LEGO joins multi-million carbon removal climate agreement with Climeworks

In a $2.4 million deal, the LEGO Group has signed an agreement with carbon removal company Climeworks as part of its push towards net-zero emissions.

In August 2023, the LEGO Group pledged to reach net-zero carbon emissions by 2050. Since then, the company has pursued various initiatives to reduce direct emissions from LEGO factories, stores, offices and vehicles, indirect emissions from energy purchased to power those sources, and emissions from the company’s supply chain. The latest part of the LEGO Group’s efforts is its family-owned holding company KIRKBI signing a $2.4 million climate agreement with carbon removal company Climeworks.

Climeworks uses direct air capture and storage (DAC+S) solution to remove hard-to-abate carbon emissions from the atmosphere. Carbon dioxide in the atmosphere warms the planet in a process known as global warming, which goes on to cause extreme weather patterns and trending climate change. Human activities around the globe have increased the atmosphere’s carbon dioxide levels by 50% in less than 200 years, according to NASA.

In 2023, the United Nation’s Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) stated that the use of “carbon dioxide removal (CDR) will be necessary to achieve net negative CO2 emissions”. As such, the LEGO Group has incorporated this measure into its aims to tackle carbon emissions across the business and achieve its net-zero carbon emissions target by 2050.

Other initiatives include the company increasing its solar capacity by 16% in 2023, with plans to further increase capacity in 2024, and the construction of new carbon-neutral sites in Vietnam and the US.

“We want children to inherit a healthy planet – and we’re determined to play our part in making that happen,” said Annette Stube, Chief Sustainability Officer at the LEGO Group. “To succeed we must take action to drive systemic change.

“We were the first large toy company to announce a science-based emissions reduction target in 2020 and we want to continue to lead the way in finding innovative solutions for the challenges we face. This is why we are working with innovators like Climeworks – their technology, as part of a varied programme of initiatives, can help us and society as a whole realise the net-zero future that is needed to protect our planet for generations to come.”

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