Leading the strategic shift from fossil fuels to renewable power, optimising industrial operations and decarbonising power grids for energy options independence at scale.
Case Study 1: Hornsea 3 Offshore Wind (UK)
In 2025, Ørsted advanced construction on Hornsea 3, set to be the world's largest offshore wind farm. With a massive capacity of 2.9 GW, this single project will generate enough renewable energy to power 3.3 million UK homes. By displacing fossil-fuel-based power generation, it is projected to reduce UK carbon emissions by approximately 120 million tonnes over its lifetime. The implementation showcases grid-scale renewable generation and energy independence.
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Iberdrola has successfully achieved a 29% reduction in total emissions by 2023. Through a €41 billion investment plan for 2024–2026, the company is prioritizing grid modernization and massive renewable deployment, including the Tâmega Giga-Battery and the East Anglia ONE offshore wind farm. Iberdrola has reached a record low emission intensity of 49 gCO₂/kWh in Europe. Beyond infrastructure, they have integrated strict ESG standards across 87.9% of their supply chain and co-led reskilling programs that have trained over 1,000 workers for green energy roles, ensuring a just and inclusive transition toward their 2040 net-zero target.
Read moreImplementing solutions to measure, reduce, remove, and mitigate greenhouse gas emissions across the entire corporate value chain.
Case Study 1: Climeworks "Mammoth" (Iceland)
Throughout 2025, Climeworks successfully ramped up its "Mammoth" facility, which is designed to capture up to 36,000 tonnes of CO2 annually—a tenfold increase over its predecessor, Orca. The project reached a key milestone in late 2024 by completing its first output audit under the Puro Standard, ensuring that every tonne of carbon removed is verifiable and permanent. By injecting captured carbon into basalt rock via the Carbfix process, Mammoth provides a high-fidelity model for engineered carbon removal that is now delivering certified carbon credits to the corporate market.
Read moreCase Study 2: Brevik CCS (Norway)
In June 2025, Heidelberg Materials inaugurated the world's first industrial-scale carbon capture facility at a cement plant in Brevik. The implementation is designed to capture 400,000 tonnes of CO2 per year, effectively halving the plant’s total emissions. The project is a global benchmark for the cement industry, which is responsible for ~7% of global emissions. By liquefying and storing the CO2 under the seabed, the project enables the production of "evoZero," the world's first net-zero cement, which is already being used in major 2025 infrastructure projects like the Oslo metro
Read moreLeveraging nature's power to draw down carbon, enhance climate resilience, and protect biodiversity through responsible land, water, and ecosystem management.
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Between 2012 and 2024, the World Bank financed approximately 250 projects integrating Nature-Based Solutions (NBS) to address climate change and disaster risks. These initiatives have already benefited 9.5 million people and restored 1.1 million hectares of ecosystems. Ongoing active projects are expected to scale this impact to 19.4 million beneficiaries and 3.5 million hectares of nature and green space.Key implementations include a retention basin in Argentina protecting 3 million people from floods and a 17-hectare urban park in Mozambique safeguarding 50,000 residents. These projects support livelihoods, such as helping 745,000 Tanzanian households with seasonal employment. Innovative tools like the NBS Opportunity Scan have already identified optimal investments across 100 cities, informing over $1.8 billion in development financing to date
Read moreCase Study 2: Apple "Restore Fund" – Native & Working Forests (New Zealand)
In late 2025, Apple and Climate Asset Management (a joint venture of HSBC and Pollination) announced a major investment across five sites in New Zealand (four in the Central North Island and one in the South Island). The project aims to protect and restore 8,600 hectares of forestland. The implementation uses a "blended" model: it conserves 3,000 hectares of native forest to maximize biodiversity while sustainably managing redwood forests for timber. This dual approach provides a financial return alongside verified carbon sequestration, managed under Forest Stewardship Council (FSC) standards.
Read moreThe critical transformation of global food systems and agriculture to create a sustainable, low-carbon, and resilient supply chain from farm to consumer.
Case Study 1: FutureFeed Asparagopsis Methane Reduction (Australia)
A 2024 peer-reviewed study by FutureFeed demonstrated a 99% elimination of methane emissions in beef feedlot cattle when using Asparagopsis-oil as a feed supplement. Throughout 2025, this technology has been transitioned into commercial trials across the dairy and beef sectors. The bioactive compounds in the seaweed stop methane production during the digestive process without impacting the quality of the meat or milk. This implementation provides a scalable, quantifiable solution for sustainable livestock management that could address one of the largest sources of agricultural greenhouse gases.
Read moreCase Study 2: Apeel Sciences Food Waste Reduction (Global)
In its April 2024 Environmental Achievement Report (covering the 2023–2024 period), Apeel Sciences quantified that its plant-based coating prevented over 60 million pieces of fruit from going to waste.8 This directly blocked the release of 9 million kilograms of CO2-e, comparable to the carbon sequestration of planting 151,600 trees. The technology also saved 2.7 billion liters of water. This is the most recent audited data showing how "food waste valorization" can be measured as a direct emissions reduction metric in the supply chain.
Read moreDesigning business models and systems to eliminate waste, maximise resource efficiency, and regenerate materials in a closed-loop economic system.
Case Study 1: Holcim "ECOCycle" Circular Construction (Global/France)
In 2024 and 2025, Holcim expanded its "ECOCycle" technology to recycle construction and demolition materials (CDM) back into new building solutions. A primary implementation is the "Recygénie" project in France, the world’s first building made of 100% recycled concrete. Quantifiable outcomes include the recycling of 10.2 million tonnes of CDM in 2024 alone, with a target of 10 million tonnes annually by 2025. This closed-loop system reduces the use of virgin aggregates and slashes the carbon footprint of concrete by up to 40%, demonstrating how "urban mining" can decarbonize the built environment.
Read moreCase Study 2: H&M Group Global Change Award (2025 Winners)
H&M Group transitioned its circularity focus in 2025 by spotlighting ten "Global Change Award" winners focused on industrial-scale decarbonization. A standout implementation is the NYLOOP technology, which recovers high-quality nylon from blended textile waste, closing the loop on a high-emission material. H&M’s 2025 strategy focuses on these "smart carbon" innovations to halve their greenhouse gas emissions every decade, moving from general recycled polyester to chemical-free, waterless recycling processes that turn waste into raw manufacturing inputs.
Read moreSolutions and strategies to reduce the carbon footprint of buildings and urban infrastructure through low-carbon materials, energy efficiency, and intelligent smart city planning.
Case Study 1: Quay Quarter Tower Retrofit (Sydney)
Recognized in 2024/25 as a global leader in "Decarbonization Retrofits," this project upcycled an existing 1970s skyscraper rather than demolishing it. By retaining 68% of the original structure, the project saved 8,000 tonnes of embodied carbon emissions—equivalent to 35,000 flights between Sydney and Melbourne. The finished building now operates with high-efficiency HVAC and BEMS, achieving a 6-Star Green Star rating.
Read moreCase Study 2: ARUP & IS Council Sustainable Concrete (Australia)
A 2025 case study from the Infrastructure Sustainability Council (ISC) and ARUP details the implementation of sustainable concrete across $5 billion worth of Australian infrastructure projects. By substituting cement with waste materials like slag, fly ash, and soft plastics, the project achieved GHG reductions of 60-80% compared to Ordinary Portland Cement. In the Victoria Level Crossing Removal Program alone, this led to 1,935 tonnes of CO2-e saved across 60,351 tonnes of concrete, proving low-embodied carbon materials are now a viable, scalable solution for smart city planning.
Read moreThe strategic transition of personal, public, and commercial mobility to sustainable systems through EV adoption, low-carbon fuels, and optimising global logistics.
Case Study 1: Amazon EV Delivery Fleet (EU/USA)
By mid-2025, Amazon reached a milestone of 15,000 Rivian electric delivery vans in its fleet. This transition has resulted in the delivery of over 800 million packages with zero tailpipe emissions. The implementation of logistics optimization software alongside this fleet has reduced the total miles driven by 15%, further cutting energy consumption and operational carbon.
Read moreCase Study 2: Maersk "All the Way to Zero" Fleet (Global)
Maersk’s 2025 sustainability roadmap confirms they have 25 dual-fuel methanol vessels delivered or on order by 2027. In May 2025, the Laura Mærsk received its first batch of green e-methanol from the newly inaugurated Kassø facility. This fuel-pathway implementation is the primary driver for Maersk’s goal to reduce Scope 1 emissions by 35% by 2030. Each vessel operating on green methanol provides a 90% reduction in lifecycle GHG emissions compared to heavy fuel oil, establishing green methanol as the credible leader for heavy shipping decarbonization.
Read moreThe application of clean technology, process efficiency, and low-carbon inputs to decarbonise manufacturing, heavy industry, and the extraction of raw materials.
Case Study 1: ArcelorMittal & LanzaTech "Steelanol" (Belgium)
The Steelanol project in Ghent is the first commercial-scale Carbon Capture and Utilization (CCU) facility in the European steel industry.4 Using LanzaTech’s gas-fermentation technology, the plant captures carbon-rich waste gases from blast furnaces and converts them into advanced ethanol using a biocatalyst.5 The facility, which shipped its first commercial barge in late 2024, has the capacity to produce 80 million liters of bioethanol annually.6 This results in a direct reduction of 125,000 tonnes of $\text{CO}_2$ emissions per year, equivalent to the sequestration of 3.8 million trees.
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Orica has implemented an Australian-first tertiary abatement technology at its Kooragang Island facility to tackle nitrous oxide, a gas 265 times more potent than CO2. This project has reduced the plant’s greenhouse gas emissions by at least 98%, abating one million tonnes by February 2025—equivalent to taking 600,000 cars off the road. This single site's reduction accounts for 11% of all chemical industry process emissions in Australia. Following this success, Orica has scaled the technology to its Yarwun plant, demonstrating a viable, high-impact decarbonization pathway for hard-to-abate manufacturing sectors.
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