UK point-source carbon capture company providing modular CCS equipment and proprietary solvents to decarbonise hard-to-abate industries such as cement, steel, and waste-to-energy.
Green Score
- Greenwashing risk
- medium
- Data confidence
- medium
- Method
- how it is calculated
Climate Impact & Solution35%68
Does the core business genuinely avoid or reduce emissions, or build climate resilience? Share of revenue that is actually 'green'. Fossil-dependent models score low.
The core business genuinely reduces Scope 1 industrial CO₂ emissions at point-source in hard-to-abate sectors where few alternatives exist, with 90%+ capture rates claimed and a first industrial CycloneCC deployment validated at TRL-7; however cumulative capture of ~2.8 million tonnes to date is modest against gigatonne rhetoric, and the energy penalty of amine-based capture is not publicly quantified.
Decarbonization & Targets20%28
Credible, science-based targets (SBTi), a real net-zero plan with progress to date, and CDP disclosure — not just a dated press release.
No SBTi-validated targets or CDP disclosure were found in any public source for Carbon Clean; the company references a general net-zero mission and 'gigatonne scale' vision but publishes no time-bound, independently verified reduction targets for its own operational emissions (Scopes 1–3), which is a significant gap for an investor-grade assessment.
ESG & Operations15%42
Operational footprint, labour and social practices, and governance quality across the company's own operations and supply chain.
Carbon Clean holds the Terra Carta Seal and has received UK and US government grants, suggesting baseline governance credibility, but no published sustainability report, independent social audit, supply-chain labour practices disclosure, or operational GHG inventory was found publicly, leaving ESG quality essentially unverifiable.
Transparency & Verification15%32
Quality of disclosure, independent third-party verification, and how much hard data backs the company's claims.
The company publishes press releases and marketing figures (2.8 million tonnes cumulatively captured, 90%+ capture rates, 50% footprint reduction) but no independently verified sustainability report, third-party life-cycle assessment of net climate benefit including energy penalty, or CDP questionnaire response was identified, making core claims difficult to audit.
Integrity15%62
Controversies, litigation, pollution, fossil-fuel lobbying, conflict-zone involvement and governance scandals. Higher means cleaner.
No material litigation, pollution incidents, or governance scandals were identified; however, commercial partnerships with Chevron (a major fossil fuel operator) and ADNOC-linked entities (Fertiglobe, Abu Dhabi) raise a sector-level concern that the technology may also serve to prolong fossil fuel asset lives alongside genuine industrial decarbonisation, a systemic CCS industry risk rather than a company-specific scandal.
Why it's on ClimateTicker
Carbon Clean sells proprietary point-source CCS equipment and solvents to genuinely hard-to-abate industries (cement, steel, fertilisers, waste-to-energy) where electrification alternatives are limited, giving it a plausible mitigation thesis. However, partnerships with Chevron and ADNOC-linked entities, a cumulative capture figure of only ~2.8 million tonnes against gigatonne marketing claims, and the absence of publicly verifiable SBTi targets or CDP disclosure mean investors should treat impact claims with caution. The core technology is real and commercially validated at small scale, but the gap between current throughput and stated ambition is wide.
Commitments & Certifications
Controversy & Greenwashing Watch
Carbon Clean's marquee commercial relationships include Chevron New Energies and ADNOC-linked Fertiglobe, raising the question of whether CycloneCC deployments serve genuine industrial decarbonisation or provide a greenwashing shield for fossil fuel operators.carbonherald.com
Carbon Clean markets a vision of 'gigatonne-scale' industrial decarbonisation while its own disclosed cumulative capture figure stands at approximately 2.8 million tonnes across all sites and years — a gap of roughly three orders of magnitude that is not explained in public communications.carbonclean.com
Despite operating for over 15 years and raising $150 million in funding, Carbon Clean has not published a CDP response or SBTi-validated targets, meaning investors cannot independently verify its own operational emissions or net climate benefit claims.trysignalbase.com
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