CarbonCure Technologies, a climate tech company focused on reducing carbon emissions in concrete production, has reached a significant milestone, achieving over 500,000 metric tons of CO₂ savings across its global network of concrete producers. The company’s carbon utilisation technology has been applied to over 7.5 million truckloads of concrete worldwide.
CarbonCure injects captured CO₂ into fresh concrete during production, where the CO₂ mineralise and becomes permanently stored. This process allows producers to reduce cement usage while maintaining concrete strength, lowering the carbon footprint of concrete. The technology offers producers a cost-effective solution, as reduced cement consumption helps offset the implementation costs. Additionally, carbon credits generated from the process create a new revenue stream, making the adoption of CarbonCure’s solution both environmentally and economically viable.
“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.
Lisa Bate, Board Chair of CarbonCure, highlighted the significance of the milestone: “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 centre and infrastructure segments. CarbonCure is meeting that demand and helping to pave the way for our net zero future.”
The 500,000 metric tons of CO₂ saved equates to the annual carbon sequestration of approximately 583,000 acres of middle-aged forestland, or removing 119,000 gas-powered cars from the road for a year. The milestone comes amid growing pressure for construction industries to adopt lower-carbon materials, particularly in sectors like data centres and infrastructure. CarbonCure’s technology has now been deployed in hundreds of systems across more than 24 countries, delivering over 60 million cubic yards (46 million cubic meters) of lower-carbon concrete.
Niven credited the achievement to partnerships within the concrete industry: “This achievement simply would not be possible without the commitment and contributions of our forward-thinking concrete industry partners. 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 incentivising accelerated decarbonisation of concrete production.”