CH4 Global has been named to the 2026 THRIVE Top50 AgTech list for the third year, highlighting its scalable seaweed-based solution that significantly reduces methane emissions and advances sustainable livestock production.
CH4 Global has been selected as one of the THRIVE Top50 AgTech companies of 2026, an international award recognising companies redefining innovation across the agricultural landscape.
SVG Ventures, an international innovation platform which supports advancement in the food and agriculture industry, identifies standout businesses distinguished by the strength of their leadership, differentiated technology, market traction, and momentum in scaling each year. The 2026 edition showcases leading AgTech innovators across multiple industry categories and reflects months of in-depth research, market analysis and evaluation conducted by the SVG Ventures and the THRIVE team.
CH4 Global Founder and CEO Dr. Steve Meller stated that recognition of the company’s efforts to innovate and create a solution which reduces methane emissions using a naturally-occurring, native seaweed was a great achievement, given the effort it has taken to create a scalable business.
“We’re using whole, dried Asparagopsis to feed to cattle, reducing their emissions by up to 90 per cent, and starting to make a difference to emissions on the farms we’re working with,” said Dr. Meller. “We’re working to grow at scale so that we can reach more cattle in wider markets, as we start to bend the climate curve, one cow at a time.”
CH4 Global opened the world’s first EcoPark at Louth Bay on the Eyre Peninsula 12 months ago. In this EcoPark, the company is growing and processing Asparagopsis in cultivation ponds capable of producing 80 metric tonnes of the native seaweed each year to formulate Methane Tamer. According to the company, when this product is fed to cows at just 0.5 per cent of their daily mix, it reduces their enteric methane emissions by up to 90 per cent.
Beef from cattle consuming Methane Tamer is reportedly being sold in butchers and in restaurants in South Australia, with a supermarket chain expected to follow in the coming weeks.
