Inmarsat launches first carbon neutral rocket

Inmarsat has successfully achieved the ‘world’s first carbon neutral rocket launch’ after launching the 1-6 F2 satellite from Cape Canaveral. The 1-6 F2 spacecraft was launched into space about the SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from Cape Canaveral, reaching a top speed of almost 40,000km/h before reaching space above central Africa. The satellite will now spend

Contecon Manzanillo is first carbon-neutral port in Mexico

Contecon Manzanillo S.A. de C.V. (Contecon Manzanillo), a business unit of International Container Terminal Services, Inc. (ICTSI) and concessionaire of the Specialized Container Terminal of the North Zone of the Port of Manzanillo (TEC-II), is the first organization across the Mexican port industry to be certified carbon neutral. The Carbon Neutrality UNE-14064-3:2019 certification recognizes Contecon

ERI first to achieve carbon neutral status

ERI, the largest fully integrated IT and electronics asset disposition (ITAD) provider and cybersecurity-focused hardware destruction company in the US, announced that it is now 100% carbon neutral for all of its operational emissions. Through years of dedication towards reducing the company’s carbon footprint along with its partnership with TIME CO2 (and the CO2.com platform),

Iceland’s road map to become carbon neutral by 2040

Iceland certainly faces challenges to become carbon neutral by 2040. These include transitioning to a carbon-free transportation system, implementing more efficient waste-management practices, scaling up sustainable agricultural practices, and boosting local carbon removal efforts. Progress on these fronts will create a genuinely sustainable, climate-friendly, and circular economy in Iceland. Iceland has put forward an ambitious

India’s first carbon-neutral power exchange

Indian Energy Exchange (IEX), an Energy trading platform, became the country’s first carbon-neutral power exchange  using market based tradable instruments to offset its carbon emissions. To reduce its carbon footprint, IEX voluntarily cancelled CERs (certified emissions reductions) from clean projects registered under the Clean Development Mechanism of United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change. IEX’s

First carbon neutral seed farm declared in Kerala

Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan declared a seed farm, located in Aluva, as the first carbon neutral farm in the country. A significant reduction in carbon emission has helped the seed farm, under the Agricultural Department, achieve the carbon neutral status, he said making the announcement. The total amount of carbon emission from the farm,

De Tomaso launches first carbon neutral hypercar

Italian performance brand De Tomaso has released the P900, a track-only V12-powered hypercar with a 900kg dry weight and 900hp (662kW) output. The carmaker will produce only 18 units globally of these bad boys and price them at a whopping US $3 million each which will ensure their drivers know they have a truly unique

ITPS Canada enters into partnership with LivClean for 100% carbon neutral goal

International Test Pilots School (ITPS) Canada announced to achieve 100% carbon neutral.  To help achieve this the company has partnered with LivClean, a top-ranked carbon offset retailer. Through the partnership, ITPS’s carbon offset purchase will support the Great Bear Forest Carbon Project, located inside the traditional territories of the Haida Nation, British Columbia, Canada, and

Shipping needs to invest heavily to switch to carbon-neutral fuels

According to a forecast released by the classification society DNV reports, the shipping industry will need massive onboard technology investments ranging between $8 to $28 billion per year between 2022 and 2050 to reach full net-zero goals. DNV released its sixth maritime forecast during SMM, an international maritime trade fair in Hamburg, Germany, urging cross-industry

Siemens to achieve carbon neutral target ahead of its original target

Energy giant Siemens is set to hit its carbon neutral goal at its Congleton factory eight years ahead of its original 2030 target. By adopting a range of ‘green’ energy measures at the facility the company has saved over £250,000 (US$302,000) a year and taken the 80% power-independent factory off the grid. Located in Cheshire,