Grist

APRIL 19, 2023

Their first target: the humble washing machine, which environmentalists say represents a major way microfiber pollution reaches the environment. Environmental groups, earth scientists and some outdoor apparel companies cheer the policies as an important first response to a massive problem. That might be changing. This year U.S.

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Smart Energy International

DECEMBER 12, 2022

Korean energy and industrial giant Daesung through its venture capital arm Daesung Private Equity is planning to invest in the metaverse with a 110 billion won ($83.5 In the case of the LNG logistics, the companies aim to tackle the complex optimisation problems that could enable an enhancement in delivery capacity at lower costs.

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Impact Alpha

NOVEMBER 25, 2019

ImpactAlpha, November 25 – Behind the red-hot “machine learning” market are human minds that design algorithms and sort underlying data. San Francisco-based Samasource trains and hires data reviewers in East Africa to tag photos and annotate other data sources for Fortune 500 companies.

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Business Green

NOVEMBER 21, 2022

Coffee giant Nespresso has announced that it has developed new paper-based home compostable coffee capsules for its popular Nespresso coffee machines in a move that could help slash the company's waste footprint. New paper coffee capsules provide an alternative to aluminium pods and will be fully compostable as biowaste.

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Business Green

JULY 14, 2022

Drinks giant Coca-Cola has joined forces with UK theme park owner Merlin Entertainments to encourage visitors to recycle plastic bottles across its theme parks and attractions this summer using 'reverse vending machines'. New incentives build on partnership that has already helped recycle 100,000 plastic bottles.

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GreenTechMedia

JUNE 24, 2020

The mobile giant and the energy blockchain leader last month announced a partnership to use subscriber identification module (SIM) technology as a means to identify distributed electricity system assets on the grid. That’s where companies such as Vodafone come in, since mobile SIM cards can act as device-specific identity tags.

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Smart Energy International

DECEMBER 8, 2022

Brazilian energy giant Eletrobras has selected Google Cloud as its cloud partner to accelerate its digital transformation journey. For example, the initiative opens up opportunities for using artificial intelligence and machine learning to help the company achieve its efficiency and expansion goals.

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Charged

JANUARY 3, 2022

Polar bears are the poster animals for the dangers of climate change, so it’s a tragic irony that taking a tour to observe them in their vanishing natural habitat means riding in a giant diesel-belching off-road vehicle. The Tundra Buggy, which seats up to 40 passengers, was converted using a repurposed battery from an electric bus. “As

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GreenTechMedia

OCTOBER 2, 2020

The level of precommercial activity among these companies, along with developments such as the June launch of the PacWave testing facility by Oregon State University, indicates that despite its many setbacks, the much-hyped wave energy sector still holds promise — and a pulse. Aquamarine aimed to set up a 2.4-megawatt megawatt array.

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Business Green

SEPTEMBER 18, 2020

Tech giant kicks off major new campaign designed to promote new wave of ultra-efficient smart technologies. Other technologies featured in the campaign include smart washing machines and SodaStream Carbonating Bottles, which help cut the use of plastic bottles.

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Business Green

OCTOBER 4, 2022

Tech giant plans to support at least 10 tech start-ups and NGOs in US and Asia-Pacific solving circular economy challenges. per cent of the materials extracted from the earth are reused - but a growing number of people and companies are establishing systems to move away from a linear economy. Google is one such company.

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Business Green

FEBRUARY 7, 2023

Amazon said its investment in Hippo Harvest has helped the company to scale from a small start-up to a commercial sized operation, which can now meet growing demand from consumers for sustainable produce. The approach is also designed to ensure greenhouses are located close to markets so as to further reduce transport emissions.

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DeSmogBlog

NOVEMBER 10, 2021

He is attending the UN summit as part of a delegation sent by the US-based Committee for a Constructive Tomorrow (CFACT), which has a long history of rejecting mainstream climate science and has previously taken funding from oil giant ExxonMobil. Diesel Rumours. Are these diesel generators at #COP26 ? They seem to be behind black screens.

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Greentown Labs

FEBRUARY 10, 2020

We’re building giant, distributed, internet-scale batteries made up of existing smart devices,” explains John Slinkman, director of software engineering at Packetized Energy. “If The 14-person company grew out of research from three engineering professors at the University of Vermont and was powered by the U.S.

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Business Green

FEBRUARY 8, 2021

Power purchase agreement (PPA) will see tech giant buy more than half the generation capacity of the 759MW Holladske Kust Noord offshore wind farm under construction off the coast of the Netherlands. The investment will help the two energy firms to scale the innovative wind project, which is scheduled to come online in 2023.

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GreenTechMedia

NOVEMBER 6, 2019

In the tidal space, the company has backed developer Sustainable Marine Energy, which merged last year with the tidal business of Germany-based group Schottel. The company’s planned investment in tidal is a vote of confidence for a sector littered with business failures. What's different now.

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Business Green

JUNE 28, 2021

Magnet last week confirmed it has become the latest high profile brand to sign up to the Science Based Target initiative (SBTi), while global white goods giant Beko launched a series of new 'eco friendly' appliances designed to slash energy and water use. Their evolution depends on each other. Arçelik's CMO, Zeynep Yal?m

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DeSmogBlog

NOVEMBER 12, 2022

Oleg Deripaska, who has large stakes in multiple coal companies, and Andrey Melnichenko, who transferred ownership of Russia’s largest coal producer to his wife in March as sanctions were brought in, are both set to attend. Among them is its founder Oleg Deripaska, who has a significant, but no longer controlling, stake in the company.

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DeSmogBlog

DECEMBER 16, 2022

Subsidiaries of the Russian state-owned gas giant still have stakes in multiple fields more than nine months after the invasion of Ukraine began and despite its chief executive being under UK sanctions. The company has faced tougher action from the United States but so far evaded European Union sanctions. Gazprom’s North Sea Interests.

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EDF + Business

NOVEMBER 8, 2019

It’s also changed how companies do business. Technology like artificial intelligence (AI), sensors and blockchain are enabling companies to provide cutting-edge products and services for consumers – from virtual gyms to smart water dispensers – and increase operational efficiency as they do. Stella McCartney.

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GreenBiz

AUGUST 5, 2020

Companies are discovering sustainability is not just a fad, but a new standard that is here to stay. . Given that most emissions are produced along the supply chain, companies’ inability to monitor and track this data means that there is not a starting point to begin improving their environmental footprints.

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Business Green

SEPTEMBER 14, 2020

The investment includes 500 new rail boxes and two new stacking machines with a particular focus on moving more freight by rail in the north east England especially. The launch took place at Tesco's Daventry campus in Heaton-Harris's own constituency, where the supermarket giant employs more than 1,200 people.

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Business Green

NOVEMBER 3, 2020

Measurements of reflected light from Earth's surface collected by satellites will enable scientists to make more accurate climate forecasts, according to the aerospace giant. Airbus has secured a major contract from the UK government to collect data from Earth observation satellites that can improve the accuracy of climate change forecasting.

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Business Green

DECEMBER 20, 2022

Ecommerce tech giants Shopify and Stripe have announced the latest round of investment as part of the Frontier negative emissions technology initiative, securing $11m worth of carbon removal credits through six new deals. We're inspired by the calibre and rate of new companies entering the market," she added.

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GreenTechMedia

MARCH 31, 2020

That last step has been hard for companies to fulfill, insofar as in previous years there were practically no places to actually sell this stuff. Second, spurred by this success, many utility companies, states and nations are upping their targets for clean energy. Bookmark this page and come back in a decade to see how we did.

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DeSmogBlog

APRIL 2, 2024

The county argues oil companies’ “campaigns to deceive and mislead the public about the damaging nature of their fossil fuel products” delayed climate action for decades, robbing communities of precious time to mitigate the climate-driven disasters they now face. If the oil companies’ own data is to be believed, the trend will continue.”

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Grist

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

These aging turbines have their rotors swapped out, their blades replaced, and key components like the generator upgraded in order to enhance the machines’ ability to produce electricity from wind. Eventually, with additional funding, the company hopes to actually start recycling magnets from turbines at a pilot scale using its technology.

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GreenTechMedia

NOVEMBER 19, 2019

Gross' new company, Heliogen, brought in machine vision to crank things up a notch. Heliogen turned to machine vision, a technique for processing vast amounts of visual data very quickly. These companies also need to approach intermittency with an open mind.

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Business Green

DECEMBER 7, 2022

Tech giant announces it is to bring climate-focused accelerator programme to Europe for the first time. This programme brings the best of Google to early-stage startups using cloud technology, artificial intelligence and machine learning to advance sustainability efforts," said Brandt. "In

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Business Green

MARCH 4, 2021

Package delivery giant and airline operator FedEx has announced it plans to achieve 'carbon neutrality' across its operations within the next 20 years through investments in electrification, sustainable fuels, energy efficiency, and carbon capture systems. FedEx CEO and chairman Frederick W.

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DeSmogBlog

MAY 12, 2021

Facebook is “fuelling climate misinformation” through its failure to get to grips with misleading content, according to a new report that calls on companies to boycott the platform until significant action is taken. Lead Researcher Sean Buchan told DeSmog: “This year sees the most important UN climate summit since the Paris Agreement in 2015.

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Business Green

MARCH 19, 2021

That seems to be the philosophy at Heineken, after the drinks giant today revealed that it has used some of the millions of pints that were wasted as a result of lockdown to provide power for its Manchester brewery. If the world gives you wasted beer, then make new beer.

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Hydrogen Fuel News

DECEMBER 12, 2023

So, let’s delve into the mechanics of progress and explore how innovation is steering the path towards a more fuel-efficient future for these giants of the road.    Understanding the Basics To embark on the journey towards improved semi truck fuel economy , it’s essential to grasp the fundamentals.

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Business Green

JULY 18, 2022

Auto giant is using electric construction machinery to install EV charge points in a bid to pioneer an entirely net zero value chain. Auto giant Volvo has revealed how it is using electric machinery to install electric vehicle (EV) charging points at its UK dealerships in a bid to create an entirely net zero value chain across its operations.

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GreenTechMedia

AUGUST 6, 2020

On Thursday, the San Francisco-based startup agreed to be acquired by Hanwha Q Cells, to serve as the solar module giant’s entrée into North American commercial and industrial solar-storage markets. ” The South Korean company is already a major supplier of solar modules to U.S.

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Smart Energy International

DECEMBER 21, 2023

Deals surrounding AI are certain to continue into the next year and it will be interesting no doubt to watch the money flow between VCs, utilities, clean tech companies and startups.

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Business Green

NOVEMBER 9, 2020

Most firms in palm oil supply chain - including major consumer goods giants - still do not report basic information on how they are monitoring deforestation, wildlife conservation charity finds. The findings come in the wildlife conservation charity's latest annual assessment of the world's biggest palm oil producers, processors and traders.

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