Company: AIRJW
Filing Date: 2025-03-25
Form Type: 10-K
Source: 0001013762-25-002263
Chunk: 110

Company: AirJoule Technologies Corp.
Filing Date: 2025-03-25
Form: 10-K
Item: Item 1
Chunk 110
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 reputational
harm and negatively impact the assessments made by ESG-focused investors when evaluating us.

We are increasingly facing more stringent ESG standards, policies and
expectations, and expect to continue to do so as a listed company with growing operations. Companies across all industries are facing
increasing scrutiny from a variety of stakeholders, including investor advocacy groups, proxy advisory firms, certain institutional investors
and lenders, investment funds and other influential investors and rating agencies, related to their ESG and sustainability practices.
We generally experience a strong ESG emphasis among our customers, partners and competitors. Some of these stakeholders maintain standards,
policies and expectations regarding environmental matters (e.g., climate change and sustainability), social matters (e.g., diversity and
human rights) and corporate governance matters (e.g., taking into account employee relations when making business and investment decisions,
ethical matters and the composition of the board of directors and various committees). There is no guarantee that we will be able to comply
with applicable ESG standards, policies and expectations, or that we will, from the perspective of other stakeholders and the public,
appear to be complying with such ESG standards, policies and expectations. If we do not adapt to or comply with investor or other stakeholder
standards, policies, or expectations on ESG matters as they continue to evolve, or if we are perceived to have not responded appropriately
or quickly enough to growing concern for ESG and sustainability issues, regardless of whether there is a regulatory or legal requirement
to do so, we may suffer from reputational damage and our business, financial condition and/or stock price could be materially and adversely
affected.

We also expect there will likely be increasing levels of regulation,
disclosure-related and otherwise, with respect to ESG matters. We may be subject to ESG or sustainability-related regulation in multiple
jurisdictions, including the U.S., and complying with these regulations in multiple jurisdictions may increase the complexity and cost
of our compliance efforts. Moreover, increased regulation and increased stakeholder expectations will likely lead to increased costs as
well as scrutiny that could heighten all of the risks identified in this risk factor. Additionally, many of our customers and suppliers
may be subject to similar expectations, which may augment or create additional risks, including risks that may not be known to us.

Risks Related to Our Joint Ventures, Our Suppliers and Our Customers

We conduct a substantial amount of our operations through joint
ventures, which may lead to disagreements with joint venture partners and adversely affect our interest