The Earth economy is a model that intertwines economic growth with our planet's natural resources, where the Earth's natural capital is utilized to create opportunity for communities and countries across the globe.
With recent technological advancements, the Earth economy is entering a new era. Nasdaq-listed companies are innovating in this new economy, advancing the use of alternative energy sources for construction, power and carbon removal, creating life-saving biotechnology that could revolutionize everything from healthcare to agriculture, and ushering in the new digital age of Artificial Intelligence (AI) that could change the way we work and live for decades to come.
In the new Earth economy, humanity is again creating new avenues of economic opportunity.
Artificial Intelligence stands at the forefront of tomorrow's technological landscape. AI's integration into everyday life—through smart homes, autonomous vehicles, and predictive healthcare—has the potential to drive efficiency and productivity to unprecedented levels. This transformation is already visible in sectors like manufacturing, where AI optimizes supply chains, reduces waste, and enhances product quality. The ripple effect can extend to job creation, as new industries and roles emerge to support and advance AI capabilities.
See how Nasdaq-listed companies are ushering in the next digital age with AI.
Nasdaq-listed TempusAI (TEM) brings data and AI to healthcare, creating precision medicine services, including diagnostics, for oncology, cardiology, radiology, and depression.
Nasdaq has been using AI to enhance liquidity and improve execution quality in the markets, all while providing a buffer against the unpredictable ebb and flow of market fluctuations with its new tool Dynamic Midpoint Extended Life Order (M-ELO).
Nasdaq-listed Microsoft (MSFT) integrates AI into its products to enhance user capabilities and streamline workflows.
Nasdaq-listed ASML Holdings (ASML) is uniquely positioned in the AI landscape as the sole supplier of extreme ultraviolet (EUV) lithography machines, crucial for producing the most advanced AI chips.
As AI continues to evolve, its transformative power across various industries becomes increasingly evident. AI’s innovations can unlock unprecedented growth and efficiency in the ways we work and live, marking a significant leap towards a new digitally enhanced future.
Investment in alternative energy sources across industries has led to an acceleration of economic growth and opportunity to build a low-carbon economy. Companies like Nasdaq-listed Amazon (AMZN) are investing in a full fleet of electric delivery vehicles, making shipping cleaner and more efficient. The company pledged to have 100,000 electric delivery vehicles on the road by 2030, tapping Nasdaq-listed Rivian (RIVN) to manufacture them. Amazon began rolling out its electric delivery vans in the summer of 2022 and now has more than 20,000 across the U.S.
The future is brimming with new technologies that could offer the tools to tackle today’s global challenges.
Companies like Sigma Lithium Corp and Micron Tech. Are improving battery capacity to store energy, allowing us to capture more and use it for longer.
Nasdaq-listed Plug is making hydrogen powered fuel cells for everything from cars to construction equipment.
Nasdaq-listed Methanex is the largest producer of Methanol in the world, a resource that emits lower emissions, but can also be used to make materials like solar panels, adhesives, even fertilizer.
Nasdaq-listed First Solar, one of the largest solar companies on earth today, is making innovative solar panels and technology in the U.S. Its advanced thin film photovoltaic (PV) modules represent the next generation of solar technologies.
With demand from corporations for new ways to reduce carbon emissions and meet net-zero targets, there is economic opportunity in meeting their evolving needs. When Nasdaq acquired a majority stake in Puro.earth, a platform and registry focused on engineered carbon removal, we recognized the need to scale the carbon removal market to address the growing demand by corporations.
According to the United Nation’s Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, carbon removal is a required method to help limit global warming to 1.5° C.
For companies on the path to net-zero emissions, there are two main avenues available.
Nasdaq set out to accelerate Puro.earth’s carbon removal efforts by enabling new methodologies that improve trust, integrity and transparency in carbon markets and removals.
As the energy transition continues to accelerate, it is encouraging to see the level of innovation across the climate technology space focused on driving scalability and impact.
Puro.earth
Using Nasdaq technology, Puro.earth launched a pioneering carbon registry in 2023 to securely digitize the issuance, settlement and custody of carbon credits. This new technology improves the integrity of carbon markets by ensuring that the credits, across markets and standards, are tracked, traced and stored properly.
Using Nasdaq technology, Puro.earth launched a pioneering carbon registry in 2023 to securely digitize the issuance, settlement and custody of carbon credits. This new technology improves the integrity of carbon markets by ensuring that the credits, across markets and standards, are tracked, traced and stored properly.
Puro.earth’s suppliers are at the cutting edge of climate technology.
Climeworks is the first company to build a commercial plant capable of Direct Air Capture (DAC), and the first DAC supplier in existence to be approved by Puro.earth’s strict standards and methodologies.
Discover the company’s evolution over the years, its direct air capture and storage technology, and the importance of expansion.
Like trees that naturally filter carbon dioxide and produce clean oxygen as a biproduct, Climeworks DAC technology filters the air around it, capturing the carbon dioxide, and releasing oxygen and other atmospheric molecules back out.
Captured carbon dioxide is transformed and stored to ensure it isn't released back into the atmosphere. To do this, Climeworks liquifies the carbon dioxide separated by its filters, and transports it 1,500 feet below ground (roughly the height of the empire state building). There, it transforms into stone and is secured for over 10,000 years.
Climeworks is currently developing multiple megaton hubs in the U.S., hoping to expand its DAC technology and increase carbon removal efforts across the globe.
The future of the Earth economy is bright and full of promise. Together, the advancements in artificial intelligence, alternative energy, and green technologies like carbon removal are laying the foundation for a more sustainable and prosperous future.
Page Last Updated: March 31, 2025
