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Global warming has put the planet on alert. To mitigate the effects of climate change, the world needs to make a transition to a low-carbon economy. S.Oleum – a company dedicated to the large-scale production of sustainable, carbon negative feedstocks - has appeared within this context and is fully based on nature - the beginning and end of everything. Watch the video above.   As part of this, the company has chosen the macaúba -  a species native to Brazilian biodiversity, which is rich in plant oils, nutritional brans, protein, fibers, and biomass - as one of its flagships. This is a hardy tree, requiring very little water, which can be planted in damaged or low-yield areas.   The S.Oleum model foresees the planting of the macaúba in regenerative agroforestry systems, specifically in the Integrated Crop-Livestock-Forestry system, in which the macaúba farming shares space with other crops and the raising of animals.   An extremely versatile tree, the macaúba is the source of numerous products, which act as sustainable feedstocks for various different industries: Foodstuffs, Energy and Biochemicals, amongst others. As such, S.Oleum believes that the macaúba is soon set to become a new sustainable global commodity.   Founded in the bioeconomy, S.Oleum aims to be a vector for forest restoration, providing renewable feedstocks by means of the macaúba. Under the S.Oleum system, food and energy production go together. The high productivity rate of the macaúba’s advanced plant oils is associated with the increased production of foodstuffs, such as starch, protein high in nutritional value, dietary fiber and fatty materials, as well as high-energy biomasses, which are residual feedstocks for a number of different industrial sectors.   In the first phase of the project, S.Oleum plans to reforest 180,000 hectares of damaged or low-yield areas in the Cerrado with macaúba, as part of an Integrated Crop-Livestock-Forestry system. This is the equivalent of planting 65 million macaúba trees, which will sequester CO2, as well as supply the bio-industrial clusters based on a circular economy. One important detail: During their growth period, macaúba plants between 1.6 and 9 years of age sequester the equivalent of 28.73 tons of CO2 per hectare annually.    But this is only possible thanks to the knowhow acquired from more than 15 years of R&D focused on the macaúba, which has made S.Oleum the only company in the world capable of scaling up production of the species with genetics and high-yield goals. Portuguese version: https://lnkd.in/diqmsRWF   #S.Oleum #macauba #energytransition #bioeconomy #climatechangemitigation #renewablefeedstock #sustainablefeedstock https://lnkd.in/dPXxhN9y

Ambition needs to be followed by actions on the ground in various industries.

Two studies pinpoint their likely industrial sources and mitigation opportunities. | Click below to read the full article on Sunalei

Pensana Chairman, Paul Atherley was delighted to speak on the panel at this year’s The Times Earth Summit 2023; opening up great discussion with Ed Conway, Business Editor @SkyNews, on how the UK can lead on critical minerals Supply Chains. A hugely successful event with an exceptional line up of speakers, panellists, hosts & moderators; allowing for great debate and engagement from the audience and all those attending. The event was headlined by Jim Skea, Chair of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change and we heard from Ed Miliband Shadow Secretary of State for Climate Change together with a range of business leaders, policy makers and scientists including Chris Packham environmental activist fresh from the demonstration in the morning at which Greta Thunberg was arrested. The panel on which Paul was speaking (Supply Chains catalysing change) moderated by Ed Conway attracted a lot of interest and debate, touching on the need to re-align supply chains for both resilience and to decarbonize. Supply Chains are central to everything we build and consume and how they operate will have a major bearing on the speed at which we achieve Net Zero. #Pensana #rareearths #supplychain #energytransition #offshorewind #chemicalparks #netzero #electricvehicles #sustainability #EVs #earthsummit

🌍 Exciting News in the World of Voluntary Carbon Markets! 🌿 🌟 We are thrilled to share this new collaboration between independent crediting programs to amplify the positive impact of carbon markets. The new framework will allow leading standards such as Verra and Gold Standard to improve transparency in the market as well as strengthen the qualifications for projects. 🌱 At CnerG, we understand the vital role voluntary carbon credits play in mitigating climate change. Our global clean energy marketplace empowers corporate clients to purchase RECs and Voluntary Carbon Credits, contributing to the reduction of carbon footprints and fostering sustainability. Join us in creating a brighter, more sustainable future! 🌐🍃 https://lnkd.in/d64N3m6p #netzero #carbonmarkets #sustainability #climateaction #cleanenergy #cop28 #carboncredits

The carbon markets do matter. Please read. Nice post Sylvera #carbonmarkets #carboncredits #carbonoffsets.

Supporting the post-growth and in that sense also degrowth discussions... https://lnkd.in/dkYdzY4i

On the 1 July maritime decarbonisation specialist Rachel Hoyland will be moderating The Shipowners Perspective panel at the 4th Annual Capital Link Decarbonisation in Shipping Forum. The panel will consist of John Lycouris, Dorian LPG Ltd.; Constantin S. Baack, MPC Container Ships ASA; Stavros Gyftakis, Seanergy Maritime Holdings Corp. and United Maritime Corporation; and George Saroglou, Tsakos Energy Navigation Ltd (TNP), Ltd. Leading on from sessions on the EU ETS, FuelEU and energy efficiency the panel will discuss the steps shipowners are taking to decarbonise their fleets and explore the challenges and opportunities they face. For more information and to register please click below. #Decarbonisation

Have you signed up to receive The Daily Dofference, yet? A daily read that gives so much in one message, one subject. Today it tells us about the upcoming #climateweek and how The Carbon Almanac is part of #climatenewbiesummit https://lnkd.in/e9XS8fyM

3 weeks ago, we held our webinar “𝗘𝗻𝗵𝗮𝗻𝗰𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗗𝗮𝗶𝗿𝘆 𝗦𝗲𝗰𝘁𝗼𝗿 𝗖𝗿𝗲𝗱𝗶𝗯𝗶𝗹𝗶𝘁𝘆 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗦𝘁𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗴𝘆 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝗘𝗮𝘀𝘆 𝗦𝗖𝗢𝗣𝗘 𝟯 𝗠𝗲𝘁𝗵𝗮𝗻𝗲 𝗠𝗼𝗻𝗶𝘁𝗼𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗴” => Video on-demand   It was a great success! 25 countries registered and many questions were asked. It’s a hot topic! If you missed this event, you can watch it here: https://lnkd.in/ecR8JfWn Many thanks to Simon Bonnet from Bel, our client, for enlightening us with his own point of view as a dairy processor. As he says “𝘞𝘪𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯 𝘉𝘦𝘭 𝘥𝘦𝘤𝘢𝘳𝘣𝘰𝘯𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘨𝘺, 𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘤 𝘮𝘦𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘯𝘦 𝘮𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘨𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘪𝘴 𝘢 𝘬𝘦𝘺 𝘦𝘯𝘢𝘣𝘭𝘦𝘳. 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘬𝘦𝘺 𝘤𝘩𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘦𝘯𝘨𝘦 𝘸𝘦 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘧𝘢𝘤𝘪𝘯𝘨: 𝘵𝘰 𝘣𝘦 𝘢𝘣𝘭𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘮𝘦𝘢𝘴𝘶𝘳𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘮𝘰𝘯𝘪𝘵𝘰𝘳 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘦𝘧𝘧𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘷𝘦 𝘮𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘨𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘢𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴.”