The LEGO Group has expanded its carbon removal efforts to include new nature- and tech-based removal programmes in partnership with ClimeFi and Climate Impact Partners.
Continuing its initiative launched in 2024, the LEGO Group has developed new carbon removal efforts in collaboration with environmental organisations ClimeFi and Climate Impact Partners.
Environmental impact has been a key focus for the LEGO Group in recent years; the company is making efforts to go green with its energy sources and is slowly but surely switching over to paper-based packaging in its sets, all while searching for more environmentally friendly materials for its beloved bricks. Also on the list of climate-friendly to-dos is carbon removal, and that is seeing significant expansion.
The LEGO Group is set to invest an additional DKK 18 million into four carbon removal projects in partnership with ClimeFi and Climate Impact Partners. This brings the company’s total investment to DKK 54 million.
“This purchase highlights our commitment to testing a broad range of credible pathways for nature and tech-based carbon removal,” said Annette Stube, Chief Sustainability Officer at the LEGO Group. “As the programme expands, it is helping to strengthen our understanding of different approaches and inform future decision-making on how carbon removal may complement our wider climate goals. While reducing emissions in our own operations remains our priority, this programme allows us to work with expert partners and contribute to solutions that may help scale effective climate action over time.”
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In Mexico, the LEGO Group is continuing to support reforestation efforts, most recently in Quintana Roo State, alongside Climate Impact Partners. The LEGO Group’s support aids the Quintana Roo Restoration project, which seeks to restore tropical forests spanning more than 14,000 hectares via tree planting, species recovery, fire prevention and community management programmes. Twenty percent of the project budget is dedicated to job creation for local people.
“We are proud to continue our partnership with the LEGO Group, delivering high quality carbon projects that drive meaningful outcomes for climate, biodiversity and communities,” said Climate Impact Partners CEO Sheri Hickok. “The LEGO Group’s approach highlights how companies can partner with experts to build robust, credible climate strategies that translate ambition into action.
The LEGO Group’s efforts with ClimeFi are more technology-based and are adding three new projects: biomass geological storage (storing carbon-rich organic waste deep underground), mineralisation (converting carbon dioxide into limestone) and marine carbon dioxide removal (converting organic carbon into inorganic carbon for long-term storage in the ocean).
“We are pleased to grow our partnership with the LEGO Group through these latest carbon removal initiatives,” said ClimeFi CEO and co-founder Paolo Piffaretti. “By working together, we are supporting the commitments required to scale the industry and accelerate real climate progress.”
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