Emanuela Hawker

Sustainability-focused industrial solutions provider Brimstone announced a new commercial agreement with Amazon, reserving annual volumes of Brimstone’s low-carbon cement from its forthcoming plant. The agreement was announced alongside successful third-party test results of Brimstone’s lower-carbon Ordinary Portland Cement (OPC) for use in concrete construction. Cement production, an ingredient in concrete, accounts for approximately 8% of […]

Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp owner Meta announced a new initiative aimed at cutting the embodied carbon footprint of its data centers, piloting the use of mass timber in the construction of the facilities, in place of emissions-intensive materials such as steel and concrete. Steel and concrete are among the most significant sources of greenhouse gas […]

Kimberly-Clark UK & Ireland, the manufacturer of household brands including Andrex and Kleenex, has become the first major consumer products company in the UK to sign long-term offtaker agreements for green hydrogen, to decarbonize production of products including toilet and facial tissues. The company is partnering with Carlton Power and HYRO – the latter being […]

Sustainability standards body Gold Standard announced the publication of its Engineered Removals Activity Requirements, a new framework aimed at setting benchmark requirements for the certification of high-integrity engineered carbon dioxide removal (CDR) projects. Engineered removals refer to technology-based solutions that physically extract CO2 from the atmosphere, such as direct air capture (DAC) and bio-energy with […]

1PointFive, the carbon capture, utilization and sequestration (CCUS)-focused subsidiary of energy giant Occidental (Oxy), announced a new agreement with cybersecurity firm Palo Alto Networks for the purchase of 10,000 tons of carbon dioxide removal (CDR) credits over five years. The credits will be generated using direct air capture (DAC) technology from 1PointFive’s STRATOS facility, which […]

Singapore-based real estate investment manager CapitaLand Investment (CLI) announced the launch of its new “Return on Sustainability (RoS) framework,” aimed at quantifying the financial value of green capital expenditure. The new tool has been established at a time when expectations shift from climate pledges to demonstrable results. Featured in CLI’s latest Global Sustainability Report, the […]