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SEMICON SEA 2025 report from SEMI's Sustainability Forum: "Catalyzing a Net-Zero Semiconductor Value Chain"
Co-hosted by SEMI and Emerald Climate, this half-day summit brought together global semiconductor leaders, investors, policymakers, and climate innovators to chart actionable net-zero strategies through scalable nature-based strategies. With rising chip demand and intensifying emissions targets, the focus was on scaling high-integrity carbon removal, both nature-based and tech-driven. Attendees assessed market readiness and regional deployment pathways for carbon dioxide removal (CDR), spotlighting the semiconductor sector’s unique ability to shape demand signals, take an active role in infrastructure design, and pilot credible standards for the industry’s transition
“The semiconductor industry faces unique, sector-specific challenges on the path to net zero, driven by the high global warming potential process gases and poor access to clean energy in regions of operation. While the industry continues to innovate aggressively and prioritizes deep emissions reductions today, in operations, we recognize that residual carbon removal must also be part of the equation eventually. Due to complexity of the innovation required for direct and indirect emissions reduction AND the limited availability of high-quality credits coupled with the long lead time involved in their installation, these two efforts cannot happen sequentially. SEMI recognizes the need to start setting up greater awareness, education, and development of tailored standards and guidelines providing an on-ramp for our members into the carbon removal space. We plan to build the resources to equip our members in partnership with organizations like Emerald Climate.” Dr. Mousumi Bhat, Vice President for Sustainability, SEMI
NYSE · April 2025
A milestone in global climate innovation, celebrating the culmination of a $100M moonshot for high-integrity carbon removal solutions.
- Masterclass in climate infrastructure.
XPRIZE Foundation · Tree Media
Paris · April 2025
A cinematic journey featuring young visionaries from the Global South inventing powerful carbon removal solutions.
- Storytelling as climate infrastructure.
Tree Media · ChangeNOW
Singapore· May 2025
Policymakers, financiers, and innovators shaped the Asia-Pacific carbon removal future, developing a shared regional roadmap.
- Shared roadmap for APAC CDR
Puro.earth · Carbon Business Council · Standard Chartered · XPRIZE · Terrafont · Fasera Alcom ·
Singapore· May 2025
Co-hosted by SEMI and Emerald Climate, this forum explored carbon removal procurement for the semiconductor sector.
- Integrating CDR into semiconductor value chains.
- Industry's role in scaling regional carbon infrastructure.
Singapore · June 2025
A workshop accelerating Southeast Asia's green transition, with insights from the SEA Green Economy Report.
- Frameworks for public-private climate collaboration.
- Findings from the SEA Green Economy 2025 report.
Bain· GenZero · Google · Temasek · Standard Chartered
Singapore · June 2025
Interactive session with Murray Collins on next-gen forest analytics and satellite carbon accounting.
- Next-Gen Forest “X-Ray” for biomass mapping.
- Bulletproof Verification: auditable forest diaries.
- Leakage Busters: analytics detecting deforestation shifts.
Singapore · August 2025
Private roundtable with Governor Eduardo Riedel, Mato Grosso do Sul Roundtable exploring investment in agribusiness, renewable energy, and sustainable development in Brazil.
- Expanding South–South investment ties.
- Unlocking sustainable growth across sectors.
India · October 2025
Moderated panel exploring Article 6 as the engine to fund carbon removal at scale in the Global South.
- Operationalizing Article 6 frameworks.
- Legal, political, and technical pathways for cross-border collaboration.
SALA Dialogues
Carbon Credits: the new commodity of Latin America and Southeast Asia
Singapore · October 2025
Knowledge-sharing platform fostering South–South cooperation on carbon markets and durable climate solutions.
- Bridging two regions through policy, technology, and investment.
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Stephanie Duran
Co-Founder
Stephanie brings 25+ years of U.S. government service to Emerald Climate. In Washington, she held leadership roles in the U.S. National Nuclear Security Administration as the Acting Director of the Office of Policy and Strategic Planning and in the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Carbon Management as the Director of International and External Partnerships.
In Asia, Stephanie worked at the U.S. Embassy in Singapore and led the DOE China office from the U.S. Embassy in Beijing where she spearheaded bilateral technical engagement on carbon capture, utilization, and storage (CCUS). She moved to Singapore in August 2024 with her husband and two sons.
Pauline Wray
Co-Founder
A global leader with 25+ years at the intersection of finance, innovation, and sustainability, she co-founded the Boston Consulting Group FinTech Control Tower and founder of Expand Research Asia, acquired by BCG. She has advised Fortune 100 companies, regulators, and ecosystem builders, including the Monetary Authority of Singapore, on technology-enabled transformation. Pauline builds bridges across sectors, convinced that systems change begins when leaders connect across industries, disciplines, and borders. A near-fatal accident in 2023 deepened her focus on purpose-driven leadership and resilience unbreakable spirit of a founder, emerging with renewed resilience and a stronger focus on purpose-driven leadership. Today, as Executive Producer with Tree Media Group, think-tank studio behind films The 11th Hour and Legion 44, Partner, non-profit Her Planet Earth and Global Ambassador of Investors for Climate fuses storytelling, investment and innovation to inspire action. A mother of three, Pauline brings creativity, global perspective, and a long-term systems mindset to what she builds.
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