Alt Carbon

🌍 What does the future of #ClimateAction look like in India? Find out in our second edition of India’s leading #CarbonRemoval summit. Welcome to #altfutures2025. This October, we have the summit in… #Bengaluru AND #Darjeeling. 🧪 The Bengaluru edition of the summit will be at the heart of innovation — at the Indian Institute of Science (IISc). We have many surprises in store at IISc, including the first glimpse of Alt’s very own advanced laboratory — Shonku labs. 💡 Expect policy-makers, change-makers, innovators, scientists & entrepreneurs at the forefront of climate change. Oh, also, — a summit within the summit: an invite-only event — high up in the picturesque hills of Darjeeling 🌄. 💚 Hosted by Alt Carbon 🎟 Early registration is now open. Click the link shared in the comment! #altfutures2025 #climatesolutions #summit #sustainability #climateleadership #carbonmarkets #ESG #carbonCredits #CDR

🌍 What does the future of #ClimateAction look like in India? Find out in our second edition of India’s leading #CarbonRemoval summit. Welcome to #altfutures2025. This October, we have the summit in… #Bengaluru AND #Darjeeling. 🧪 The Bengaluru edition of the summit will be at the heart of innovation — at the Indian Institute of Science (IISc). We have many surprises in store at IISc, including the first glimpse of Alt’s very own advanced laboratory — Shonku labs. 💡 Expect policy-makers, change-makers, innovators, scientists & entrepreneurs at the forefront of climate change. Oh, also, — a summit within the summit: an invite-only event — high up in the picturesque hills of Darjeeling 🌄. 💚 Hosted by Alt Carbon 🎟 Early registration is now open. Click the link shared in the comment! #altfutures2025 #climatesolutions #summit #sustainability #climateleadership #carbonmarkets #ESG #carbonCredits #CDR

This Bitsian startup makes history as the first Indian company to secure a $500K from Frontier! Alt Carbon's story starts from the Covid-19 lockdown when two brothers, Shrey Agarwal and Sparsh Agarwal, went back to their family's tea estate in Darjeeling. They are 4th-generation tea planters, but their business was going downhill, and the family wanted to sell it off. But “Fate intervened,” recalls Sparsh, and instead of selling their estate, they used Enhanced Rock Weathering (ERW) to revive their 150-year-old tea plantation. And that changed everything! ERW uses crushed basalt, a volcanic rock, which accelerates the natural carbon-removal process and balances soil pH as well, hence better yields! Their results caught the eye of Frontier, an organization backed by Stripe, Shopify, and Google. With the new capital, Alt Carbon plans to expand to 500,000 hectares of land in India’s tea belt by 2030. And targeting 5 million tons of CO₂ removal annually—enough to offset the annual emissions of several medium-sized cities. Carbon removal is the future. Only best great times ahead for Alt Carbon and the team❤

🌍 Parvat Say: The 9th edition of our newsletter features Science Based Targets initiative (SBTi) updates, a potential new buyer entering the CDR universe, growth in South Asian CDR and our latest partnership with Mitsubishi Corporation! A short glimpse of what to expect in the newsletter: • The Science Based Targets initiative is shifting gears on corporate net-zero standards, placing stronger emphasis on carbon dioxide removal (CDR) as an essential component of climate strategy. Ted Christie-Miller has a short Linkedin post on what’s missing and still needs to be done. Robert Höglund explains the way forward. • Major pension funds holding $1.5tn have told asset managers to proactively tackle climate risk or risk being dropped. • 💚 We hosted Adam Wolf, Founder and CEO at Eion Carbon, in Darjeeling. Adam is really the godfather of the ERW industry. We exchanged notes, learnt best practices, and fed Adam a whole lot of the World’s Greatest Tea™, courtesy of the humble hills of Darjeeling. • 🏆 We also signed a partnership with Mitsubishi Corporation, marking a major step toward making India a hub for Carbon Dioxide Removal. (More on this in the newsletter) • ⛰️ Oh, and India’s leading Carbon Removal Summit is back! Want to know more? Check out the newsletter 😉 <Link in the comments> #ClimateAction #NetZero #ERW #CDR #altfutures #CarbonRemoval #ClimateChange

🚨 A Defining Moment for Alt Carbon & Indian CDR 🚨 We are extremely excited to announce that we’ve signed an agreement with Mitsubishi Corporation to make #India a hub for #Carbon #Dioxide #Removal (CDR). In less than 14 months, we have Japan’s leading company backing our scientific rigour and operational excellence. We met the Mitsubishi Corporation team last year for the first time at the Carbon Unbound conference. Since then, we’ve been engaging with the team on the potential of scaling carbon removal through #Enhanced #Rock #Weathering (ERW) — a process we’re pioneering in the Global South. We met again at the Futures Summit, in Darjeeling and in Tokyo showcasing the potential of ERW, and how we can lead the way in helping corporates & govts. achieve their ambitious Net Zero targets. Our goal at Alt Carbon has always been to build a world class #science and #technology company in India, that can deliver the highest quality carbon removal credits to the world, and build enough capacity to remove carbon at megaton scale by 2030, gigaton scale by 2040. This is about reshaping climate action—and with Mitsubishi Corporation by our side, we’re accelerating that future. This partnership is surreal. But it’s only the beginning. The road ahead is long, and we are just getting started :)) Arigatō Gozaimas, Tadashi Sawamura, Yusuke Tsuji, Kohki Kawaguchi, Lisa Yamazumi, OSAMU IWAMOTO, Ran Wu, and the entire Mitsubishi team for believing in us and our commitment to remove carbon at scale, while maintaining the highest forms of rigour and velocity. Incase you are looking to know more about our Darjeeling Revival Project and our first-of-a-kind partnership, we’d love to have you join us for our next dinner in Tokyo and SF in April 🍸 P.S. Here’s a picture from our workshop at the Economist Impact Sustainability Week, in London where we made it official ✌🏼 - We are quite grateful to have speakers like Antti Vihavainen, Stacy Kauk, P.Eng., Gabrielle Walker, Emily Jackson-Kessler, Robert Höglund, Anu Khan participate and help in sharing how Global South is an ideal place to scale up ERW.

Talking at a few events today, first joining as a panelist on: Durability of Carbon Dioxide Removal: Physical and Governance Issues where Felix Schenuit, Josh Burke FRSA and Cyril Brunner will present. Looks to be very interesting. Link to registration: https://lnkd.in/gU3e8yDN Also, if you are The Economist Impact’s Sustainability Week don't miss the Enhanced Weathering workshop hosted by Alt Carbon, I'll be giving some online remarks.

It’s been an absolute pleasure collaborating with the Isometric team. The level of support and feedback they provide is unmatched. Thank you for helping us push the boundaries of high-quality carbon removal projects. Looking forward to more milestones together! 🚀 #CarbonRemoval #MRV #Collaboration #ClimateAction

Join the Alt Carbon Team – We’re Hiring! 🚀 As we scale rapidly to tackle one of the world’s biggest challenges—removing atmospheric carbon dioxide at scale —we’re expanding on all fronts! We’re looking for passionate, driven individuals to join us in shaping a sustainable future. Check out our active job openings here: https://lnkd.in/gjvW7PV6 1. Senior Marketing Manager 2. Lab Manager 3. Senior Designer 4. Editor of Newsletter + Publication 5. Community Benefits Manager 6. Administrative Associate If you’re ready to make an impact and grow with a mission-driven team, we’d love to hear from you! Send an email to madhusmita@alt-carbon.com with the subject: Application_[Job Position], along with your resume and a cover letter explaining why you’re the perfect fit for the role. Let’s work together to pioneer solutions for a better planet. 🌍 #ClimateAction #JobOpenings #ClimateJobs #WeAreHiring

Join the Alt Carbon Team – We’re Hiring! 🚀 As we scale rapidly to tackle one of the world’s biggest challenges—removing atmospheric carbon dioxide at scale —we’re expanding on all fronts! We’re looking for passionate, driven individuals to join us in shaping a sustainable future. Check out our active job openings here: https://lnkd.in/gjvW7PV6 1. Senior Marketing Manager 2. Lab Manager 3. Senior Designer 4. Editor of Newsletter + Publication 5. Community Benefits Manager 6. Administrative Associate If you’re ready to make an impact and grow with a mission-driven team, we’d love to hear from you! Send an email to madhusmita@alt-carbon.com with the subject: Application_[Job Position], along with your resume and a cover letter explaining why you’re the perfect fit for the role. Let’s work together to pioneer solutions for a better planet. 🌍 #ClimateAction #JobOpenings #ClimateJobs #WeAreHiring

As momentum for carbon removal grows, we’re excited to see Alt Carbon at the forefront of this incredible journey, securing the #2 spot on CDR.fyi's Supplier Leaderboard for October! A big shoutout to our dedicated team, buyers, partners, and supporters for making this achievement possible. These partnerships and investments are essential for building a resilient CDR market and pushing the boundaries of what’s possible in carbon removal.  🌍✨