovation Award. We look forward to working with Climate Vault to advance and scale our Wood Vault technology, which offers high-quality durable CDR with low-cost potential that is ready to deploy now."
- Dr. Ning Zeng, Founder
Learn how Carbon Lockdown "wood vault" is pioneering CDR in the terrestrial pathway.
“Climate Vault's commitment to supporting innovative CDR solutions like ours is exactly what we need to accelerate carbon removal in time to address the climate issue. Their support will provide the perfect springboard for us to accelerate the development and deployment of our low-cost DAC technology in Kenya.”
- Martin Freimüller, Founder & CEO
Discover how Octavia Carbon is unlocking Kenya’s natural DAC potential
Meet the 2023 Carbon Dioxide Removal Innovation Award Recipients
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Request your RFP Applicant Entry Packet below:
This program provides a streamlined path to validation through the Climate Vault Tech Chamber and positions selected projects for inclusion in our curated portfolio of carbon removal solutions.
If you’re ready to showcase your project, now’s the time.
Through the RFP process, developers gain:
Scientific validation through review against the Tech Chamber criteria, set by the independent Climate Vault Tech Chamber
Market visibility with organizations actively seeking verified, high-quality CDR
Support for scale through our network of enterprise buyers and partners
Select Apply Now to get started and receive step-by-step instructions for submitting your proposal.