UNDOing Climate Change and Regenerating Agricultural Land with Canadian Wollastonite
June 6, 2025
Canada is rapidly becoming a global superpower for carbon removal. With the region's abundant natural resources, commitment to net zero by 2050, and political landscape, it's easy to see why 70+ CDR companies have chosen Canada as a great place to operate.
Join UNDO, a pioneering nature-based carbon removal company and Canadian Wollastonite, one of North America's most environmentally considerate mines, to discover how their Ontario-based enhanced rock weathering operations are protecting our local agricultural sector and sustaining the climate. You'll hear about UNDO's work at the cutting edge of science, the soil and crop benefits they're bringing to local communities, plus their recent $5M XPRIZE Carbon Removal win. President & Founder Bob Vasily will also touch on the mine’s electrification efforts, becoming a carbon-neutral supplier of silicate rock and how biodiversity at the site is higher than before the mine existed.
CANADIAN WOLLASTONITE is a relatively new mining operation with its mine site straddling the City of Kingston and the Township of Leeds and the Thousand Islands. Canadian Wollastonite is the first new “greenfield” mine to be permitted in Southern Ontario in more than 60 years. The company received unanimous zoning and operating approvals from the City of Kingston, and the Leeds and the Thousand Islands township, largely because of the company’s focused environmental approach, and commitment to making its total footprint a “net environmental gain” for the region.
Canadian Wollastonite and UNDO are coordinating a pioneering enhanced rock weathering (ERW) project to provide agronomic benefits for farmers and demonstrate how ERW can be used to capture carbon in agricultural soils.
Anthony Parkinson, global Operations manager at UNDO, oversees UNDO’s in-field spreading operations, rock sampling QC, and the development of strategic partnerships to scale enhanced rock weathering (ERW) globally. He holds a degree in Applied and Environmental Geology and brings over a decade of experience in international quarry operations, complemented by a background in global exploration programs. This foundation provides deep expertise in the extraction, processing, quality control, and distribution of specialised aggregates.
Prior to joining UNDO, Anthony held roles at Holcim - a global leader in sustainable construction solutions - and Teck, a leading Canadian mining company focused on responsible mineral development.
His work has involved extensive due diligence on mining and mineral operations worldwide, underpinned by his understanding of feedstock process optimisation, mine development planning, and resource analysis. Anthony’s industry connections across global mining and manufacturing sectors enable advanced evaluation of attrition and screening techniques to enhance weathering performance in ERW feedstocks.
Bob Vasily, BA, MBA, President and Founder of Canadian Wollastonite, holds a BA in Philosophy from University of Guelph, and an MBA from Wilfrid Laurier University where his principal research focus was in mining and mineral economics. He has authored and co-authored several papers about Wollastonite and has been working in Enhanced Rock Weathering for more than 10 years now. Bob has also put the company on the path to becoming the lowest carbon emissions mine in North America, through the electrification of all mining operations, and the installation of offsetting solar power on the mine property.
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