HRH Prince William and Kate were in Boston this week to announce the winners of The Earthshot Prize, which LanzaTech was the only company from the US to be a finalist for. The event looked amazing, with coverage in People, NBC Boston, and Town & Country. Our client also appeared on the morning of the event on CBS National News and on Good Morning America. Fermata Energy also secured this great bylined article in Fleet Management Weekly about the value of V2X technology and EVs.
This week we returned to the studio with television interviews at the FOX and ABC affiliates in Detroit to promote the Guild of Art and Artisans’ final art fair of the season. Building on the success of The Earthshot Prize announcement, we also secured additional coverage in The Chicago Tribune and AXIOS. We had a press event in Germany with BASF, and we announced a $3.5M investment in our client, Wave Engine Corp., a next-gen high-performance propulsion sys developer. & aerial vehicles in their second seed round of investment.
I am excited to announce that our client LanzaTech, a carbon capture and transformation company, was named a finalist for the Earthshot Prize this morning by HRH Prince William and The Royal Foundation. As the only company in the United States, they are part of an amazing cohort of companies working on solving our world's greatest challenges around climate change.
The Prize takes inspiration from President John F. Kennedy’s ‘Moonshot,’ which united millions of people around an organizing goal to put a man on the moon and catalyzed the development of new technology in the 1960s.
As Prince William said in announcing the finalists,
“The innovators, leaders, and visionaries that make up our 2022 Earthshot Finalists prove there are many reasons to be optimistic about the future of our planet. They are directing their time, energy, and talent towards bold solutions with the power to not only solve our planet’s greatest environmental challenges, but to create healthier, more prosperous, and more sustainable communities for generations to come."
I am honored to help share the news on LanzaTech's behalf and join this impressive group in repairing and regenerating our world. With appearances this morning on The Today Show and Good Morning America, with articles in People, Town & Country, and Vanity Fair, today was an important day for our clients,
Congratulations to all the finalists.
For our other clients, we announced new leadership and were able to share additional stories on the launch of a new V2X charger. You can find links to all those stories below.
Earthshot Announcement
Today (NBC TV United States) – Prince William released a video announcing the 15 finalists for the Earthshot Prize to tackle climate change. The only U.S. finalist, LanzaTech, takes carbon emitted in a smokestack and mixes it with bacteria to make ethanol. NBC’s Kristen Dahlgren reports for TODAY. Link.
Good Morning America (ABC) - Finalists for prestigious Earthshot Prize announced - Prince William put the spotlight on the groundbreaking solutions from 15 entrepreneurs who are giving the world the best shot at restoring, rebuilding and reimagining our Earth. November 4, 2022, Link
ForeignAffairs.co.nz: MIL-OSI United Kingdom: Prince William Unveils Kenya’s Roam And Mukuru Clean Stoves As Finalists For Earthshot Prize
GlobeNewswire: Prince William Unveils LanzaTech as a Finalist for the
People Magazine: Prince William's Earthshot Prize Finalists Announced: Meet the Changemakers Repairing Our Planet
The Boston Globe: Finalists named for Earthshot Prize; Prince William to announce winners in Boston on Dec. 2
POLITICO: Climate numbers don't add up (this is a positive article about the Earthshot Prize)
Yahoo: Anunciados los proyectos finalistas a los premios Earthshot de 2022
WICZ-TV (Vestal, NY): Prince William Unveils LanzaTech as a Finalist for the Second Annual Earthshot Prize Awards
Yahoo News: Prince William announces finalists for this year's Earthshot Prize
Town & Country: Finalists Announced for Prince William's Earthshot Prize in the U.S.
Vanity Fair: Prince William Announces This Year’s 15 Earthshot Prize Finalists
A Story on Supply Chains
Supply Chain Dive: 4 reasons to team up with your suppliers on innovation
A Real Estate Deal Falls Through For Chicago move
The Real Deal: W.P. Carey Selling Empty Goose Island Offices
Suncor
Biobased Diesel Daily: LanzaTech provides update on new demo facility in Edmonton to accelerate decarbonization efforts
Bioenergy International: LanzaTech partners in next-gen bioreactor demo
Canadian Biomass: Edmonton bioproducts demo facility to house a new, 'intensified' bioreactor
Funding+Investments+Legal
Built In Chicago: These 5 Chicago Tech Startups Raised a Collective $830M in October
Crunchbase News: The 10 Biggest Rounds Of October: LanzaTech Locks Up $500M, Form Energy Powers Up With $450M
GlobeNewswire: Brookfield Renewable Announces Strong Third Quarter
Leadership
Charter: ‘When Women Lead’ by Julia Boorstin: Defining women’s leadership, and how businesses benefit from it
H2 View: Midwest US coalition to submit hydrogen hub funding application to US DOE
PR Newswire: MIDWEST ALLIANCE FOR CLEAN HYDROGEN (MACHH2) ANNOUNCES BID TO CREATE REGIONAL HYDROGEN HUB TO COMBAT CLIMATE CHANGE
The Innovator: Green Tech Companies To Showcase New Ways To Get To Net Zero At COP27
The National: Days of 'growth at all costs' over as VCs consider rising interest rates
Coty
Channel NewsAsia: There is no one way to be beautiful. That is why this CEO is disrupting the definition of beauty standards in the industry
Sustainable Fashion + Fragrances
Invite: On Running transforma resíduos de carbono em tênis
IstoÉ: On Running transforma resíduos de carbono em tênis
Perfumer & Flavorist: Discover Recent Acquisitions and Partnerships in F&F
Sustainable Aviation
chemeurope.com: $50 Million to Grant to LanzaJet for the World’s First Alcohol-to-Jet Sustainable Aviation Fuel Plant
Gabio: Deerfield firm's grant from Bill Gates-led fund will make green jet fuel as cheap as fossil fuels
ArcelorMittal
GlobeNewswire: ArcelorMittal invests $25 million in
NoticiasDe: ArcelorMittal invierte 25 millones en la empresa de energía nuclear de Bill Gates
Report Acero: Invierte ArcelorMittal Dls. $25 millones en empresa de energía nuclear TerraPower
Woodside
Natural Gas Intelligence (NGI): Woodside Kicks Up U.S. Carbon Capture Investments with LanzaTech Venture
NextChem
Storage Terminals Magazine: NextChem kicks off the engineering phase of Rome Hydrogen Valley
Tank Storage News America: Rome Hydrogen Valley Engineering Phase
Ethylene
The Chemical Engineer (tce): LanzaTech produces ethylene directly from CO2
FERMATA ENERGY
Virginia Business: Lawyers aim to lower barriers to legal advice for startups
CHARGED Electric Vehicles Magazine: Fermata’s newest V2X bidirectional charger, the FE-20 - Charged EVs
WICZ-TV (Vestal, NY): Anna Demeo joins Vehicle-to-Everything Leader Fermata Energy as Chief Product Officer
From an outdoor festival celebrating the arts and beer dominating the streets of Ann Arbor, Michigan on a gameday weekend void of any football to celebrating the announcement of finding a direct way to produce ethylene from carbon emissions to celebrating women led companies with CNBC or continuing to make news on new rounds of funding and investments in The Wall Street Journal, it has been a great week for our clients and for us in sharing their stories. Here are just a sample of media clips from the past week.
This week the media continued to share stories about LanzaTech’s collaboration with On, Coty, Givaudan, and Coty among others. I am grateful to Amy Harder, executive editor of Cipher by Breakthrough Energy, for including LanzaTech in her one-year anniversary story favorites. LanzaJet also has a number of great projects and partnerships it is announcing and we are grateful to Robert Downey, Jr. and his Footprint Coalition for mentioning LanzaJet in a recent newsletter. News about Fermata Energy’s partnership with Nissan continues to permeate the headlines and we want to thank Alexa St. John from Business Insider for continuing to share their story.
Last week, Vogue Brazil and Business Insider Espana shared news about Zara’s recent dress launch made from carbon emissions. There was also news about additional research by LanzaTech and one of our partners at Fermata Energy. We also want to wish our client, the Guild of Artists and Artisans good luck this week as thousands of artists set up shop in Ann Arbor for The Ann Arbor Art Fair. Here are a few more media clips from the past week.
“Game Changer!” That’s how the media is describing LanzaTech’s partnership with Danone with coverage in Europe and The Americas. Leading up to a holiday weekend in the U.S., a holiday in the middle of the week in France, and other national holidays in Europe with some of the same press you are trying to reach who are Switzerland covering Davos 2022, we were able to share some of the amazing innovation and partnerships from our clients. This week we also represented our client, Fermata Energy at the Global Fleet Expo and continue to advance the reputation of all the companies we work with. To those honoring Memorial Day in the US and Ascension Day in Europe, let’s remember the sacrifices people made to get us here. And let us never forget the innocent children of Uvalde, Texas.
LanzaTech
Danone
BusinessGreen: 'Game changer': LanzaTech transforms captured carbon into plastic
Ethanol Producer Magazine: LanzaTech converts captured carbon into PET @EthanolMagazine
GlobeNewswire: LanzaTech, with the support of Danone, Discovers Method to
Green Car Congress: LanzaTech, Danone develop method to convert carbon emissions directly into MEG, a key building block for PET
Industry Europe: Danone & LanzaTech to turn captured carbon into plastic bottles
Plastics in Packaging: LanzaTech and Danone perfect direct-to-MEG process
SPACInsider: The Latest SPAC News and Rumors: May 26, 2022
The Fly: LanzaTech discovers method to produce sustainable PET bottles
Sustainable Brands LanzaTech, with Support of Danone, Discovers Breakthrough Method to Produce PET from Captured Carbon
NS Packaging, LanzaTech, Danone find new method to make PET bottles from captured carbon
Plastic news/Sustainable Plastics - LanzaTech demonstrates MEG production from carbon emissions
Chemical Engineering - LANZATECH AND DANONE DEVELOP TECHNOLOGY TO CONVERT CARBON EMISSIONS INTO MEG
Plastic Packaging - LanzaTech and Danone perfect direct-to-MEG process
Bridgestone
A Green Living Blog: Earth911 Podcast: Bridgestone’s Bill Niaura on Creating a Circular Tire Recycling Infrastructure
Earth911: Earth911 Podcast: Bridgestone's Bill Niaura on Creating a Circular Tire Recycling Infrastructure
Corporate
Associated Press: LanzaTech NZ, Inc. Publishes 2021 Annual Report
GlobeNewswire: LanzaTech NZ, Inc. Publishes 2021 Annual Report
Global IP News: Lanzatech New Zealand Submits Chinese Patent Application for Biomass Liquefaction Through Gas Fermentation
Green Reporter: Decarbonization | Wilson Sonsini
Events + Presentations
Biofuels Digest: Transforming Carbon into Products: The Digest’s 2022 Multi-Slide Guide to LanzaTech
Woodside
Biofuels Digest: Woodside changes name, merges with BHP Group
SAF
Biofuels International: Vision of the future
Ethanol Producer Magazine: Ethanol’s Own SAF Runway @EthanolMagazine
GlobeNewswire: ArcelorMittal launches XCarb™ Accelerator Programme to
Inside EPA: Biofuels Producers Urge Changes To RFS Rule To Boost Aviation Fuel (paywall)
News Fall Out: WORLD'S FIRST NET ZERO TRANSATLANTIC FLIGHT COULD TAKE TO THE SKIES IN 2023
The Business Travel Magazine: Finding your way to sustainability
ArcelorMittal
CleanTechnica: Steel Giant Comes Out Swinging Against Fossil Fuel
Orissadiary.com: ArcelorMittal launches XCarb™ Accelerator Programme to support breakthrough technology start-ups and drive decarbonisation
Paperjam News: ArcelorMittal invite les start-up à décarboner la sidérurgie
LanzaTech Alumni
Commercial Baking: Fungi flour company Hyfé Foods bags $2 million investment
Fast Company: This startup makes carbon-neutral, high-protein pasta from fungi
Beauty/Fashion
L'ADN: Ancrée, régénératrice... La beauté et ses nouveaux modèles industriels
Personal Care Insights: Scientists unveil cost-effective CO2 capture method to lower carbon footprint (Beiersdorf)
Thomas: Recycled Carbon Perfume
Fermata Energy
Telecompetitor: Verizon Adds More AWS Wavelength Zones
Marquis
Shaw Local: Bureau County United Way celebrates successful 2022 campaign
Danone and LanzaTech have found a way to produce bottles from carbon emissions that will reduce their environmental impact and reduce costs by creating a direct pathway to manufacturing them. Danone and LanzaTech have found a way to produce bottles from carbon emissions that will reduce their environmental impact and reduce costs by creating a direct pathway to manufacturing them.
This week, we announced the 2022 schedule for the Guild of Artists & Artisans in Michigan and Ohio. It is great to be able to make announcements about major events, and these are always outside. We also announced the largest sustainable aviation fuel plant in North America will be built outside of Chicago between LanzaJet and Marquis Sustainable Aviation Fuel that resulted in coverage in North America and Europe in mainstream media, such as Crain’s Chicago Business and trade publications such as Aviation International News and Biofuels Digest. The media continues to share news about our clients and their work globally, with coverage in Green Biz, Metro-UK, CNN, and CNBC among others. Finally, congratulations to our past client South Pole on Salesforce’s investment in their company. Below please find additional media from this past week.
LanzaJet
Aviation International News: LanzaJet To Partner on Second SAF Plant
Yahoo Finance: Why Rivian Stock Dropped 5% Today
Shaw Local: Marquis partners with LanzaJet to build an integrated sustainable fuel plant in Hennepin
Capitol Fax: Your Illinois News Radar " Friday mid-morning news roundup
Hydrocarbon Processing: LanzaJet, Marquis SAF partner to build an integrated sustainable fuels plant
Airport Technology: LanzaJet and Marquis join forces to set up a sustainable fuels plant in the US
Airline Routes & Ground Services: LanzaJet and Marquis SAF partner to build Fuels Plant in Illinois
Simple Flying: New Illinois SAF Facility Set To Produce 120M Gallons Of Fuel A Year
Green Car Congress: LanzaJet and Marquis Sustainable Aviation Fuel (SAF) to build 120 mgpy Alcohol-to-Jet plant in Illinois
Waste Advantage Magazine: LanzaJet and Marquis Sustainable Aviation Fuel Partner to Build an Integrated Sustainable Fuels Plant in Illinois
Biofuels Digest: Monster of the Midway: The LanzaJet, Marquis to build 120mgy SAF project in Illinois
Air Cargo World: LanzaJet building second US SAF plant alongside Marquis Sustainable Aviation Fuel
Biofuels Digest: LanzaJet teams with Marquis SAF to build 120M gallon integrated fuels facility
Virtual-Strategy Magazine: LanzaJet and Marquis Sustainable Aviation Fuel (SAF) Partner to Build an Integrated Sustainable Fuels Plant in Illinois
Ethanol Producer Magazine: LanzaJet, Marquis SAF partner to build Illinois plant @EthanolMagazine
Biomass Magazine: LanzaJet, Marquis SAF partner to build Illinois plant @BiomassMagazine
Oilprice.com: The Future Of Flight: Finding A Low Carbon Jet Fuel
advanced biofuels U.S.A: LanzaJet and Marquis Sustainable Aviation Fuel (SAF) Partner to Build an Integrated Sustainable Fuels Plant in Illinois
Biofuels International: LanzaJet and Marquis partner to build new sustainable fuels plant
The Northern Echo: Teesside could be home to site turning biomass into fuel for planes
Bloomberg Terminal
Chicago Business Journal: Large sustainable jet fuel plant coming to Illinois; LanzaJet, a startup that turns alcohol into jet fuel, will open a sustainable fuel plant in Hennepin,
Crain's Chicago Business: Sustainable jet fuel plant on tap for LanzaJet, Marquis in Illinois
Chicago Inno: Large sustainable jet fuel plant coming to Illinois
LanzaTech
Coty
A Green Living Blog: Coty starts making perfume with carbon-captured ethanol
advanced biofuels U.S.A: Renewable Diesel & Sustainable Aviation Fuels 2030, Vol 2
advanced biofuels U.S.A: LanzaJet and Marquis Sustainable Aviation Fuel (SAF) Partner to Build an Integrated Sustainable Fuels Plant in Illinois
CI PODCAST: Coty vai lançar fragrâncias feitas com etanol de captura de carbono
HVG: Légkörből kivont szén-dioxidból készül hamarosan a Gucci vagy a Hugo Boss parfümje is
LIVEKINDLY: Soon, You'll Be Wearing the Scent of Old Carbon Emissions
GreenBiz: Coty starts making perfume with carbon-captured ethanol
LS:N Global: Dove campaigns to make hair discrimination illegal
Metro (UK): Fragrance giant behind Gucci and Burberry begins using carbon-captured ethanol
Personal Care Insights: Sally Hansen leverages virtual try-on nail polish technology that promises color match precision
Seeking Alpha: Coty Stock: A Buy On Valuation And Potential Growth Catalysts (NYSE:COTY)
Viable Earth: Coty to make fragrances from carbon-captured ethanol
SAF
Atlanta Business Chronicle: LanzaJet's sustainable aviation fuel plant to begin production next year
Biofuels Digest: Monster of the Midway: The LanzaJet, Marquis to build 120mgy SAF project in Illinois
Chicago Business Journal: Large sustainable jet fuel plant coming to Illinois; LanzaJet, a startup that turns alcohol into jet fuel, will open a sustainable fuel plant in Hennepin,
Chicago Inno: Large sustainable jet fuel plant coming to Illinois
Crain's Chicago Business: Sustainable jet fuel plant on tap for LanzaJet, Marquis in Illinois
GlobeNewswire: The sustainable aviation fuel market is projected to grow
McMorrow Reports: LanzaJet partners with Microsoft Climate Innovation Fund towards net-zero sustainable aviation fuels
Simple Flying: New Illinois SAF Facility Set To Produce 120M Gallons Of Fuel A Year
Virtual-Strategy Magazine: LanzaJet and Marquis Sustainable Aviation Fuel (SAF) Partner to Build an Integrated Sustainable Fuels Plant in Illinois
Investments
FE Investegate: ArcelorMittal reports fourth quarter 2021 results
FocusTechnica: Coty starts making perfume with carbon-captured ethanol
Global Cosmetics News: Coty starts production of first scents made with carbon-captured ethanol
GlobeNewswire: ArcelorMittal reports fourth quarter 2021 results
Awards + Leadership
Biofuels Digest: Praj Industries Executive Chairman Pramod Chaudhari wins the 2022 Holmberg Award for Lifetime Achievement in the Advanced Bioeconomy
Biofuels Digest: Alder Fuels CEO Bryan Sherbacow wins the 2022 Global Bioeconomy Leadership Award for 2022
Bisnis Indonesia: Adik Prabowo Rencana Bangun Pabrik Biomassa di Dekat IKN | Kabar24 - Bisnis.com
Bisnis Indonesia: Bantah Kecipratan Proyek IKN, Ini Profil Hashim Djojohadikusumo | Kabar24 - Bisnis.com
Hart Energy: Halliburton Labs Adds Maynard Holt, Jennifer Holmgren to Advisory Board
Other
CNBC Indonesia: Sampai Kazakhstan, Ini Jejak Bisnis Hashim Djojohadikusumo
CNN Indonesia: Empat Proyek Adik Prabowo di IKN
Luzerner Zeitung: Olympia: Parallelen mit Mark Streit – ist Lara Christen die beste Verteidigerin der Welt?
Zara
Fermata Energy
Green Lodging News: Electric Vehicle Generates Revenue & Energy Savings
This partnership will utilize carbon capture and sequestration, renewable energy, and other innovative practices to bring lower-cost, low carbon-intensity sustainable aviation fuel, renewable diesel, and other sustainable hydrocarbons to the global market and help accelerate the decarbonization of various industries, including the tough to decarbonize aviation sector.
Today North Coast Strategies joined the SME Climate Hub. The SME Climate Hub is an initiative founded by the International Chamber of Commerce, the Exponential Roadmap Initiative, the We Mean Business coalition, and the United Nations Race to Zero campaign, intending to support small and medium-sized businesses to build business resilience.
As the year winds down our clients continue to have news to share, and this week was a big one. This week Zara released a series of dresses made from recycled carbon emissions made in partnership with LanzaTech. This is the first time you can wear something made from pollution. Congratulations to both partners. This announcement received global media attention in Fast Company, Business Insider, Marketwatch, Harper’s Bazaar, GreenBiz, BusinessGreen, Fashion United, Just Style, Sustainable Brands, and others.
The Prix Voltaire is an award given to an individual who makes a difference through substantial relevance to society and has a clear innovative identity.
Awarded by the Nyenrode Business University, the award is based on the 17 sustainable development goals. Dr. Jennifer Holmgren, LanzaTech CEO, was the recipient of the 2021 Prix Voltaire International and received the distinguished award at a ceremony at the Grand Hotel Huis ter Duin in Noordwijk, The Netherlands, earlier this month.
With COP26 in Glasgow to two product launches in Switzerland and Sweden, it has been another busy week. We are also preparing locally for the final art fair of the season in Michigan and Ford Motor Company announced its collaboration with Fermata Energy and New Lab. From Bloomberg to Emirate Business, here is a sample of the media from this week.
Swiss sports brand On is leading a supply chain coalition to reshape carbon waste into running shoes, cooperating with LanzaTech and Borealis. Today, On is announcing CleanCloud™ – a new high-performance foam for running shoes, created using carbon emissions as a raw material. With CleanCloud™, On is making carbon emissions the starting point for creating EVA (ethylene vinyl acetate) foam – a material they are engineering into high-performance cushioning for running shoes. There’s also the potential to use it in other parts of the shoe, and other products, in the future. You can find a copy of the news release online here. This announcement with On follows LanzaTech’s launch earlier this week over a collaboration with SAS, Vattenfall, and Shell to produce sustainable aviation fuel in Sweden. Last week, a product launch with Unilever on a new dish soap now available in stores made from waste emissions. As world leaders continue to negotiate about addressing our climate crises, companies like On, LanzaTech, and Borealis are working to avoid a climate catastrophe in changing the supply chain and getting new sustainable products into the marketplace.
We had another busy week working on behalf of our clients. Today, the U.S. Secretary of Energy (and former Governor of Michigan) Jennifer Granholm, along with U.S. Senator Jon Ossoff (D-Georgia) visited LanzaTech and LanzaJet’s biorefinery in Soperton, Georgia. We worked with the Department of Energy and Senator Ossoff’s office to coordinate that visit. This weekend the Guild of Artists and Artisans is hosting their Annual Artoberfest, and we were able to develop content for the Washtenaw Area Apartment Association.
