Svante Technologies Inc. is one of the companies at the forefront of the carbon-management revolution. Founded in 2007, Svante has grown into a globally recognized leader in solid sorbent-based carbon capture and removal solutions, a transformation path that has now earned it a spot among the World Future Awards’ TOP 100 Next Generation Companies for 2025.

At its core, Svante is driven by an ambitious mission: to make scalable, cost-effective carbon dioxide (CO₂) capture solutions commercially viable for heavy-industry emitters and the air itself. The company designs and manufactures nano-engineered filters and modular rotary contactor machines that trap and concentrate CO₂ from industrial flue gas and ambient air alike. Their proprietary technology uses metal-organic frameworks (MOFs) and solid sorbents to capture CO₂ in a fraction of the time required by conventional systems, and deliver pipeline-grade CO₂ ready for storage or reuse.

Svante’s manufacturing scale-up has been equally impressive: in 2025, they inaugurated the world’s first commercial “gigafactory” for carbon-capture filters in Burnaby, British Columbia, capable of producing modules designed to capture up to 10 million tonnes of CO₂ per year. This milestone signals a shift from proof-of-concept to industrial rollout. Their commercial strategy focuses on “affordable-to-abate” sectors like pulp & paper, cement, steel, hydrogen, and waste-to-energy, targeting areas where emissions are hard to eliminate and where carbon removal revenues are beginning to align economically.

Beyond technology and manufacturing, Svante is building an ecosystem of partnerships across engineering, materials, finance, and end-users. Their modular, repeatable design aims to reduce cost and complexity, enabling faster deployment of capture plants in a range of geographies and industries.

Svante is being recognized not only for technical innovation, but for its potential to reshape industrial decarbonisation at scale. With nearly two decades of R&D behind it and a manufacturing engine now online, the company is well-positioned to play a major role in the transition to a net-zero economy.

With Svante, a new era of carbon capture and removal is here, one that moves beyond theory and demonstration toward real-world deployment, industrial impact, and measurable emission reduction.