Energy Efficiency, GHG Emissions, Industrial  -  October 2, 2024

Meta Partners for Production of Low-Carbon Concrete

Meta announced a collaboration to accelerate the adoption of a low-carbon concrete technology and significantly lower emissions in the hard-to-abate concrete industry. 

The social media company partnered with CarbonBuilt, which will be able to upgrade additional plants and scale production of its low cost, low-carbon Reversa® binder more quickly to facilitate rapid adoption and impact.

The company’s product enables its customers to reduce their carbon footprint by up to 70% compared to industry baselines without compromise to price, performance, or plant operations. CarbonBuilt’s low-carbon Reversa binder, which reacts with and permanently stores CO2 during the curing process, displaces carbon-intensive cement in a producer’s ingredient list. 

Deployed at existing concrete plants, CarbonBuilt’s technology offers a pathway to meaningful decarbonization of the concrete industry, which currently produces about 8% of global emissions.

The company’s solution is commercially available at Blair Block, Alabama’s largest concrete masonry producer, where thousands of tons of concrete are produced each month while delivering both carbon reduction and carbon removal on a daily basis. The company is now focused on rapid expansion, which this collaboration with Meta will accelerate.

“Meta is prioritizing a multifaceted approach to accelerating decarbonization in hard-to-abate sectors like concrete. Our collaboration with CarbonBuilt will help them to deliver a step change reduction in emissions with a clear near-term path to scale,” said John DeAngelis, Head of Clean Technology Innovation at Meta, in a statement. “Accelerating the deployment of these types of solutions is critical for driving deep decarbonization and we hope this collaboration can help pave the path for others to do the same.”

Since 2020, Meta has maintained net zero emissions in its global operations, reducing emissions by 94% from a 2017 baseline, and has publicly committed to achieving net zero emissions across its value chain in 2030. 

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