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Recycling CO2 emissions into chemicals and fuels that are cost-competitive with petroleum-sourced products

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Nicholas Flanders

Cofounder & CEO at Twelve

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Employees 101–200
Headquarters Berkeley, California, United States
We're Twelve, a new kind of chemical company built for the climate era. Our breakthrough technology eliminates emissions by turning CO2 into essential products. We call it carbon transformation. Reinventing what it means to be a chemical company, we're on a mission to create a climate positive world and a fossil free future. Carbon isn’t just the building block of life, it’s the building block of the chemicals, materials and fuels that make up our modern world and power innovation. From the spring in our running shoes to our favorite pair of sunglasses, to building materials, electric car parts and fuels, carbon makes it possible. The problem is we get this carbon today from fossil fuels in the form of petrochemicals, which creates CO2 emissions and accelerates climate change. Carbon transformation fundamentally changes this paradigm by sourcing carbon from CO2 instead of fossil fuels. By replacing the fossil carbon in critical chemicals with renewable carbon from CO2, we can eliminate emissions from thousands of essential products and set a new standard for how things get made in the climate era.

Notable Achievements

  • Named one of the top 46 climate-tech startups to watch in 2021 by Business Insider.
  • In March 2021, Procter & Gamble announced a partnership with Twelve to produce carbon negative ingredients for Tide.
  • Investors include DCVC, Breakout Ventures, evōk, and Dolby Family Ventures.

Currently Operating in One Region

Press Mentions

June 16, 2026

Company begins sustainable fuel production

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June 15, 2026

Aviation has a climate problem. A WA refinery may help fix it

Read on TheDerrick.com »

June 12, 2026

Aviation has a climate problem. A Moses Lake refinery may help fix it

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June 11, 2026

Twelve Opens America's First Commercial E-Jet® Fuel Plant, Designed by Canadian Engineers

Read on GlobeNewswire News Room »

June 10, 2026

Moses Lake AirPlant Opens As First U.S. Commercial Facility To Make Jet Fuel From CO2, Electricity

Read on Source ONE News »

June 9, 2026

Twelve To Open First-Of-Its-Kind Jet Fuel Plant Wednesday In Moses Lake

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