U.K.-based Glass Pharms claims to be the world's first firm to grow cannabis in a carbon-neutral way. It actually says it goes one better, and produces in a carbon-negative way — without buying carbon credits that would usually offset emissions.
The company's greenhouse facility in the south of England gets all its power from an anaerobic digestion plant, which is fed on waste food that would normally go to landfill and release methane as it breaks down, CEO James Duckenfield explained to CNBC on a video call.Carbon dioxide has been used as a unit of reference by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change when gauging the global warming potential of other greenhouse gases.
The facility's water supply is also harvested from the rain that lands on its roof, which is then treated and even recycled after use. "I trained as a chemist and then ended up in technology and I'm just loving coming back to things that are very close to my heart … I use my chemistry, I can now build a business that's truly environmentally responsible," he said.to supply high-THC cannabis flower to lawful pharmaceutical companies by the Home Office the following year. The company finished building its greenhouse cultivation facility in 2023, completing 14 harvests last year.
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