Press January 25, 2024

Inside the Crime Rings Trafficking Sand

Organized crime is mining sand from rivers and coasts to feed demand worldwide, ruining ecosystems and communities. Can it be stopped?

Press December 05, 2023

ClimateCrete Inc. announces close of $3.3 million series A funding round led by Capital K

MENLO PARK, Calif., Dec. 5, 2023 /PRNewswire/ — Sustainable construction aggregates startup ClimateCrete Inc. announced today the close of a $3.3 million series A […]

Press December 05, 2023

KAUST spinout raises investment to revolutionize concrete manufacturing and reduce CO2 emissions

ClimateCrete’s technology modifies the structure of sand to enable a localized concrete industry in Saudi Arabiawhile accelerating its carbon-neutral goals DUBAI, UAE, Dec. 5, […]

Press December 03, 2023

How the Cop28 climate conference became the new Davos

The annual conference has grown from 8,000 delegates in 2013 to 104,000 this year and the agreements struck by politicians are increasingly overshadowed by the business deals being made.

Press November 16, 2023

William McDonough is one of TIME’s 100 Most Influential Climate Leaders in 2023

It may be little more than grains of weathered rock, and can be found in deserts and on beaches around the world, but sand is also the world’s second most consumed natural resource.

Press February 28, 2022

BBC Future: Why the world is running out of sand

It may be little more than grains of weathered rock, and can be found in deserts and on beaches around the world, but sand is also the world’s second most consumed natural resource.