Circular Emissions – A Promising Path To Net Zero!
Learning about the engineering platform that’s taking carbon dioxide from flue gases and transforming it into solid, valuable building materials.
An Interview with Sophia Hamblin Wang, COO ‘MCi Carbon’.
Season 2
Episode 10.
Published on 30th May 2023
Interview With:
Sophia Hamblin Wang
COO - MCi Carbon
Sophia is a circular economy expert, speaker, diversity advocate, and Chief Operating Officer of MCi Carbon (MCi), an Australian-based global clean technology transforming CO2 emissions into building materials and other valuable industrial products for the circular economy. Ms Hamblin Wang is a World Economic Forum (WEF) Young Global Leader and recently completed a Harvard University Executive Education program.
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Let me know in the comments below. I’ll look to create or link to resources above that cover any common questions asked.
Watch the Series of Mini Intro Animations!
In this interview I’m joined by Sophia Hamblin Wang to discuss the work of MCi Carbon and how they’re offering a path to net zero for some of the hardest to abate industries; by turning CO2 emissions into a core ingredient within a range of materials applications.
Episode Links:
Previous We Are Carbon episode with Kelly Erhart about accelerated mineral weathering:
Learn more about MCi Carbon:
Show Notes:
It’s a little different for us to turn our attention to industry but there’s a beautiful parallel to regenerative agriculture here. We’re shifting to see CO2 as an asset; that feeds our plants, or in this case could build our homes.
We hear a lot of noise about the need to meet net zero targets in the near future, but for many industries there simply isn’t a clear path to getting there.
MCi are looking to change that with a particular focus on difficult to abate yet heavily depended upon sectors including steel, cement and mining. As a pathway to transition to a greener future they’re utilising technology to speed up mineral carbonation.
As a natural process CO2 becomes bound and locked into rocks over timeframes of hundreds of millions of years.
You can learn more about it in this episode on accelerated mineral weathering with Kelly Erhart.
But within their engineering plants MCi are speeding the process up to mere minutes!
They can take flue gas emissions and bring that CO2 into a circular economy by utilising it as a significant ingredient within a wide range of materials, including high value plasterboards and cements and concrete.
This is intentionally highly scalable and designed to work with industrial partners to build out localised, circular, industrial ecosystems. And it’s all motivated by profitable models without the need to lean on carbon credits or subsidies.
There’s a huge amount of potential here and it was a great pleasure to dive into the details with Sophia!
Watch the Series of Mini Intro Animations!
Interview With:
Sophia Hamblin Wang
COO MCi Carbon
Sophia is a circular economy expert, speaker, diversity advocate, and Chief Operating Officer of MCi Carbon (MCi), an Australian-based global clean technology transforming CO2 emissions into building materials and other valuable industrial products for the circular economy. Ms Hamblin Wang is a World Economic Forum (WEF) Young Global Leader and recently completed a Harvard University Executive Education program.
Do You Have Any Questions?
Let me know in the comments below. I’ll look to create or link to resources above that cover any common questions asked.
Watch the Animations!
I’m creating short digestible videos to help illustrate some of the key concepts that we’re exploring!
The Latest Animation:
What is Regenerative Agriculture?
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Helen Fisher
The Host
I take a very holistic view of the world and find enormous hope when we expand our thinking outwards and consider our issues as interconnected.
So it’s a huge delight for me to have the opportunity to speak with so many varied personalities here.
I hope you’ll enjoy learning along with me as my guests allow me to pick their brains on the diverse topics explored by this project!
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