Energy Efficiency, GHG Emissions, Industrial  -  February 4, 2025

LEGO Group Commits to Carbon Removal Solutions

The LEGO Group announced a DKK 19 million commitment toward four carbon removal projects.

The company partnered with Climate Impact Partners and ClimeFi for the commitment, and the initiatives will support biochar, enhanced rock weathering and reforestation and deliver carbon removal credits between 2024 and 2026. They will expand the company’s portfolio of carbon removal initiatives, which includes a partnership with Climeworks' direct air capture and storage solution. 

The LEGO Group announced it is developing its understanding of emerging carbon removal and climate mitigation approaches beyond its value chain and how best to support them.

KIRKBI, the family-owned holding and investment company behind the LEGO® brand, has also made commitments valued at DKK 5 million with the same initiatives.

"We are proud to support these climate initiatives which we believe will have a positive impact on the wider environmental ecosystem,” said Annette Stube, Chief Sustainability Officer at the LEGO Group, in a statement. “Innovative, high-quality carbon removal projects and emerging technologies have the potential to play an important role in supporting a more sustainable future, while reforestation has the potential to support improved biodiversity. These partnerships allow us to build our understanding of new technologies and practices to support a healthy planet for future generations.” 
 
In partnership with ClimeFi, the LEGO Group is supporting two biochar initiatives and one enhanced rock weathering solution.

Biochar carbon removal involves turning waste biomass into biochar, a process that stabilizes carbon and stores it long-term. Enhanced rock weathering speeds up the natural process of rock weathering by spreading rock powder over agricultural fields, permanently removing carbon from the atmosphere. Both solutions have additional benefits beyond carbon sequestration, notably for improving soil health.

The LEGO Group has partnered with Climate Impact Partners in support of the large-scale reforestation project in the Lower Mississippi Alluvial Valley in the U.S. through the purchase of carbon credits. The project is being developed and managed by the GreenTrees platform and aims to reforest more than 400,000 hectares in a region that has experienced significant deforestation. Reforestation aims to enhance biodiversity, restore ecosystems and remove carbon from the atmosphere. The project also aims to enhance flood protection, protecting against hurricanes and flood damage, and improve water quality in the Mississippi River by reducing nutrient run-off.

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