Better Health for All

LanzaTech's core business transforms waste carbon into sustainable fuels, chemicals, materials, and protein, which has an exceptional positive health impact by significantly reducing harmful emissions.

Its process emits 33% less CO2, approximately 40% less NOx, and 80% fewer particulates than electricity generation per MJ energy recovered. Ethanol from its process shows a 92% reduction in human toxicity carcinogenic impact and a 34% reduction in particulate matter compared to the conventional ethanol market mix. The company's technology can reduce emissions by 97% relative to fossil gasoline. LanzaTech has no revenue from products with established negative health outcomes. The company has an outstanding safety record, achieving over six years without a lost time incident at its Freedom Pines facility and zero OSHA recordable incidents in the past year. Globally, it completed its third consecutive year without a lost time injury in 2021 and reported no recordable injuries in 2021. LanzaTech aims to reduce social inequalities by providing environmentally sustainable economic opportunities for communities historically overburdened by pollution and underinvested in essential infrastructure and health care services. It is creating an environmental justice plan to bring economic and environmental benefits to underserved communities, aligning with the Justice40 Initiative's goal to direct 40% of benefits to disadvantaged communities. LanzaTech's operations reduce criteria pollutants like SO2, NOx, and particulate matter, which are byproducts of fossil fuel combustion and disproportionately impact minority, low-income, and tribal populations.

Fair Money & Economic Opportunity

LanzaTech Global, Inc. operates as a carbon capture and transformation company, converting waste gases into sustainable fuels and chemicals. Its core business does not involve lending, insuring, moving, or storing money, nor does it offer financial products or services to consumers.

Therefore, all Key Performance Indicators related to Fair Money & Economic Opportunity are not applicable to its operations, as explicitly defined by the '0' tier for each KPI.

Fair Pay & Worker Respect

In 2023, LanzaTech's CEO-to-median employee pay ratio was 67:1, with the CEO's total compensation at $8,849,858 and median employee compensation at $132,890.

The company reported zero recordable injuries and zero injury-related downtime in 2021, completing its third consecutive year without a lost-time injury. Employee ratings from Glassdoor and Indeed average approximately 73% (3.4/5 and 3.9/5 stars respectively), with 70% of employees on Glassdoor stating they would recommend working at the company.

Fair Trade & Ethical Sourcing

No specific, quantitative evidence was provided across the articles to assess LanzaTech Global, Inc. against the defined Key Performance Indicators for Fair Trade & Ethical Sourcing. Information regarding fair-trade certified spend, audit frequency, forced or child labour incidents, supply chain traceability, remediation speed, ethical clause coverage in supplier contracts, high-risk materials spend, or supplier diversity spend was not explicitly stated with measurable data points.

While some articles mention policies or expectations for suppliers, they do not provide the concrete, quantitative data required by the rubric for scoring.

Kind to Animals

LanzaTech is conducting trials and testing of its LanzaTech Nutritional Protein (LNP) in animal feed and pet food, including fish, shrimp, chicken, and pigs.

This indicates that animal testing is permitted, aligning with a policy that prohibits discretionary testing but allows for legal mandates. The company's LNP product is a protein source for animal feed, which has been sold as certified protein for animal feed since 2018. This process uses minimal water and land compared to traditional meat and plant protein options. LanzaTech is also collaborating with the Center for Aquaculture Technologies for fish feed applications and the US Navy Research Lab to evaluate creating LNP on military platforms, which are specific partnerships for animal-related product development.

Planet-Friendly Business

LanzaTech Global, Inc. reported zero recordable injuries in 2021, indicating no major environmental compliance violations.

The company's partner, GAIL (India) Limited, has a Net Zero target of 2040. LanzaTech's core business involves capturing and transforming industrial emissions and waste carbon into sustainable fuels and chemicals, aiming to build a circular carbon economy. The company has six commercial facilities in operation and has abated over 150,000 metric tons of CO2 to date, producing over 30 million gallons of sustainable ethanol. LanzaTech conducts Life Cycle Analyses (LCAs) to understand the environmental benefits of its technology and products.

Respect for Cultures & Communities

LanzaTech has no reported cultural appropriation incidents.

The company provides grievance mechanisms through a whistleblower hotline and a secure website form, accessible 24 hours a day, 365 days a year, with multi-lingual interview specialists available. These mechanisms are available through supervisor, management, Compliance Officer, and an independent third-party hotline. The company's whistleblower policy was approved on February 8, 2023. While the company states that investigations of complaints should be prompt, no specific average resolution time is provided.

Safe & Smart Tech

LanzaTech has no documented incidents of unauthorized data use and implements administrative, technical, and physical safeguards to protect information systems and data confidentiality, integrity, and availability.

Users are provided with standard data control options, including rights to access, correct, erase, object to processing, restrict processing, and transfer their personal information, which can be exercised via email. The company conducts periodic risk assessments, including annual third-party vulnerability assessments and penetration tests, and monitors traffic flow for potential security threats. LanzaTech's Audit Committee oversees compliance with applicable laws and regulations, including those related to data security and privacy, and the company has adopted insider trading policies and procedures to comply with relevant laws and Nasdaq listing standards.

Zero Waste & Sustainable Products

LanzaTech's PPKNatura PET resin, developed with Plastipak, is fully recyclable.

Coty launched a Gucci fragrance made from 100% emissions-derived ethanol, and LanzaTech's technology creates a clean replacement for virgin fossil carbon. LanzaTech's materials are used in packaging, with partnerships to produce lower carbon packaging, and L'Oréal aims to use sustainable polyethylene in shampoo and conditioner bottles by 2024. LanzaTech aims to build a circular carbon economy by continuously reusing carbon and transforming industrial emissions and waste into ethanol. The company conducts Life Cycle Analyses (LCAs) on each facility. LanzaTech has had no waste disposal violations in the past three years. The drop-in resin used by Plastipak requires 16% less fossil resources for its production compared to virgin PET. LanzaTech has company-wide waste reduction targets, aiming to tackle gigaton-scale carbon waste.