This forms the first pioneering partnership for a sustainable future for Climeworks-the Swiss pioneer in direct air capture technology-which teams up with Coca-Cola Hellenic Bottling Company (HBC) to create Valser, Switzerland’s first CO2-neutral sparkling water. This novel collaboration is formulated not only for dealing with high carbon emissions but also in the attempt to offer a sustainable and reliable source of CO₂ to the food and beverage industry. It represents a crucial step forward in efforts for reducing climate change issues as well as their own business issues.
A new approach to CO₂ capture
Currently, Climeworks leads the way on cutting-edge technology that captures CO₂ directly from the atmosphere, offering an effective method to reduce carbon emissions across the globe. How does that work? DAC technology utilizes enormous fans to suck in ambient air into collector units with specially designed filters that selectively capture CO₂ molecules. When the filters are saturated, they are heated up to about 100°C, and, in the process, liberate concentrated CO₂ gas. The captured CO₂ is collected, cleaned, and reused for industrial purposes-food and beverage.
“Coca-Cola HBC Switzerland has been an incredibly supportive partner and invaluable in moving the application of DAC in the beverage industry forward-something we are very thankful for,” said Dr. Christoph Gebald, Co-Founder and Co-CEO of Climeworks. His word gives much importance to this collaboration because it sets a new standard of sustainability for the sector.
Reducing Carbon Emissions and Other Industry Challenges
It’s the right time when all industries can approach and discover how to better reduce their carbon footprint in a more sustainable way. Climeworks/Coca-Cola HBC: a win-win because the collaboration will indirectly reduce emissions and at the same time respond to the growing CO₂ shortage in the food and beverage industry. For instance, in the US, it has been estimated that about 70% of the CO2 produced is utilized by the food and beverage industry as a critical resource in industrial carbonation processes and as a fizzy component of carbonated beverages.
Using captured CO2 from air for its purposes, Coca-Cola HBC will be able to guarantee the firm supply of this resource for its sparkling water business line under brand Valser, but now, for the first time in any Swiss sparkling water. End.
“We look forward to working together with a beverage industry leader in our efforts to reach 1% of global CO2 emissions by 2025,” said Jan Wurzbacher, co-founder and co-CEO of Climeworks. “That’s the spirit of Climeworks, but actually in much more straightforward terms, a massive opportunity that DAC technology can bring to various industries: the way businesses will end up thinking about their carbon footprints.
A New Benchmark in Sustainable Drinks
This will be Valser CO2-neutrale Selterswasser. This launch is an important step by the beverage industry in its journey to sustainability- from dependence on traditional CO2 sources, like chemical production, toward much more sustainable and environmentally friendly alternatives. The capture of CO2 directly from the air in the process itself demonstrates just how advanced technologies not only find their applications in these kinds of industrial settings but can also have real impacts on carbon emissions.”.
Climeworks and Coca-Cola HBC set a landmark example on how DAC technology would be applied in the beverage industry, opening their doors to more businesses.
This partnership has addressed an important issue in the manufacture of beverages as well as drawn attention to the importance of technology in dealing with climate change.
Other Applications Beyond Beverages
Even though this is a great breakthrough in partnership with Coca-Cola HBC, Climeworks does not stop there. The company is already increasing its use of DAC in other industries. An example of one of the company’s most ambitious projects is Orca, which is the world’s largest DAC and storage facility, located in Iceland. The CO₂ removal capability of Orca from the atmosphere can reach up to 4,000 tonnes a year. Indeed, this is the demonstration of how Climeworks can scale its technology to be part of global carbon-reduction efforts.
Apart from food and beverage applications, Climeworks is exploring other uses for captured CO₂: enhancing plant growth in greenhouses in the agricultural sector and carbon neutral fuels which can spur decarbonizing transportation. That way, Climeworks is bound to move the fronts of the scope of technology in DAC.
Carbon-Neutral Production of the Future
It is a turning point in the kind of future the beverage industry can operate on: through its cooperation with Climeworks, Coca-Cola HBC is incorporating into Valser the CO₂ captured from the air, an example in action, one that brings innovative technologies to functional real-world products, helping industries reduce their dependence on fossil fuels and move toward carbon neutrality.
This also describes a broader scope for DAC technology, across industries other than beverages. Climeworks is at scale expanding into new applications of the captured CO₂ and is poised to be central to global efforts toward carbon emission reduction and mitigation of the effects of climate change.
Having concluded this collaboration with Climeworks, it marks one of the greatest successes not only for the company itself, but also as a blueprint of how the industries are supposed to adopt sustainable practices. From this setting, Valser is the perfect success story for its being a carbon-neutral water for sparkling with glimpses to a future where innovation and technological advancement actually drive meaningful progress towards fighting climate change.