2021-2024
DIRECT AIR CAPTURE: COLLECTING AND SAFELY STORING CO2 UNDERGROUND
What if we could turn back time and reverse the past CO2 emissions? What if there was a giant vacuum cleaner that cleared the air? In a way, there is. For several years Orwak supported a Direct Air Capture project based on the Swiss company Climework ‘s innovation. It captures CO2 in the air and pumps it underground, where it is transformed into stone over time! It is a concrete, effective and permanent solution.
BENEFITS:
- Natural
- Effective
- Permanent through underground mineralization
- In contrast to emissions reductions or offsets that prevent additional CO₂ from entering the atmosphere, Climeworks’ solution removes historic and unavoidable emissions from the air.
2019
NEW FOREST IN COLOMBIA: 80 MILLION TREES PLANTED IN THE PROJECT
In 2019, Orwak chose to sponsor a UN Gold Standard climate reforestation project in Colombia. The reforestation combines biodiversity protection with sustainable timber production. The Vichada area was once covered by rainforest but due to human activities it turned into a dry treeless savannah.
In the project, 80 million trees have now so far been planted and the new vast forest does not only provide natural CO2 absorption, but also improves the conditions for the people living in the area and is a new home to native animals and plants.
2018
GREEN POWER IN HINDUSTAN IN NORTHERN INDIA
In 2018 Orwak sponsored the Tricorona Climate Compensation Program in Hindustan. It is an investment in a modern and effective wind park generating green power in a region, where fossil fuel power plants otherwise dominate. This wind park, with 75 turbines in operation, replaces a traditional charcoal plant and reduces the CO2 emission by 101 000 ton per year!
It also contributes to cleaner and healthier local environment for the people living in the region and the project contributes to improved education and health care to provide a better future for the childen in this community!
