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UK start-up UNDO wins $5 million share of XPRIZE Carbon Removal to accelerate its work removing carbon for good

Stuart Mitchell

UNDO, a world-leading carbon removal company, has won $5 million from the coveted XPRIZE Carbon Removal competition for its enhanced rock weathering solution with operations in Canada. The four-year, $100 million competition is the largest incentive prize in history. It aims to tackle the biggest threat facing humanity – climate change. It encourages the development of high-quality carbon dioxide (CO₂) removal (CDR) solutions that are scalable to gigatonne level and durably and sustainably remove carbon dioxide (CO₂) from the atmosphere and oceans. UNDO’s enhanced rock weathering (ERW) solution accelerates the natural process…

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UNDO Signs Follow-On Carbon Removal Deal with Microsoft, Accelerating Enhanced Rock Weathering Science

Stuart Mitchell

UNDO, a leading carbon dioxide removal project developer, has signed a deal with Microsoft to advance enhanced rock weathering (ERW) carbon removal science.  The award will remove 15,000 tonnes of carbon dioxide from the atmosphere and provide funding for crucial scientific research in the ERW field. It will also contribute to Microsoft’s commitment to be carbon-negative by 2030. UNDO’s commercial relationship with Microsoft began in 2023 with a contract to remove 5,000 tonnes of CO₂ from the atmosphere. This announcement reflects a much larger deal that will see UNDO spread…

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First-Of-A-Kind Pilot For Financing Carbon Removals Launches In Partnership Between CUR8, UNDO, British Airways And Standard Chartered

Stuart Mitchell

CUR8, a UK-based company dedicated to building the global market for carbon removals, in partnership with UNDO, a UK-founded, world-leading carbon dioxide removal project developer specialising in enhanced rock weathering, British Airways and Standard Chartered have launched a first-of-a-kind financing pilot to help scale up the carbon removals market. Financial solutions of this kind are a crucial step in enabling the carbon removals market to reach the multi-billion-tonne scale required, according to the IPCC, to limit global warming below 1.5 degrees. Carbon removal is the process of removing carbon dioxide…

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UNDO Becomes Microsoft’s First Enhanced Rock Weathering Supplier

Stuart Mitchell

We’re thrilled to share that UNDO has been awarded a contract to provide Microsoft with its first carbon removal via enhanced rock weathering (ERW). The award will contribute towards Microsoft’s commitment to becoming carbon negative by 2030 and removing all of its historic CO₂ emissions by 2050. Enhanced rock weathering is a nature-inspired solution that not only removes CO₂ from the atmosphere but also benefits soil health and crop yields. By accelerating the natural geological process of weathering, CO₂ in rainwater interacts with silicate rocks, such as basalt, to form…

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