CarbonCure Achieves Milestone 500,000 Metric Tons of CO₂ Savings

The carbon utilization company announces an industry-leading achievement in embodied carbon reductions with its global network of concrete producer partners.

Halifax, Nova Scotia, October 24, 2024 — CarbonCure Technologies, a climate tech company deploying its carbon utilization solution across the global cement and concrete industry, announced today a significant milestone: It has saved more than 500,000 metric tons of carbon dioxide (CO₂) to date across 7.5 million truckloads of CarbonCure concrete. 

“This milestone reflects the strong sustainability leadership of CarbonCure’s innovative concrete producer partners. Together, we are proving that reducing the carbon footprint of concrete is not just a goal for the future — it can happen, and it is happening, today at scale,” said Rob Niven, founder and CEO of CarbonCure. 

CarbonCure injects captured CO₂ into fresh concrete where it immediately mineralizes, becomes permanently stored, and enables producers to use less cement while maintaining their concrete’s compressive strength. 

The solution is easily integrated into existing concrete plant operations, allowing producers to lower concrete’s carbon footprint without compromising performance. Producers also offset the technology costs with diversified revenue through reduced cement consumption and carbon credit generation. This combination of environmental and economic benefits has boosted CarbonCure’s global reach as the world’s most widely deployed carbon utilization solution. 

“Surpassing 500,000 metric tons of CO₂ savings illustrates the real progress CarbonCure has made in addressing the embodied carbon challenge of our built environment, forecasted to double by 2060, equivalent to building a new New York City every month,” said CarbonCure Board Chair Lisa Bate. “Corporations and governments are all seeking scalable solutions for lower carbon building materials, especially in the high growth data center and infrastructure segments. CarbonCure is meeting that demand and helping to pave the way for our net zero future.”

Half a million metric tons of CO₂ saved is equivalent to the carbon annually sequestered by 583,000 acres of middle-aged forestland – a forest that would cover roughly half of Grand Canyon National Park. It’s also equivalent to removing 119,000 gas-powered cars from the road for a year. 

“This achievement simply would not be possible without the commitment and contributions of our forward-thinking concrete industry partners,” Niven said. “It’s exciting to see the carbon removal and reductions translate into real value through high-integrity carbon credits, with CarbonCure’s shared credit revenue model incentivizing accelerated decarbonization of concrete production.”

With hundreds of systems deployed across more than two dozen countries, CarbonCure’s technologies have supplied more than 60 million cubic yards (46 million cubic meters) of high quality, lower carbon concrete to green construction projects around the world.

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About CarbonCure

CarbonCure Technologies is a fast-growing carbon utilization company deploying easy-to-adopt solutions that enable concrete producers to use captured CO₂ to produce reliable, lower carbon concrete mixes. With hundreds of systems operating across dozens of countries, more than 7.5 million truckloads of CarbonCure mixes have supplied thousands of sustainable construction projects worldwide amid surging demand for greener building materials. CarbonCure’s cutting-edge research and innovation have garnered global recognition and prestigious awards, most notably the Carbon XPRIZE Grand Prize and induction into the Cleantech 100 Hall of Fame. CarbonCure’s investors include Breakthrough Energy Ventures, Blue Earth Capital, BDC, Amazon, Taronga Ventures, 2150, Microsoft, Samsung Ventures, BH3 Growth Equity, Carbon Direct, GreenSoil Investments and Mitsubishi Corporation. Follow CarbonCure on LinkedIn.

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Mike Carter-Conneen
Sr. Director of Global Communications
CarbonCure Technologies
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