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Horizon17 Partners with IIT Madras to Accelerate Sustainability Innovation

March 10, 2025

Horizon17 Technologies and Sustainability Pvt. Ltd. has announced a strategic partnership with the Indian Institute of Technology Madras - Pravartak Technologies Foundation (IITM-PTF) to drive innovative research in sustainability technology. The collaboration will focus on developing cutting-edge solutions aligned with the UN's Sustainable Development Goals.

"This partnership represents a significant step forward in our mission to create technology-driven sustainability solutions," said Dr. Milan Patnaik, Founder & CEO of Horizon17. "By combining our expertise with the research capabilities of IIT Madras, we aim to develop breakthrough technologies that address critical environmental challenges."

The collaboration will initially focus on enhancing AI capabilities for carbon footprint assessment and expanding blockchain applications for environmental credit trading. Research teams from both organizations will work jointly on projects designed to accelerate the transition to a low-carbon economy.

Horizon17 Demonstrates Biofuel Innovation at Sustainable Energy Expo

March 17, 2025

Horizon17 showcased its IoT-integrated biofuel technology at the International Sustainable Energy Expo in Mumbai last week. The company's innovative approach to transforming sewage treatment plants into biofuel production facilities garnered significant attention from industry leaders and government officials.

"Our solution addresses multiple challenges simultaneously," said Colonel Rajesh Choudhary, Co-Founder & COO of Horizon17. "By converting waste into sustainable aviation fuel and other valuable products, we're helping treatment facilities become self-sustaining while contributing to India's renewable energy goals."

The demonstration highlighted how IoT sensors enable real-time monitoring and optimization of the biofuel production process, maximizing efficiency and output quality.

Amazon Launches Carbon Credit Investment Service

March 23, 2025

According to Amazon, the new service aims to utilize its scale and resources to help companies to start investing and securing high-quality carbon credits, addressing issues adding complexity to the market, such as a lack of transparency and quality

Amazon outlined its approach to carbon credit quality, which includes working with third-party experts to monitor, measure, and ensure the validity and integrity of projects, and utilizing a “first principles approach” to identify or develop rigorous impact evaluation methodologies, rather than default to current standards, and to continually revisit the science as technologies and new advancements are made.

Amazon’s carbon credit investments currently focus on supporting three key priorities, including deforestation, restoring forests, and advancing technological carbon removal.

The new service is being launched as an expansion of Amazon’s Sustainability Exchange resource hub, launched last year as a platform to offer companies – particularly those in Amazon’s supply chain – with free access to sustainability tools and resources used by Amazon to decarbonize its operations, to help them to address their own climate footprints.

Amazon said that it remains committed to reducing and eliminating emissions across its global business, while also investing in initiatives that have impact outside of its operations to help scale carbon removal and channel private sector funding to projects that will help companies achieve their sustainability goals. The company said that in order to be eligible for the new service, companies will be required to have set net zero targets covering Scopes 1, 2 and 3 emissions, to measure and publicly report their carbon footprint on a regular basis, and to commit to implementing decarbonization strategies in line with the latest climate science.